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The child has been diagnosed with severe iron deficiency anemia. The child requires 5 mg/kg of elemental iron per day in three equally divided doses. The child weighs 47.3 lb (21.5 kg). How many milligrams of elemental iron should the child receive with each dose

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I am pretty sure you just multiply the weight in kg (21.5) by 5 mg/kg which would be 107.5
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