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The phrase "a test dose" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in medical or pharmaceutical contexts to refer to a small amount of a drug or vaccine given to assess its effects or to determine the appropriate dosage.
Example: "Before administering the full vaccine, the doctor recommended giving a test dose to monitor for any adverse reactions."
Alternatives: "initial dose" or "trial dose".
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Then, after a test dose to check that I wasn't allergic, I took a gel-capped extract of the rootbark powder.
Medical personnel should inquire about any history of hypersensitivity before administering drugs by injection, and if necessary they should inject a test dose into (rather than through) the skin to ensure that hypersensitivity is absent.
Secondly, a local anesthetic containing adrenaline is used as a test dose.
The use of a test dose in epidural anaesthesia is a safety recommendation.
The conduct of the epidural insertion was unremarkable, and following a test dose, there was no evidence of subarachnoid block.
Prior to inclusion in the study all subjects had experienced headache, but no hypotension after a test dose of 0.5 mg glyceryl trinitrate administered sublingually.
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dose was not a tested dose in this study.
Given a negative test dose, a total dose of 20 ml of ropivacaine (3.75 mg/mL) was given in aliquots through the catheter.
No patient received a LMWID test dose and none were premedicated with diphenhydramine.
We recorded demographic characteristics, results of a cosyntropin test, dose and length of vasopressors and hydrocortisone and outcome.
A limit test dose of 2000 mg/kg of the 10%% formulation was applied uniformly over the shaved area for 24 h.
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