DoseCalculators.jl

Gtk medication dosage calculators for Julia

Usage:

First you should define a function which takes named arguments weight = kg, height = cm, and age = years.

See the file examples/medication_formulas.jl for examples of formulas.

This type of app does not consider concomitant medications. If there are such issues, consider mention in the text of rlabel.

Always sanity check medical apps for errors! Unchecked unit or decimal place errors can kill!

Functions:

dose_calculator_app(func::Function, title = "Dose Calculator", rlabel = "Results")

Create a Gtk widget with entries for weight, height, age, and dose interval. Arguments: func is a function which takes named arguments age = years, weight = kg, height = cm and returns total 24-hour dosage in mg. title is the title for the app, and rlabel is the label to be given the results

Example:

using DoseCalculators
 
function amoxicillin_po(; age, weight, height)
    if age <= 3/12
        return weight * 30.0
    elseif age <= 16 && weight <= 40
        return weight * 37.0
    else
        return 1500.0
    end
end
 
dose_calculator_app(amoxicillin_po, "Amoxicillin PO Dosing", "Amoxicillin dosage(mg)")

See the examples directory for other examples of formulas.

Installation:

You may install the package from Github in the usual way:

# press ] to go to Pkg mode

pkg> add DoseCalculators

Or, to install the current master copy:

using Pkg
Pkg.add("http://github.com/wherrera10/DoseCalculators.jl")