Unit 2 Part 2 | General Pharmacy (BP102T) · B Pharm 1st Semester (PCI 2026 Syllabus)
Posology: dose calculation based on age, body weight and body surface area (BSA), with worked examples in Hindi.

Topics covered
• Historical age-based dose calculations: Young, Dilling, Cowling and Fried rules
• Weight-based calculations and the difference between mg/kg/dose and mg/kg/day
• Body surface area calculation using the Mosteller formula
• BSA-based dose calculations, units, rounding and limitations
• Worked numerical examples and quick revision

Chapters
00:00 Age-based dose calculations: Young and Dilling rules
09:18 Cowling and Fried rules: worked examples
14:00 Weight-based dose calculations: mg/kg/dose
20:27 Body surface area: Mosteller formula
22:37 BSA-based dose calculation and limitations
24:07 Quick revision of age, weight and BSA methods
25:30 Study resources and closing

Previous lesson: Posology and factors affecting dose (Unit 2 Part 2)
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These are academic arithmetic examples. Historical age rules do not replace medicine-specific clinical dosing.

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