Impcat of Maths on Medical Science.

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IMPACT OFMATHS ON

MEDICALSCIENCE.


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Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine is a peer-reviewejournal that publishes research and review articles focused on the applmathematics to problems arising from the biomedical sciences. Areas ogene therapy, cell kinetics, pharmacokinetics, chemotherapy, oncologybiology, wound healing, physiology, heart modelling, cardiovascular andneurobiology, computational neuroscience, biomechanics, biomedical s

analysis, epidemiology, immunology, time series analysis, etracellular and signalling, and tissue engineering.

!he most recent "mpact #actor for Computational and Mathematical Meis $.%&& according to '$() *ournal Citation +eports released by !homso'$(.Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine currently has an of '. !he average time between submission and /nal decision is &( d

average time between acceptance and publication is ' days.

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USES OF MAT

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PRESCRIPTIONS AND MEDICATIORegularly, doctors r!te "rescr!"t!o#s to t$e!r "at!e#ts %or &ar!ous a!l'e#ts. Prescs"ec!)c 'ed!cat!o# a#d dosage a'ou#t. Most 'ed!cat!o#s $a&e gu!del!#es %or dos'!ll!gra's *'g+ "er !logra' *g+. Doctors #eed to )gure out $o 'a#y '!ll!gra'eac$ "at!e#t !ll #eed, de"e#d!#g o# t$e!r e!g$t. I% t$e e!g$t o% a "at!e#t !s o#l

"ou#ds, doctors #eed to co#&ert t$at 'easure'e#t to !logra's a#d t$e# )#d t$e'!ll!gra's %or t$e "rescr!"t!o#. T$ere !s a &ery -!g d!ere#ce -etee# 'g/g a#d !'"erat!&e t$at doctors u#dersta#d $o to accurately co#&ert e!g$t 'easure'e#also deter'!#e $o lo#g a "rescr!"t!o# !ll last. For e0a'"le, !% a "at!e#t #eeds to'ed!cat!o#, say o#e "!ll, t$ree t!'es a day. T$e# o#e 'o#t$ o% "!lls !s a""ro0!'ateHoe&er, 'ost "at!e#ts "re%er to or t$ree 'o#t$ "rescr!"t!o#s %or co#&e#!e#ce a"ur"oses. Doctors 'ust -e a-le to do t$ese calculat!o#s 'e#tally !t$ s"eed a#d Doctors 'ust also co#s!der $o lo#g t$e 'ed!c!#e !ll stay !# t$e "at!e#t3s -ody. deter'!#e $o o%te# t$e "at!e#t #eeds to tae t$e!r 'ed!cat!o# !# order to ee" a

o% t$e 'ed!c!#e !# t$e -ody. For e0a'"le, a "at!e#t taes a "!ll !# t$e 'or#!#g t$a"art!cular 'ed!c!#e. 6$e# t$e "at!e#t aes u" t$e #e0t day, t$e!r -ody $as as$'ed!cat!o#. T$!s 'ea#s t$at 92'g $a&e -ee# as$ed out a#d o#ly :2'g re'a!# !"at!e#t co#t!#ues to tae t$e!r 52'g "!ll eac$ 'or#!#g. T$!s 'ea#s t$at o# t$e 'ot$e "at!e#t $as t$e :2'g le%t o&er %ro' day o#e, as ell as a#ot$er 52'g %ro' t$eto, $!c$ !s a total o% ;2'g. As t$!s co#t!#ues, doctors 'ust deter'!#e $o o%teto tae t$e!r 'ed!cat!o#, a#d %or $o lo#g, !# order to ee" e#oug$ 'ed!c!#e !# t$or eect!&ely, -ut !t$out o&erdos!#g.T$e a'ou#t o% 'ed!c!#e !# t$e -ody a%ter ta!#g a 'ed!cat!o# decreases -y a certa

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RATIOS AND PROPORTIONS

Nurses also use rat!os a#d "ro"ort!o#s $e# ad'!#!ster!#g 'ed!#eed to #o $o 'uc$ 'ed!c!#e a "at!e#t #eeds de"e#d!#g o# Nurses #eed to -e a-le to u#dersta#d t$e doctor3s orders. Suc$

-e g!&e# as> 95 'cg/g/'!#. I% t$e "at!e#t e!g$s 59g, $o 'as$ould t$e "at!e#t rece!&e !# o#e $our@ I# order to do t$!s, #urse'!crogra's *'cg+ to '!ll!gra's *'g+. I%


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Body Mass Index"n terms of medicine and health, a person0s 1odyMass "nde 21M"3 is a useful measure. 4our 1M" ise5ual to your weight in pounds, times %$).%,

divided by the s5uare of your height in inches.!his method is not always accurate for people

with very high muscle mass because the weightof muscle is greater than the weight of fat. "n thiscase, the calculated 1M" measurement may bemisleading. !here are special machines that /nda person0s 1M". 6e can /nd the 1M" of a ()-pound woman who is 0&7 tall as follows.#irst, we need to convert the height measurement

of 0&7 into inches, which is &&7. !hen, thewoman0s 1M" would be8

!his is a normal 1ody Mass "nde. A normal 1M"is less than '. A 1M" between ' and '. isconsidered to be overweight and a 1M" greater

than 9$ is considered to be obese. 1M"measurements give doctors information about a


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CAT SCANSO#e o% t$e 'ore ad&a#ced ays t$at 'ed!cal"ro%ess!o#als use 'at$e'at!cs !s !# t$e use o% CATsca#s. A CAT sca# !s a s"ec!al ty"e o% 0ray called aCo'"uter!?ed A0!al To'ogra"$y Sca#. A regular 0rayca# o#ly "ro&!de a tod!'e#s!o#al &!e o% a "art!cular"art o% t$e -ody. T$e#, !% a s'aller -o#e !s $!dde#

-etee# t$e 0ray 'ac$!#e a#d a larger -o#e, t$es'aller -o#e ca##ot -e see#. It !s l!e a s$ado.It !s 'uc$ 'ore -e#e)c!al to see a t$ree d!'e#s!o#alre"rese#tat!o# o% t$e -ody3s orga#s, "art!cularly t$e-ra!#. CAT sca#s allo doctors to see inside the-ra!#,or a#ot$er -ody orga#, !t$ a t$ree d!'e#s!o#al !'age.I# a CAT sca#, t$e 0ray 'ac$!#e 'o&es arou#d t$e -odysca##!#g t$e -ra!# *or $!c$e&er -ody "art !s -e!#gsca##ed+ %ro' $u#dreds o% d!ere#t a#gles. T$e#, a

co'"uter taes all t$e sca#s toget$er a#d creates at$ree d!'e#s!o#al !'age. Eac$ t!'e t$e 0ray 'ac$!#e'aes a %ull re&olut!o# arou#d t$e -ra!#, t$e 'ac$!#e !s"roduc!#g a# !'age o% a t$!# sl!ce o% t$e -ra!#, start!#gat t$e to" o% t$e $ead a#d 'o&!#g do# toard t$e#ec. T$e t$reed!'e#s!o#al &!e created -y t$e CATsca# "ro&!des 'uc$ 'ore !#%or'at!o# to doctors t$at as!'"le tod!'e#s!o#al 0ray.Mat$e'at!cs "lays a cruc!al role !# 'ed!c!#e a#d-ecause "eo"le3s l!&es are !#&ol&ed, !t !s &ery !'"orta#t%or #urses a#d doctors to -e &er accurate !# t$e!r

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