A child's weight is 50 lb and his height is 36 inches. The dosage for his medication is 25 mg/m²/dose four times a day. What is the child's body surface area (BSA)?

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Use Figure 8-10 in the textbook to determine the body surface area. Draw a straight line between the points representing the patient's height on the left vertical scale to the point representing the patient's weight on the right vertical scale. The point at which this line intersects the middle vertical scale represents the surface area in square meters. The surface area in square meters is 0.8 m².

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