Literature DB >> 2883452

Who needs molar units for drugs?

L F Prescott, A T Proudfoot, B Widdop, G N Volans, J A Vale, B Whiting, J P Griffin, F O Wells.   

Abstract

The standardisation of units for drug concentration measurement in clinical medicine is an urgent necessity. The obvious choice is mass units based on the litre. A change to molar units for drug concentrations would make no sense unless drugs were also prescribed in moles, which would cause disruption and inconvenience. There would be considerable danger to patients and the change would be expensive. Most importantly, molar units for drugs will not benefit doctors or their patients. Mass units should be retained and proposals for the adoption of molar units should be abandoned.

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Year:  1987        PMID: 2883452     DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(87)91682-5

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Lancet        ISSN: 0140-6736            Impact factor:   79.321


  2 in total

1.  Are we using the right dose? - a tale of mole and gram.

Authors:  Peter Eyer; Michael Eddleston; Horst Thiermann; Franz Worek; Nick A Buckley
Journal:  Br J Clin Pharmacol       Date:  2008-06-28       Impact factor: 4.335

2.  The international system of units (SI) in historical perspective.

Authors:  O W van Assendelft
Journal:  Am J Public Health       Date:  1987-11       Impact factor: 9.308

  2 in total

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