"Drug Dosage Calculations" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.319.305
|
| 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
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Drug Dosage Calculations".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Drug Dosage Calculations".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Drug Dosage Calculations" by people in this website by year, and whether "Drug Dosage Calculations" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Drug Dosage Calculations" by people in Profiles.
-
Methodology for the Pediatric Dose Optimization for Seizures in Emergency Medical Services (PediDOSE) study. Trials. 2025 Dec 13; 27(1):53.
-
Use of dupilumab in pediatric atopic dermatitis: Access, dosing, and implications for managing severe atopic dermatitis. Pediatr Dermatol. 2019 01; 36(1):172-176.
-
Relative potency of proton-pump inhibitors, Helicobacter pylori therapy cure rates, and meaning of double-dose PPI. Helicobacter. 2019 Feb; 24(1):e12554.
-
Calculated decisions: Antivenom dosing algorithm Emerg Med Pract. 2018 Sep 01; 20(9):CD1-CD2.
-
Zolpidem and Zolpidem Carboxylic Acid Results from Medication Monitoring. J Anal Toxicol. 2018 Sep 01; 42(7):491-495.
-
Pharmaceutical considerations with conjoined twins. Semin Perinatol. 2018 10; 42(6):350-354.
-
Pharmacokinetic and clinical outcomes when ideal body weight is used to dose busulfan in obese hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2019 02; 54(2):218-225.
-
Design and Rationale for the Veterans Affairs "Cooperative Study Program 594 Comparative Effectiveness in Gout: Allopurinol vs. Febuxostat" Trial. Contemp Clin Trials. 2018 05; 68:102-108.
-
Preclinical evaluation of NUDT15-guided thiopurine therapy and its effects on toxicity and antileukemic efficacy. Blood. 2018 05 31; 131(22):2466-2474.
-
An Empirically Derived Pediatric Cardiac Inotrope Score Associated With Pediatric Heart Surgery. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018; 30(1):62-68.