A child weighs 55 lb. The order reads 25 mg/kg/day of erythromycin to be given every 6 hours. You have a bottle of erythromycin that is 62.5 mg/5 mL. How many mL in one dose?

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A child weighs 55 lb. The order reads 25 mg/kg/day of erythromycin to be given every 6 hours. You have a bottle of erythromycin that is 62.5 mg/5 mL. How many mL in one dose? 

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