The steps to
calculate a pediatric medication dose in
PedDrugDose are illustrated below:
- Pick
a medication to use from the alphabetical
list or search
- Pick a
concentration - the available ones are
listed
- Enter the
child's weight in either lb or kg
- As shown in any of these screen shots
- The dosing ranges
and dosing intervals are
already entered but you may change them.
- As shown in any of these screen shots
- Click "Calculate"
- Choose a
dosing regimen - all appropriate ones
are listed for you with the back-calculations
- Print Prescription.
- Paste your Dot
codes.
- If you have indicated that you will be using this
program with Practice Partner®, clicking
on a dosing regimen will paste the "dot codes" into the clipboard.
- Within your progress note in Practice Partner®,
simply press Ctrl-V and the dot codes will be pasted. An example
of the code inserted is shown:
.RX2: amoxicillin : 400mg/5ml : 2.5ml : q12 : 10 : 50ml : 0
.SIG: ˝ tsp (2.5ml = 200mg) po q12 hours
Once you save your progress note, the prescription will be generated
and can be printed by viewing it in the medications section in Practice
Partner®.
- Please note:
Practice
Partner™ is a registered trademark of Physicians Microsystems,
Inc.,
a wholly owned subsidiary of McKesson
Information Solutions, LLC. I do not and
have never worked for McKesson or
Physicians Microsystems, Inc. This software, PedDrugDose,
is
produced and owned independently of McKesson and Physicians
Microsystems, Inc. No endorsement of this
software by McKesson or
Physicians Microsystems, Inc. is implied and none should be
inferred.
Practice Partner is mentioned throughout the program and in it's help
file for clarity's sake as this program was (after the fact) reworked
in order to improve prescription creation in Practice Partner.
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