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5th March 2024

A 7-year-old boy is on the paediatric ward for the first day of his initiation of sodium valproate treatment for epilepsy.

A 7-year-old boy is on the paediatric ward for the first day of his initiation of sodium valproate treatment for epilepsy. The boy weighs 23kg. Sodium valproate solution is available in 40mg/ml form. 

Using the BNF please prescribe the appropriate volume of sodium valproate.

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