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  A

A-a Gradient

a/A Ratio

AaPO2 Correction for FIO2

Absolute Lymphocyte Count

Absolute Neutrophil Count

Absolute Reticulocyte Count

Allowable Blood Loss

Amikacin Dosing q24hr (also Kanamycin and Streptomycin)

Amikacin Dosing to Produce Desired Peak and Trough Levels

Amikacin Level Prediction from Maintenance Dosing

Aminoglycoside Clearance Estimate

Amortization of Student Loans

Anion Gap Delta Delta Gradient Multicalc®

Anion Gap Delta Delta Ratio Multicalc®

Anion Gap in Hypoalbumin States

Anion Gap

Area Unit Conversions

Ascites Albumin Gradient

AUC Dose Calculation for Carboplatin (Calvert formula)

  B

Basic Unit Conversions

Bayesian Statistics I MultiCalc®

Bayesian Statistics II MultiCalc®

Benefit Increase / Number Needed to Treat Multicalc®

Benzodiazepine Medication Dosing Conversions

Bicarbonate Deficit

Blood Pressure Percentiles for Boys (2 - 17 years)

Blood Pressure Percentiles for Girls (2 - 17 years)

Body Mass Index (Quetelet's index)

Body Mass Index Percentiles for Boys (2 - 20 years)

Body Mass Index Percentiles for Girls (2 - 20 years)

Body Surface Area (Du Bois Method)

Body Surface Area (Mosteller, square root method)

Burn Injury Fluid Resuscitation (Brooke estimate)

Burn Injury Fluid Resuscitation (Demling dextran estimate)

Burn Injury Fluid Resuscitation (Evans estimate)

Burn Injury Fluid Resuscitation (Modified Brooke crystalloid estimate)

Burn Injury Fluid Resuscitation (Parkland crystalloid estimate)

Burn Injury Fluid Resuscitation (Slater estimate)

  C

Calcium Correction in Hypoalbuminemia (SI units)

Calcium Correction in Hypoalbuminemia

Carbon Dioxide Production

Cardiac Output MultiCalc®

Cardiac Output

Chi Square Analysis

Closing Capacity to Total Lung Volume Capacity

Closing Capacity

Closing Volume to Vital Capacity Ratio

Comprehensive Unit Conversions

Confidence Interval of a Binomial Proportion

Confidence Interval of a Difference Between Proportions

Confidence Interval of a Ratio of Proportions

Confidence Interval of a Ratio of Ratios

Confidence Interval of a Survey

Corticosteroid Medication Dosing Conversions (glucocorticoid effect)

Corticosteroid Medication Dosing Conversions (mineralocorticoid effect)

Creatinine Clearance (measured)

Creatinine Clearance (measured, SI units)

Creatinine Clearance by Mass

Creatinine Clearance Estimate by Cockcroft-Gault Equation (SI units)

Creatinine Clearance Estimate by Cockcroft-Gault Equation

Creatinine clearance estimate for changing serum creatinine

Creatinine Kinetics Multicalc®

CSF IgG Index

CSF Protein Concentration Correction in Blood Contaminated CSF

CSF WBC Correction in Blood Contaminated CSF

  D

Density Unit Conversions

Digitalis Body Load

Dose Adjustment for Body Surface Area

Dose Driven IV-Drip Rate Calculator

  E

Energy Unit Conversions

Epidural Formulation Compounding Calculator

Epoprostenol (Flolan) Infusion Rate Calculator

Estimated Blood Volume

Estimated Date of Delivery (EDD) Pregnancy Calculator

  F

False Negative Rate from Sensitivity and Prevalence

False Negative Ratio from Sensitivity and Prevalence

False Positive Rate from Specificty and Prevalence

False Positive Ratio from Specificity and Prevalence

Fentanyl Patch Initial Dosing Estimate Based on Prior Narcotic Dosing

Flow Unit Conversions

Force Unit Conversions

Fractional Excretion of Amylase (Amylase to creatinine clearance ratio)

Fractional Excretion of Sodium (SI units)

Fractional Excretion of Sodium

Fractional Excretion of Urate

Friedewald Equation for Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL)

Friedewald Equation for Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL, SI units)

Functional Residual Capacity

  G

Gentamicin Dosing q24hr

Gentamycin Dosing to Produce Desired Peak and Trough Levels

Gentamycin Level Prediction from Maintenance Dosing

Gestational Age from Estimated Date of Delivery (EDD)

Glomerular Filtration Rate Estimate by Abbreviated MDRD Study Equation (SI units)

