A Five-Year-Old Child Suffering a Potentially Fatal Allergic Reaction to Peanuts

question 40

Multiple Choice

A five-year-old child suffering a potentially fatal allergic reaction to peanuts needs an emergency injection of 0.12 mg of epinephrine from a bottle labeled 100 $\mu$ g epinephrine per mL of solution.What volume of this solution should the child receive?

• A)0.12 mL
• B)120 mL
• C)1.2 * 10^-4 mL
• D)12 mL
• E)1.2 mL

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