"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Drug Dosage Calculations" by people in Profiles.
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Carboplatin dosage: prospective evaluation of a simple formula based on renal function. J Clin Oncol. 2023 10 01; 41(28):4453-4454.
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Financial Burden of Discarded Weight-based Antineoplastic Drugs to Payers and Patients in the Private Insurance Market. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2021 08; 5(4).
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Phase 2 study of cemiplimab in patients with metastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma: primary analysis of fixed-dosing, long-term outcome of weight-based dosing. J Immunother Cancer. 2020 06; 8(1).
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Exposure-Safety Analyses of Talazoparib in Patients With Advanced Breast Cancer and Germline BRCA1/2 Mutations in the EMBRACA and ABRAZO Trials. J Clin Pharmacol. 2020 10; 60(10):1334-1343.
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Use of dupilumab in pediatric atopic dermatitis: Access, dosing, and implications for managing severe atopic dermatitis. Pediatr Dermatol. 2019 01; 36(1):172-176.
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Relative potency of proton-pump inhibitors, Helicobacter pylori therapy cure rates, and meaning of double-dose PPI. Helicobacter. 2019 Feb; 24(1):e12554.
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Effect of Conditioning Regimen Dose Reduction in Obese Patients Undergoing Autologous Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2019 03; 25(3):480-487.
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Calculated decisions: Antivenom dosing algorithm Emerg Med Pract. 2018 Sep 01; 20(9):CD1-CD2.
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Zolpidem and Zolpidem Carboxylic Acid Results from Medication Monitoring. J Anal Toxicol. 2018 Sep 01; 42(7):491-495.
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Pharmaceutical considerations with conjoined twins. Semin Perinatol. 2018 10; 42(6):350-354.