RELATIONS BETWEEN AGE AND WEIGHT AND DOSAGE OF DRUGS
Authors: W. T.  DAWSON
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1940)

Article1 March 1940RELATIONS BETWEEN AGE AND WEIGHT AND DOSAGE OF DRUGSW. T. DAWSONW. T. DAWSONAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-13-9-1594 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptBecause of the existence of individual variability in response to drugs, no method can be devised for determining accurately in advance the proper dosages of drugs for individuals. Average doses, suitable for large groups of adult patients, have been worked out empirically and are printed in pharmacopoeias. This paper is concerned with a survey of methods by which drug dosage might be modified for age and size of individual.It is natural to proportion dosage according to size of patient, and I suppose it was done even by our Stone Age ancestors. We have today a rule for doing this,...References1. AIKMAN J: The problem of accidental poisoning in childhood, Jr. Am. Med. 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