| Description |
425 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
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," "[mu]g/mg," and other measures of potency -- 10. Selected clinical calculations -- 11. Isotonic and buffer solutions -- 12. Electrolyte solutions : milliequivalents, millimoles, and milliomoles -- 13. Intravenous infusions, parenteral admixtures, and rate-of-flow calculations -- 14. Enteral and parenteral nutrition, body mass index, and the food nutrition label -- 15. Dilution, concentration, and allegation -- 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Pharmaceutical arithmetic.
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| Author |
Stoklosa, Mitchell J.
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| LC no. |
2005044700 |
| ISBN |
0781762650 |
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