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Sounds like grains. I think it's grains? For medications.
I have no idea how it's measured and have no idea how I would convert it to mg or gm if I had to.
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Sounds like grains. I think it's grains? For medications.
I have no idea how it's measured and have no idea how I would convert it to mg or gm if I had to.
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Grains? Where did you come up with that? Lol. The obnoxioisly long number is the conversion factor for moles. It is 6 something something something times 10 to the 23rd.
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That inspired me to do a little research. I found this site: http://diabetesupdate.blogspot.com/2006/11/converting-blood-sugar-measurements.html that said to convert from mmol/L to mg/dL, multiply by 18.05. To convert from mg/dL to mmol/L divide by 18.05.
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Thats not bad at all
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I guess it's a janky old way to measure meds? I had a med math problem with grains as the unit on a test once and had absolutely no idea what to do with it.
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Grains are a medical measurement and you should have been taught them. Many older docs will prescribe so many grains of morphine and you better know how to convert.
http://www.tostepharmd.net/pharm/clinical/measurement.html
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Aidey
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No, I know what grains are. I just can't figure out why you brought them up.
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Next time tell them "I would find your comment hurtful if I weren't so dead inside"
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We were talking about uncommon measurements! Now you're just making me feel like the oddball.
I know what grains are and in a pinch it's pretty easy too find the conversion for it.
With that said I have yet to ever hear any orders in grains and we have plenty of older physicians in our area.
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If a doc orders 24 grains of X, would it be okay for me to confirm the order as a pennyweight of X?