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DDD (other)
DDD or Triple D may refer to: Science and medicine *Defined daily dose, a World Health Organization statistical measure of drug use *Degenerative disc disease, a common disorder of the lower spine *Dense deposit disease, the preferred name for Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis Type II *Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane, a breakdown product of DDT *Dual pacing, dual sensing and dual response Artificial cardiac pacemaker#mode, modes of a pacemaker Computers and technology *Data Display Debugger or GNU DDD, a popular graphical user interface for command-line debuggers *Digital Divide Data, a social enterprise providing disadvantaged youths in Cambodia, Laos and Kenya with IT education and training *Direct distance dialing, a method for telephone subscribers to call long-distance numbers without operator assistance *DDD, the SPARS code for a CD that was recorded, mixed, and mastered digitally *Domain-driven design, a methodology and set of priorities for programming *Developer! De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defined Daily Dose
The defined daily dose (DDD) is a statistical measure of pharmaceutical drug, drug consumption, defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology. It is defined in combination with the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System, ATC Code drug classification system for grouping related drugs. The DDD enables comparison of drug usage between different drugs in the same group or between different health care environments, or to look at trends in drug utilisation over time. The DDD is not to be confused with the therapeutic dose or prescribed daily dose (PDD), or recorded daily dose (RDD), and will often be different to the dose actually prescribed by a physician for an individual person.WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology (WHOCC)DDD Definition and general considerations/ref> The WHO's definition is: "The DDD is the assumed average maintenance dose per day for a drug used for its main indication in adults ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |