"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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| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Drug Dosage Calculations" by people in Profiles.
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Drug dosing in cancer patients with decreased kidney function: A practical approach. Cancer Treat Rev. 2021 Feb; 93:102139.
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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.
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In Silico Models Accurately Predict In Vivo Response for IL6 Blockade in Head and Neck Cancer. Cancer Res. 2020 04 01; 80(7):1451-1460.
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A Cost-Focused Alternative Cancer Medication Dispensing Strategy-"Pack Splitting". JAMA Oncol. 2019 12 01; 5(12):1691-1692.
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Algorithm that delivers an individualized rapid-acting insulin dose after morning resistance exercise counters post-exercise hyperglycaemia in people with Type 1 diabetes. Diabet Med. 2016 Apr; 33(4):506-10.
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The posology of oseltamivir in infants with influenza infection using a population pharmacokinetic approach. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2014 Sep; 96(3):380-9.
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Conventional dosing of anticancer agents: precisely wrong or just inaccurate? Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2014 Apr; 95(4):361-4.
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Dosing and antipyretic efficacy of oral acetaminophen in children. Clin Ther. 2013 Sep; 35(9):1361-75.e1-45.
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Clinical pharmacology for the primary care physician. Dis Mon. 2012 Oct; 58(10):558-610.
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Appropriate chemotherapy dosing for obese adult patients with cancer: American Society of Clinical Oncology clinical practice guideline. J Clin Oncol. 2012 May 01; 30(13):1553-61.