Glomerular Filtration Rate Estimate by Abbreviated MDRD Study Equation

Glomerular Filtration Rate Estimate by Quadratic Equation

Glomerular Filtration Rate Estimate by Schwartz Formula

Glomerular Filtration Rate Estimation using the MDRD Equation (SI units)

Glomerular Filtration Rate Estimation using the MDRD Equation

Gorlin Formula for Valve Area

  H

Harris-Benedict Estimation of Basal Energy Expenditure

Height for Age Percentiles for Boys (2 - 20 years)

Height for Age Percentiles for Girls (2 - 20 years)

Hemoglobin A1C Estimation from Mean Plasma Glucose

Hemoglobin A1C to Mean Plasma Glucose Estimation

Henderson-Hasselbach Equation

Hepatitis C Fibrosis Prediction Score

HOMA Formula: Homeostasis Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance

Housestaff Activity Index

Hyponatremia Correction Infusate Rate

  I

Ideal Body Weight Percentage

Ideal Body Weight

IME Ajusted Ratio for Medical Education Medicare Payments to Teaching Hospitals

In-Flight PaO2 Estimation (using PFT's)

In-Flight PaO2 Estimation

Infant Head Circumference for Age Percentiles (< 36 months)

Infant Length for Age Percentiles (< 36 months)

Infant Weight for Age Percentiles (< 36 months)

Infant Weight for Length Percentiles (< 36 months)

Inspiratory Capacity

International Normalized Ratio of Prothrombin Time (INR)

Iron Replacement (parenteral dosing) for Iron Deficiency

IV Drip Maintenance Rate Calculator

  K

Kappa Measurement of Inter-observer Agreement MultiCalc®

Kappa Measurement of Inter-observer Agreement: Bennett's Kappa

Kappa Measurement of Inter-observer Agreement: Cohen's Kappa

Kappa Measurement of Inter-observer Agreement: Scott's Kappa

Kt/V Dialysis Dose Barth Formula

Kt/V Dialysis Dose Basile Formula

Kt/V Dialysis Dose Daugirdas Formula

Kt/V Dialysis Dose Formulae MultiCalc®

Kt/V Dialysis Dose Jindal Formula

Kt/V Dialysis Dose Kerr Formula

Kt/V Dialysis Dose Keshaviah Formula

Kt/V Dialysis Dose Lowrie Formula

  L

Lean Body Weight (Female)

Lean Body Weight (Male)

Lean Body Weight Based on Creatinine Production

Length Unit Conversions

Likelihood Ratio MultiCalc®

Likelihood Ratio of Negative from Raw Data

Likelihood Ratio of Positive from Raw Data

Lung Age Estimation for Smoking Cessation Counseling

Lung Volume Multicalc®

  M

Maintenance Fluid Calculation for Children

Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration

Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin

Mean Corpuscular Volume

Mean Vascular Pressure (systemic or pulmonary)

MELD Score for End-Stage Liver Disease (patients 12 or more years old)

Mid-parental Target Height Prediction

  N

Nasal Canula Oxygen Fractional Inspired O2 (FIO2) Estimate

Negative Predictive Value from Raw Data

Negative Predictive Value of a Test

Normal Range for Body Weight

Number Needed to Harm (NNH) from Odds Ratio (OR) and Patient Expected Event Rate (PEER)

Number Needed to Treat (NNT) from Odds Ratio (OR) and Patient Expected Event Rate (PEER)

  O

Odds from Probability

Odds Ratio and Relative Risk

Opioid Medication Dose Conversions

Osmolal Gap Calculator (SI units)

Osmolal Gap Calculator

Osmolality Estimator (serum)

Osmolar Clearance

Overall Accuracy of a Test from Raw Data

Overall Accuracy of a Test from Sensitivity, Specificity and Prevalence

Oxygen Consumption

Oxygen Content of Arterial Blood

Oxygen Content of Venous Blood

Oxygen Delivery Units Conversions

Oxygenation Index (OI)

  p

paO2 / FIO2 Ratio (for MODS Calculation)

PaO2 Correction for FIO2

Peak Expiratory Flow Prediction

Peak Expiratory Flow Variability in Asthma

PELD Score for End-Stage Liver Disease (patients less than 12 years old)

PFT Adjusted Predicted Values for Men MultiCalc®

PFT Adjusted Predicted Values for Women MultiCalc®

PFT Predicted Values for Boys MultiCalc®

PFT Predicted Values for Girls MultiCalc®

PFT Predicted Values for Men MultiCalc®

PFT Predicted Values for Women MultiCalc®

Phenytoin Free (Unbound) Drug Level (Adjusted for Hypoalbuminemia)

