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in fifty microgram increments

English translation: increments expressed in terms of a fifty-microgram unit

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English term or phrase:in fifty microgram increments
Selected answer:increments expressed in terms of a fifty-microgram unit
Entered by: Jack Doughty

07:20 Apr 12, 2010
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Medical (general) / clinical trial
English term or phrase: in fifty microgram increments
Please enter, in total, how many micrograms of XYZ you used in fifty microgram increments, followed by the pound sign.
[what does it mean exactly?What value should be entered if the amount used is 135 micrograms?]
kgas
Poland
Local time: 16:55
increments expressed in terms of a fifty-microgram unit
Explanation:
135 micrograms would be 2.7 such units.
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Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:55
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Thank you!
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
3 +3increments expressed in terms of a fifty-microgram unit
Jack Doughty
3 +2to the nearest fifty micrograms
Mary Worby
4may be (gradually) increased by doses of 50 microgram
Ellen Kraus


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
to the nearest fifty micrograms


Explanation:
So you would need to enter 150.

Mary Worby
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:55
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  B D Finch
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agree  Phong Le
20 hrs
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
increments expressed in terms of a fifty-microgram unit


Explanation:
135 micrograms would be 2.7 such units.

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:55
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 88
Grading comment
Thank you!

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agree  Camille Rosier
27 mins
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agree  Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães
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agree  Tina Vonhof (X)
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
may be (gradually) increased by doses of 50 microgram


Explanation:
Inhaled Fluticasone 125 microgram. Notes: 1) The specified colour codification is a. ... Doses requiring 25 microgram increments should. be administered. ...
www.pdfone.com/ebook/microgram.html - Vereinigte Staaten

Ellen Kraus
Austria
Local time: 16:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
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