Table 2 (adapted from Chrousos et al., 2011) (51) shows that synthetic derivatives of cortisol at
equivalent doses suppress the adrenal glands more.
* calibration in units of
equivalent dose requires the application of an appropriate phantom,
A morphine milligram
equivalent dose of about 50 mgs daily appears to be a threshold dose which can provide adequate pain control in a reasonable proportion of those having significant chronic pain, with acceptable safety.
Linear quadratic calculations done for HFRT using Biologic
Equivalent Dose (BED) have been found to be equivalent to those performed with the standard regimen using 2 Gy per day fractions3.
Finally, TL measurements were also performed on the sample to calculate the
equivalent dose, De.
The equivalence that 1 J/kg (physical unit) of gamma absorbed dose corresponds to 1 Sv of
equivalent dose (operational quantities) is used.
Age, disease duration, and Levodopa
equivalent dose were obtained.
Most authors recommend a mass
equivalent dose according to the amount of INH ingested, if known.
In addition, when focusing on a specific type of potential outcome (e.g., leukemia) and its association with radiation exposure of a specific target tissue (e.g., active bone marrow), it is better to use the
equivalent dose, which involves only the radiation weighting factor, when a mixture of different radiations are involved (National Research Council 2006).
Note that
equivalent dose ranges for the two drugs were the same, (
equivalent dose 20 mg/d (65 patients) or 40 mg/d (65 patients)) because Atorvastatin has twice the effect of simvastatin as shown by Jones et al.
Heart scan (Stress MIBI) was taken as standard as it showed maximum exposure (0.584 mR) and
equivalent dose corresponding to this exposure (5.85uSv) amongst all scans.