list some examples please
2006-10-29 14:49:52 · 11 answers · asked by TrackStar 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
dosages are administered so many cc's per kg/lb. You need to be able to compute basic math to know how much to give to someone weighing "x" amount of weight. Example: antibiotic A is given 3 cc's per 20 kg. Patient B weighs 150 lbs. You need to know how many kgs equals 150 lbs and then how much antibiotic will be needed.
2006-10-29 14:56:56 · answer #1 · answered by nichole n 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"30mg dosage of Tylenol every 4-6 hours unless your temperature is above 100 degrees for more than 2 hours." - Child's Prescription.
The vast majority of math in medicine is in the safe, accurate measurement and dispensing of drugs. In the biological aspect of medicine, math is necessary to understand the sizes, proportions, distances and count of items in the body, as well as many other things. In pharmacology, math is invaluable in calculating drug amounts, ratios, and the rates of absorption.
Would you trust a doctor, nurse, or examiner if they didn't know what the effects of a drug was when you took it ? Or, they didn't know how often, or for how long you should be taking the drug.
In emergencies, the combination of math and a large body of knowledge combine to advise decisions that affect life and death situations. If you are going into the medical field, you'll need to know some math, and so much else that math will seem easy. But if it's something you love, you'll enjoy learning it.
2006-10-29 15:00:11 · answer #2 · answered by WickedSmaht 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why does it seem like someone here is using yahoo answers to get an answer for her homework???
Anyway, math is about numbers.. medicine also uses numbers in measuring units of blood tests, urine tests, stool tests and other tests where doctors can tell if something is wrong with a patient. More than that, numbers are also used in measuring the body temperature of patients, blood pressure, heart beat, etc... numbers are also needed to get the right dosage of medicine for patients.
2006-10-29 15:02:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Radiation/Oncology treatment- measurement of body mass and area to equate dosages to be administered.
Medicines: dosaging is in proportion to patient's weight/height.
Xrays: Caliphers which measure the width of an area to be xrayed to determine the amount of kvs to be used to penetrate that area of the body to produce a proper xray.
2006-10-29 14:55:27 · answer #4 · answered by mac 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Statistical usage of testing new medications. Statistics is a large part in determining if a certain medication is working or harming patients. There are plenty of clinical trials.
2006-10-29 20:51:09 · answer #5 · answered by Andie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To calculate how much of what ingredient to mix the medicine with.
2006-10-29 14:53:25 · answer #6 · answered by q 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Calculating rates of IV fluids, pressure in milking machines, EPIDEMIOLOGY is huge in Vet Med and it is all stats and rates (to figure out death rates, or prevalence of a disease in a populations). Calculating RER to figure out proper feed amounts for animals. Lung volume for anesthesia/ventilator rates. Dehydration in animals, weight loss rate in sick animals. How much we are going into debt and how little we will make...
2016-05-22 06:36:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
measuring dosing ratios for medicines, measuring ratios of the gases used in anesthesia.
2006-10-29 14:52:26 · answer #8 · answered by parental unit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To measure and calculate the dosage!!
2006-10-29 14:52:29 · answer #9 · answered by kuku 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
probabilities that a medical procedure will be successful
2006-10-29 14:57:13 · answer #10 · answered by fcas80 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