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annie61099 | 00:52 Thu 02nd Apr 2009 | Science
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The dosage of technetium-99m for myocardial imaging is 280 Ci/kg of body weight. How many mCi should be given to a patient weighing 65 kg?
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m is the prefix for milli that is a thousandth

so 280 x 65 = 18200 Ci which is 1,8200,000 mCi

Are you sure you've not missed a m in the 280 Ci/Kg and it's not 280 mCi?

I wouldn't want to be injected with that much!

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