Book contents
- Surviving Prescribing
- Reviews
- Surviving Prescribing
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Abbreviations
- Part 1 Introduction
- Part 2 Prescribing for Patient Groups
- Part 3 Emergency Prescribing
- Part 4 Gastrointestinal
- Part 5 Central Nervous System
- Part 6 Haematology
- Part 7 Surgery
- Part 8 Diabetes
- Part 9 Calculations
- Chapter 36 Calculations for the Prescriber
- Chapter 37 Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
- Part 10 Interactions, Hypersensitivity and Contraindications
- Part 11 Infections and Other Important Topics
- Index
Chapter 36 - Calculations for the Prescriber
from Part 9 - Calculations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 June 2020
Book contents
- Surviving Prescribing
- Reviews
- Surviving Prescribing
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Abbreviations
- Part 1 Introduction
- Part 2 Prescribing for Patient Groups
- Part 3 Emergency Prescribing
- Part 4 Gastrointestinal
- Part 5 Central Nervous System
- Part 6 Haematology
- Part 7 Surgery
- Part 8 Diabetes
- Part 9 Calculations
- Chapter 36 Calculations for the Prescriber
- Chapter 37 Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
- Part 10 Interactions, Hypersensitivity and Contraindications
- Part 11 Infections and Other Important Topics
- Index
Summary
Prescribers need to perform calculations regularly, even with the advent of electronic systems. This is true for every ward, but more so for high-risk specialties such as paediatrics, ICU and anaesthetics. The reader is provided with several rules to manage this, including being clear about units, performing calculations in two directions and avoiding confusion with percentages and ratios.
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- Surviving PrescribingA Practical Guide, pp. 155 - 158Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020