Question

Please convert the following electrolyte lab value from US units to Sl units. Electrolyte 0,55mEq/L into units of mmovL. MW: 193 Valence: 2 Answer: A patient who is on vacation here from Europe says he's a diabetic and just borrowed a friend's glucose testing machine to check his levels since he forgot to take his insulin. The machine gave a reading of 132 and he's freaking out because it's normally "4-6"! You know that in the U.S. glucose readings are displayed in mg/dL and in Europe they use mmol/L. What is this patient's blood glucose reading in European units? (glucose MW 180) Answer: A patient is taking potassium tablets at a dose of 25 mEq daily. He's trying to save money by substituting bananas for his potassium tablets. He has access to a steady supply of bananas that each contain about 410mg of potassium. How many bananas will he have to eat every day to equal his potassium tablet intake? ( KMW 38) Please round to the nearest half banana, such as 0.5, 1, 1.5, etc. Answer: D a te the number of milliomlas inmlsvinnef 14

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9 mmul a 55 mea x 1 mmol/l 2 meall 27-5 mmoll when valency in 2, meq - 24 mm Valentyr mm) us glucose reading 2 132 mg Gurope reading (in moj z 132mg mol & 0 ng lommor Immo L - 27:33 mmol Tfor K, valency 24 number of bananas a 25mea & Immolx I banana I met along x kronet 38 mg Immo 32 bananas 2 T 2.5 bananas (nearest half) mw . 389 38 38 mg mno) MO imol xie MO