TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ansel,Howard C.
TI  - Pharmaceutical calculations
SN  - 9781451109023
U1  - 615.1401513 23
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Philadelphia (NJ)
PB  - Wolters Kluwer, Lippincott Willams & Wilkins
KW  - pharmaceutical arithmetic
KW  - drug dosage calculations
KW  - dosage forms
KW  - drug compounding methods
KW  - methods
KW  - prescriptions, drug
KW  - weights and measures
KW  - Pharmaceutical arithmetic
KW  - Dosage forms
N1  - 1. Fundamentals of pharmaceutical calculations -- 2. International system of units -- 3. Pharmaceutical measurement -- 4. Interpretation of prescriptions and medication orders -- 5. Density, specific gravity, and specific volume -- 6. Percentage, ratio strength, and other expressions of concentration -- 7. Calculation of doses: general considerations -- 8. Calculation of doses: patient parameters -- 9. Some calculations involving "Units," "g/mg," and other measures of potency -- 10. Selected clinical calculations -- 11. Isotonic and buffer solutions -- 12. Electrolyte solutions: milliequivalents, millimoles, and milliosmoles -- 13. Intravenous infusions, parenteral admixtures, and rate-of-flow calculations -- 14. Enteral and parenteral nutrition, body mass index, and the food nutrition label -- 15. Alteringproduct strength, use of stock solutions, and problem-solving by alligation -- 16. Reducing and enlarging formulas -- 17. Selected calculations in contemporary compounding -- 18. Selected calculations involving veterinary pharmaceuticals -- 19. Selected calculations associated with plant extractives -- 20. Calculation of active drug moiety -- 21. Selected calculations involving radiopharmaceuticals -- 22. Selected bioavailability and pharmacokinetic calculations -- 23. Selected pharmacoeconomic calculations Appendix A: Common systems of measurement and intersystem conversion -- Appendix B: Selected graphical methods -- Appendix C: Glossary of pharmaceutical dosage forms and drug delivery systems
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