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An intramuscular medication is given at 4.80 mg/kg of body weight. If you give 450. mg of medication to a patient, what is the patient's weight in pounds?

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Yonmon

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450 divide by 4.80= 93.75kl x 2.2046 (number of Ibs. in kilo)= 206.68125 Ibs.

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bowlesy

quite correct,the only thing i would say is you have put kl instead of kg which could confuse.

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