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General HLB - Hydrophilic-Lipophilic Balance Calculator for

Emulsions
Temperature conversion

Ideal Body Weight Calculate the Total HLB of a mixture of components

Body Surface Area
Enter the % proportion of the component and its HLB value
Body Mass Index
(leave remaining rows as 0)
Basal Energy expenditure % of
HLB value
Component
Clinical 0 (HLB
Component 1 0
Reference Ranges value {0-20})

Creatinine Clearance 0 (HLB

Component 2 0
value {0-20})
MDRD eGFR
0 (HLB
Calcium Correction Component 3 0
value {0-20})
HbA1c tools
0 (HLB
Glucose conversion Component 4 0
value {0-20})
Absolute Neutrophil Count (HLB
0
Component 5 0
FENa value {0-20})
FEUrea
Iron Deficit (Ganzoni eqn) HLB of NaN
Mixture (HLB)
Bicarbonate Deficit
Metabolic Acidosis (Winters)
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Oral Dosing Calculate the amounts of surfactants required for a Target HLB
Digoxin HLB of Surfactant
4.3 (HLB value {0-20})
A
Theophylline
HLB of Surfactant
Phenobarbital 14.9 (HLB value {0-20})
B
Phenytoin
Target HLB NaN (HLB value {0-20})
Carbemazepine
Amount of A
8.49 (%)
required
IV Dosing Amount of B
91.51 (%)
Gentamicin
required

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Scores
CHADS2 AF TIA/Stroke Risk
Calculation(s) used
CURB-65 Pneumonia
Framingham CHD Risk
Glasgow Coma Scale
MIDAS headache
Well's DVT where
C1,C2,C3.. = Component proportion, %
Well's PE
HLB1,HLB2,HLB3.. = HLB value for the component
GPPAQ Activity score

Other
Mean Arterial Pressure
HLB
where
Alligation
HLBA = HLB of the 1st surfactant
Suppositories HLBB = HLB of the 2nd surfactant
x = Target HLB
%A = Amount of Surfactant A required
%B = Amount of Surfactant B required (%B = 100 - %A)

Notes

The HLB scale devised by Griffin in 1949 is a scale from 0 - 20 (20 being
Hydrophilic) used to characterise the nature of surfactants and balance
their proportions in order to stabilise disperse systems.

References
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