Universal medication dosing system

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1998-09-01

2000-10-17

Coggins, Wynn Wood

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128898, A61M 3100

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061324167

ABSTRACT:
A method of determining the proper medication dosage for a patient, including the steps of correlating a plurality of dosages of a plurality of medications to respective weight-related values indicative of the proper dosage of each of the medications for a given patient weight range, assigning a color to each of the respective weight-related values within a predetermined, fixed sequence of colors collectively representing a dosage range for each of the medications, wherein each of the colors represents a proper dosage for each medication for a patient having a weight within the weight range to which the color is assigned, and providing a dosing system which correlates each of the dosages of the medications with the assigned color within the fixed sequence of colors without regard to the potency of said medication.

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