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Young's Rule

Christian I. Wade, Thirsa Martinez
In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2025 Jan.
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Young's Rule

Christian I. Wade et al.
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Excerpt

Young's Rule is an equation used to calculate pediatric medication dosage based on patient age and the known recommended adult dose. The definition of Young's Rule is the age of the patient divided by the age added to twelve, all multiplied by the recommended adult dose. This formula appears below:

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure: Christian Wade declares no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

Disclosure: Thirsa Martinez declares no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

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