Required
Steps
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How
PedDrugDose Changes This
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Easier to search for - you
don't even need to know the spelling
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- Look up the concentrations available - choose
one
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These are all pre-filled
for each medication - you just have to select from the list
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- Look up the dosing range (mg/kg/day)
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These are pre-filled as
well
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- Look up
the dosing intervals - choose one
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The most common one is
already selected but you may change it
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- Convert the child's weight to kg if given in
lbs
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Weights may be entered in
either kg or lb
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- Calculate
how many mg/day are required for
this child (low and high)
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Done automatically
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- Calculate the mg/dose using the dosing
intervals
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Done automatically
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- Calculate the ml/dose using your desired
concentration
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Done automatically
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- Round the ml/dose to a parent friendly figure
(4 ml instead of 3.81, 1/2 tsp instead of 2.4ml, etc.
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Done automatically
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- Now, check your work: convert your rounded
ml/dose to mg/dose
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Done automatically
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- Convert mg/dose to mg/day using your chosen
dosing interval
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Done automatically
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- Convert mg/day to mg/kg/day using the child's
weight
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Done automatically
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- Is it within the high and low range? If
not, something has to be changed (maybe tid works better than bid?) and
the calculations re-run
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Very easy to check by
looking at the dosing regimens presented to you. Each on has a
corresponding mg/kg/day calculated along with an indication as to
whether it is within range. Any parameter can be changed easily,
allowing you to run "what-if" scenarios to optimize the prescription
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Printed or copied into
your EMR* (not that there is anything wrong with your handwriting...)
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