Calculation
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Click [Main Menu] hot key → [Calculations] → [Drug].
2) Set the [Drug Name], [Patient Type] and [Weight].
3) Enter the values of Amount, Drop Size and Dose.
4) Click [Calculate] to start the calculation.
When you arrive at the Drug Calculate page for the first time, the values of Patient Category and Weight
recorded in the Patient Management menu will be automatically transferred into the Drug Calculation
menu. However, you can still set the Patient Category and Weight manually, which will not change the
information recorded in the Patient Management menu.
19.3.2 View the Titration Table
The titration table shows the relevant information of the current drug. Follow the steps below to view the titration
table, where you can check the dose received by the patient at different infusion rates.
1) Follow either step described below to go to the Titration Table page:
Click [Calculations] hot key → [Drug] tab; or
Click [Main Menu] hot key → [Calculations] → [Drug].
2) Click [Titration] tab.
3) Click [Dose] at the bottom to choose a unit for the drug dose in the titration table.
4) Click [Step] to set the interval between two adjacent items in the titration table.
You can choose a sorting method for the titration table. Set [Basic] to:
[Dose]: to sort the titration table in order of increasing dose;
[Infusion Rate]: to sort the titration table in order of increasing infusion rate; the step size of infusion rate is
0.01; or
[Drip Rate]: to sort the titration table in order of increasing drip rate.
19.3.3 Drug Calculation Formula
Meditation is calculated by the following equation:
Concentration = Total amount / Volume
Infusion Rate = Dose / Concentration
Duration = Total amount / Dose
Note: the definition of Dose is the total quantity f drug to be delivered to the patient over time.
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