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The normal blood level of Cl- is 96 - 106 mEq/L. A patient is suffering from hypochloremia , and the blood level is found to be 81.36 mEq/L. Express this in mmol/dL unit.


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lb equals 8.136 mmol/dL kg

    The term deci liter (dL) means tenth of a liter, or, 100 mL. For Cl- , the atomic weight is 35.5 and the valence is 1. Therefore, we can write:
    35.5 mg = 1 mEq.
    35.5 mg = 1 mmol.
    `therefore` 1 mmol = 1 mEq.
    This fraction `(1 \quad mmol)/(1 \quad mEq)` will be used in this problem. Using dimensional analysis, we can write: `(81.36 \quad mEq)/(1 \quad L) � (1 \quad mmol)/(1 \quad mEq) � (1 \quad L)/(1000 \quad mL) � (100 \quad mL)/(1 \quad dL) `

    `= (8.136 \quad mmol)/(dL)` Ans.