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Pharmacists have since moved to metric measurements, with a drop being rounded to exactly 0.05 mL (50 μL, that is, 20 drops per milliliter). In hospitals, intravenous tubing is used to deliver medication in drops of various sizes ranging from 10 drops/mL to 60 drops/mL.
ambiguous meaning, write out "days" or "doses". D5LR. dextrose 5% in lactated Ringer's solution ( intravenous sugar solution ) D5NS. dextrose 5% in normal saline (0.9%) ( intravenous sugar solution ) D5W, D 5 W. dextrose 5% in water ( intravenous sugar solution ) D10W, D 10 W. dextrose 10% in water ( intravenous sugar solution )
drop(s) gutta(e) h., h hour: hora: qhs, h.s., hs at bedtime or half strength quaque hora somni ii two tablets duos doses iii three tablets trēs doses n.p.o., npo, NPO nothing by mouth / not by oral administration: nil per os o.d., od, OD right eye. once a day (United Kingdom) oculus dexter omne in die o.s., os, OS left eye: oculus sinister o.u ...
Changes in viral load are usually reported as a log change (in powers of 10). For example, a three log increase in viral load (3 log10) is an increase of 10 3 or 1,000 times the previously reported level, while a drop from 500,000 to 500 copies would be a three-log-drop (also 3 log10). [citation needed] Other factors that affect viral load
For a given drip chamber (when the fluid drips from the hole into the chamber) drop factor means number of drops per ml of the IV fluid. Flow rate can be calculated with the help of the observations from the drip chamber and its drop factor. The unit of flow rate is gtts/min, where gtts means guttae (Latin plural noun meaning “drops”).
Abbreviations of weights and measures are pronounced using the expansion of the unit (mg = "milligram") and chemical symbols using the chemical expansion (NaCl = "sodium chloride"). Some initialisms deriving from Latin may be pronounced either as letters ( qid = "cue eye dee") or using the English expansion ( qid = "four times a day").
In the United States, Germany, Japan and many other countries mass concentration is measured in mg/dl (milligrams per decilitre). [4] Since the molecular mass of glucose C 6 H 12 O 6 is approximately 180 g/mol, the difference between the two units is a factor of about 18, so 1 mmol/L of glucose is equivalent to 18 mg/dL.
The apothecaries' system, or apothecaries' weights and measures, is a historical system of mass and volume units that were used by physicians and apothecaries for medical prescriptions and also sometimes by scientists. [1] [2] [3] The English version of the system is closely related to the English troy system of weights, the pound and grain ...