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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Autore principale: McPherson, Mary Lynn M. (Autore)
Natura: Licensed eBooks
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Bethesda, MD : American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, [2018]
Edizione:Second edition.
Accesso online:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1912693
Sommario:
  • 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.