Title :
On-line anticonvulsant pharmacokinetics analysis on a multi-user system
Author :
Boverman, Joshua F. ; Burgess, Richard C. ; Bourgeois, Blaise F D ; Turnbull, John P. ; Horton, Martha R.
Author_Institution :
Cleveland Clinic Found., OH, USA
Abstract :
Software that facilitates the calculation of pharmacokinetic variables for studies of drugs with linear elimination characteristics is described. The operator enters patient demographics and serum concentration-time points following a single dose through an easily operated interface. The program generates a report that includes a graph, calculated variables, and measures of confidence in the results of the study. It provides objective, repeatable computation of pharmacokinetic variables and allows easy access to analysis that formerly took up to two hours to calculate by hand. The program is portable and terminal-independent
Keywords :
medical computing; patient treatment; calculated variables; drugs; graph; medical software; multi-user system; online anticonvulsant pharmacokinetics analysis; patient demographics; report; serum concentration-time points; Absorption; Drugs; Epilepsy; Error correction; Laboratories; Nervous system; Neurophysiology; Optimal control; Pharmaceutical technology; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1989. Images of the Twenty-First Century., Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1989.96353
