On Friday, September 07, 2012 16:31:20 John M. Steele wrote: > Brief article about it: > http://www.azcentral.com/members/Blog/JoannaAllhands/171358 > Going metric: The Arizona Department of Health Services e-mailed a link > about a movement to start weighing pediatric patients in kilograms. Seems > odd, given how much America hates the metric system. But if you see it on > your kid's chart someday soon, you'll know why: pediatric medications, > unlike adult medications, are administered based on a child's weight in > kilograms. Docs fear kids could get the wrong dose if the conversion from > pounds to kilograms goes awry.
I'm not a kid, but last Wednesday I visited an eye doctor and was asked a bunch of questions including height and weight. I answered in metric. She just took down the numbers without saying anything. Pierre -- ve ka'a ro klaji la .romas. se jmaji
