Objectives

Upon completion of this section you should be able to:

1. Calculate drug dose based on patient variables of age, weight and body surface area
2. Understand the difference between Ideal Body Weight and Actual Body Weightand Adjusted Body Weight
3. Use nomograms in calculations
4. Calculating drug dose based on creatinine clearance
5. Calculate drug dose for chemotherapy regimen
6. Calculations involving units
7. Perform General dose calculations

References