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by Pfhreak 2807 days ago
> The physician couldn't order 160mg of Bactrim because per kg dosing was required.

Not quite. The article suggested that, yes, they could have ordered it in just mg. But they needed to change a dropdown from "mg/kg" to "mg", which is easily overlooked.

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No-- the patient's weight was just under 40kg-- the system logic completely disabled dosing by total dose.