Phenytoin Total Drug Level (Adjusted for Hypoalbuminemia and Renal Function)

Pneumothorax Degree of Collapse

Positive Predictive Value from Raw Data

Positive Predictive Value of a Test

Post Test Odds from Pre Test Odds and Likelihood Ratio MultiCalc®

Post Test Odds of a Negative from Raw Data

Post Test Odds of a Negative Result from Sensitivity Specificity and Prevalence

Post Test Odds of a Positive from Raw Data

Post Test Odds of a Positive Result from Sensitivity Specificity and Prevalence

Power Unit Conversions

Pre Test Odds from Prevalence

Pre Test Odds from Raw Data

Pregnancy Gestation by LMP and Ultrasound Biometry

Pressure Adjusted Heart Rate (For MODS calculation)

Pressure Unit Conversions

Prevalence of a Finding or Disease from Test Data

Probability from Odds

Protein Bound Calcium

Protein Catabolic Rate (normalized PCR)

Protein Catabolic Rate

Pulmonary Vascular Resistance

Pulse Pressure Variation (percentage)

  Q

QT Interval Correction (EKG)

QUICKI Formula for Insulin Resistance

  R

Red Blood Cell Volume by Radionucleotide Dilution

Renal Failure Index

Residual Renal Function in Hemodialysis Patients (Kru)

Residual Volume to Total Lung Capacity Ratio

Respiratory Quotient

Reticulocyte Production Index

Right to Left Shunt Fraction Qs/Qt

Risk Increase / Number Needed to Harm Multicalc®

Risk Reduction / Number Needed to Treat Multicalc®

  S

Sensitivity of a Test

Serum Sodium Concentration Change Considering Infused and Excreted Cations

SI Unit Conversions: Body Fluid Chemistries

SI Unit Conversions: Chemistry Values

SI Unit Conversions: Coagulation Tests

SI Unit Conversions: Drugs

SI Unit Conversions: Hematology

SI Unit Conversions: Urine Chemistry Values

Sodium Change in Hyperlipidemeia

Sodium Change in Hyperproteinemia

Sodium Correction in Hyperglycemia

Sodium Deficit in Hyponatremia

Specificity of a Test

Speed Unit Conversions

Standard Drink Equivalents

Stool Osmolal Gap

Survey Sample Size with Population Correction

Survey Sample Size

Systemic Vascular Resistance

Systolic Pressure Variation (percentage)

  T

Temperature Unit Conversions

Textile Type Unit Conversions

Time Averaged Concentration of Urea in Hemodialysis

Time Unit Conversions

TIPS Risk predictor / Survival predictor (Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt)

Tobramycin Dosing to Produce Desired Peak and Trough Levels

Tobramycin Level Prediction from Maintenance Dosing

Total Body Water (BIA formula)

Total Body Water Estimation Based on Weight Alone

Total Body Water in Men (Humes-Weyer formula)

Total Body Water in Men (Johansson formula)

Total Body Water in Men (Lee formula)

Total Body Water in Men (Watson formula)

Total Body Water in Women (Humes-Weyer formula)

Total Body Water in Women (Johansson formula)

Total Body Water in Women (Lee formula)

Total Body Water in Women (Watson formula)

Total Daily Energy Requirement Estimate

Total Lung Capacity

Transferrin Saturation

Transtubular Potassium Gradient at CCD

True Negative Ratio from Specificity and Prevalence

True Positive Ratio from Sensitivity and Prevalence

  U

Urea Reduction Percentage in Hemodialysis (PRU)

Urea Reduction Ratio in Hemodialysis (URR)

Urinary Protein Excretion Estimation

  V

Vancomycin Dosing to Produce Desired Peak and Trough Levels

Vancomycin Level Prediction from Maintenance Dosing

Ventilation Index

Very Low Density Lipoprotein (VLDL)

Vital Capacity

Volume of Distribution of Urea

Volume Unit Conversions

  W

Water Deficit in Hypernatremia

Weight Based Dosage Calculator

Weight for Age Percentiles for Boys (2-20 years)

Weight for Age Percentiles for Girls (2-20 years)

Weight for Height Percentiles for Boys (77-121 cm tall)

Weight for Height Percentiles for Girls (77-121 cm tall)

Weight Unit Conversions

WHO Assessment of Malnutrition in Boys 0 to 2 Years Old

WHO Assessment of Malnutrition in Boys 2 to 5 years Old

WHO Assessment of Malnutrition in Girls 0 to 2 Years Old

WHO Assessment of Malnutrition in Girls 2 to 5 years Old

Winter's Formula for Expected PCO2

  Z

Z Score to Percentile Estimation

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