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Demystifying opioid conversion calculations : a guide for effective dosing / Mary Lynn McPherson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McPherson, Mary Lynn M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Opioids--Administration.
- Opioids.
- Pharmaceutical arithmetic.
- Drugs--Dosage.
- Drugs.
- Drugs--Therapeutic equivalency.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (274 pages)
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Bethesda, MD : American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, [2018]
- Summary:
- Praised by students and instructors for its engaging approach to teaching a very complex subject, Demystifying Opioid Conversion Calculations, has long been the go-to guide for learning how to calculate opioid conversions. Now in its second edition, this reference is a must-have for clinicians involved in pain management at all levels.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781585284313
- 1585284319
- OCLC:
- 1057668769
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