PeKemecum 2.0

PeKemecum is a clinical utility application primarily aimed at Primary Care and Rural Family Physicians.

It is a pediatric drug dosage calculator. It is a tool to assist professionals in reducing potential errors and calculation time for doses.

The pediatric therapeutic needs of Primary Care Family Physicians differ greatly from those of Hospital Care. PeKemecum is the ideal tool for non-hospital settings.

Among its main advantages are:

• Adaptation of doses to actual consultation needs.
• Simplification of calculations.
• Possibility of calculation by weight or age.
• Simultaneous calculation of all commercial presentations of the active ingredient available in the market.
• Additional information on each drug.
• Great ease of use and very intuitive.

The most commonly used active ingredients in Pediatric Care consultations have been included. Its development is based on the information collected from the technical data sheet of each drug and the guidelines published by various Pediatric Associations and national reference hospitals. The data used in PeKemecum are the result of the broadest consensus offered between different sources of information.

PeKemecum should only be used by personnel with sufficient knowledge and training to prescribe treatments. The authors are not responsible for any consequences resulting from inadvertent errors or incorrect use that could occur with the application. The user is ultimately responsible for the prescription. In case of any doubts, it is recommended to consult the technical data sheet at the link indicated in About PeKemecum.