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The adult dosage of a medication is 250 mg. A child must receive the correct dosage of this medicatio. His body surtace area is 0.65 m2. Using Wests nomogram, what is the correct dose for this child?​

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The correct dose for this child will be 93.92mg.

West's nomogram is a graphical tool used in medicine to estimate a patient's ideal body weight based on their height, helping in medication dosing and clinical assessments.

Based on this nomogram, the correct dose for this child will be:

= Adult dose * (Child surface area/ average adult surface area.)

= 250 mg * 0.3757/ 1.73m^2

= 93.92mg.

Therefore, the correct dose for this child will be 93.92mg.

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