Demystifying opioid conversion calculations : a guide for effective dosing /

Praised by practitioners, students and instructors for its engaging approach to teaching a very complex subject, Demystifying Opioid Conversion Calculations: A Guide for Effective Dosing, has long been the go-to guide for learning how to calculate opioid conversions. Now in its second edition, this...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McPherson, Mary Lynn M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bethesda, MD : American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, [2018]
Edición:Second edition.
Temas:
Opioids > Administration.
Pharmaceutical arithmetic.
Drugs > Dosage.
Drugs > Therapeutic equivalency.
Analgesics, Opioid > administration & dosage
Analgesics, Opioid > therapeutic use
Drug Dosage Calculations
Therapeutic Equivalency
Opioïdes > Administration.
Arithmétique pharmaceutique.
Médicaments > Équivalence thérapeutique.
MEDICAL > Pharmacology.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction to opioid conversion calculations
  • Converting among routes and formulations of the same opioid
  • Converting among routes and formulations of different opioids
  • Titrating opioid regimens : around the clock and to the rescue!
  • Transdermal and parenteral fentanyl dosage calculations and conversions
  • Methadone : a complex and challenging analgesic, but it's worth it!
  • Patient-controlled analgesia and neuraxial opioid therapy
  • Calculating doses from oral solutions and suspensions
  • Lagniappe : a little something extra in conversion calculations.

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