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A 175-lb patient is to undergo surgery and will be given an anesthetic intravenously. The safe dosage is 12 mg/kg of body weight. Determine the maximum dose of anesthetic that should be used. ( 1 lb. = 454 g ) [a] mg

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Frankly, I don't know the MAXIMUM DOSE. From the post we can calculate the SAFE dose.
Convert 175 lb to kg.
175 lb x (454 g/lb) x 1 kg/1000 g) = ? kg. Then,
12 mg/kg x ?kg from above = xx mg.
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