Development of a Drug Dosage Calculation Learning Smartphone Application

The Development of a Therapeutic Smartphone Application

The present research investigated the use of a Smartphone App as an adjunct in the treatment of a range of anxiety disorders. The primary aim of the App was to increase client adherence to between session therapy tasks, involving homework practice of a range of skills and tasks known to be associated with successful treatment of anxiety disorders. Homework is an important component of many ther...

Calculation of drug dosage and body surface area of children.

The British National Formulary and many reference textbooks recommend that drug dosages for children be calculated according to body surface area (BSA). Although many rules for drug dosage have been developed, based on age, weight and surface area, none has been accurate and simple enough for routine use. These rules are described, and one for clinical use: up to 30 kg, a child's drug dose may ...

Prehospital Trauma Management: Evaluation of a New Designed Smartphone Application

Background: Regarding the undeniable role of nurses in caring for patients with trauma, a suitable method is required for the education of nursing students to meet their needs. In this study, first we designed an educational smartphone application for pre-hospital trauma management and then nursing students evaluated its usefulness.  Methods: This applied study has a cross-sectional design and...

Workshop - Introducing and teaching smartphone application development

The diversity of mobile hardware and software platforms is one of the major challenges in developing applications for mobile devices such as smartphones. Mobile applications are developed on platform like MS Windows or Linux, and deployed on a totally different platform such as a BlackBerry smartphone. Integrating mobile devices into computing education can raise the level of excitement for stu...

Application of Proteomics Technologies in the Drug Development Process