Rx Note

Introduction Years ago, I came across a simple paracetamol syrup dosing calculator in the app store. As a pharmacist, I was clinically curious to see how comprehensively the app addressed maximum dose capping. To my surprise, it did not; the dose simply increased indefinitely alongside the inputted weight. While the intention behind providing the public with a convenient calculator was good, this flaw carried a serious risk of harming pediatric patients through overdosing. This experience inspired me to create a quick pediatric drug dosing verifier, RxPed , to safely streamline our daily workflow when verifying prescription doses. The Complexities of Pediatric Dosing Creating a reliable pediatric dosing calculator requires addressing several complex variables. Different clinical references often recommend slightly different dosages, sometimes specifically tailored to certain indications. Furthermore, pediatric dosing is inherently complicated; it demands consideration of fixed dosing b...

Introduction At times, some works (especially statistics reporting) are not difficult, but just too tedious to do it. Hence, we hope all report things can be auto-calculated with each new data entry. Here are some useful Microsoft Excel tricks that you should learn up to make it not a mission impossible. Ctrl + Shift to Select To quickly select a dataset, you can click in the first cell that you want to use and hold down Ctrl+Shift , then hit Down arrow or Up arrow to get all the data below or above in the column. Left arrow or Right arrow to get the data in the row (to the left or right respectively). Separate Line within a Cell and Wrap Text In Microsoft Excel , pressing ALT+Enter creates a new line within a cell. This just to make the data to be presented in a neater manner. An example is as below. Wrap Text Option under the Home tab automatically resize the row or column so that the text re-wraps to fit. Use AutoFilter The AutoFilter feature is such a useful feature when de...