"Drug Dosage Calculations" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Math calculations done for preparing appropriate doses of medicines, taking into account conversions of WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Mistakes are one of the sources of MEDICATION ERRORS.
| Descriptor ID |
D054796
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.319.305
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| Concept/Terms |
Drug Dosage Calculations- Drug Dosage Calculations
- Calculation, Drug Dosage
- Calculations, Drug Dosage
- Dosage Calculation, Drug
- Dosage Calculations, Drug
- Drug Dosage Calculation
- Pharmaceutical Calculations
- Calculation, Pharmaceutical
- Calculations, Pharmaceutical
- Pharmaceutical Calculation
- Pharmaceutical Arithmetic
- Arithmetic, Pharmaceutical
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| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 6 | 16 | 22 |
| 2018 | 7 | 17 | 24 |
| 2019 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2020 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Drug Dosage Calculations" by people in Profiles.
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Application of quantitative systems pharmacology to guide the optimal dosing of COVID-19 vaccines. CPT Pharmacometrics Syst Pharmacol. 2021 10; 10(10):1130-1133.
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Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Dosage Individualization of Cefepime in Critically Ill Patients: A Case Study. Ther Drug Monit. 2021 08 01; 43(4):451-454.
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Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling of Remdesivir and Its Metabolites to Support Dose Selection for the Treatment of Pediatric Patients With COVID-19. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2021 04; 109(4):1116-1124.
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Take-home dosing experiences among persons receiving methadone maintenance treatment during COVID-19. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2021 04; 123:108276.
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A potential solution to avoid overdose of mixed drugs in the event of Covid-19: Nanomedicine at the heart of the Covid-19 pandemic. J Mol Graph Model. 2021 05; 104:107834.
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Dose Selection in a Pandemic: A Framework Informed by the FDA Animal Rule. Clin Transl Sci. 2021 01; 14(1):5-7.
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Dose prediction for repurposing nitazoxanide in SARS-CoV-2 treatment or chemoprophylaxis. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2021 04; 87(4):2078-2088.
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Peritoneal dialysis for acute kidney injury: Equations for dosing in pandemics, disasters, and beyond. Perit Dial Int. 2021 05; 41(3):307-312.
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The effect of surfactant on clinical outcome of patients with COVID-19 under mechanical ventilation: A structured summary of a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials. 2020 Nov 11; 21(1):919.
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Weight-Based Dosing of Pembrolizumab Every 6 Weeks in the Time of COVID-19. JAMA Oncol. 2020 11 01; 6(11):1694-1695.