Program calculates doses for neonates

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EDITOR,—The value of computer based prescribing1 should be immense, and the potential value is even greater for babies than adults. Drug injections for adults often use a half to a whole standard ampoule, but sick or premature neonates frequently require only a tiny proportion of the phial, which increases the scope for accidental and possibly lethal overdosage2 caused by medical or nursing error.3 A sequence of calculations may be …