I was trying to read some medical journals online and I do not understand why you would measure an intravenous medicine in grams per square meter. What is being measured in square meters?
Intravenous Measurement: g/sq m
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This is a strange statement/question.....you were just randomly "trying to read some medical journals"??? For what?
Most chemotherapeutic agents are dosed in milligrams per square meter, with square meters corresponding to one's body surface area....
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Oftentimes used for pediatric dosing too.
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What everyone else said....
It's basically just a way to ensure that larger patients get larger doses and smaller patients get smaller doses. It's typically done with chemo drugs--these can be highly toxic, so you don't want to give a dose too large for the patient's body to handle.
It's basically just a way to ensure that larger patients get larger doses and smaller patients get smaller doses. It's typically done with chemo drugs--these can be highly toxic, so you don't want to give a dose too large for the patient's body to handle.
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