| Edition |
15th ed; international edition |
| Description |
xii, 455 p: ill; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Fundamentals of pharmaceutical calculations --International system of units -- Pharmaceutical measurement -- Interpretation of prescriptions and medication orders -- Density and specific gravity -- Percent strength, ratio strength, and other expressions of concentration -- Calculation of doses : general considerations -- Calculation of doses : patient parameters -- Calculations involving units of activity and other measures of potency -- Selected clinical calculations -- Isotonic and buffer solutions -- Electrolyte solutions : milliequivalents, millimoles, and milliosmoles -- Intravenous infusions, parenteral admixtures, and rate-of-flow calculations -- Assessment of nutritional status, enteral and parenteral nutrition, and the food nutrition label -- Altering product strength, use of stock solutions, and problem-solving by alligation -- Reducing and enlarging formulas -- Selected calculations in contemporary compounding -- Selected calculations involving veterinary pharmaceuticals -- Selected calculations associated with plant extractives -- Calculation of active drug moiety -- Selected calculations involving radiopharmaceuticals -- Selected bioavailability and pharmacokinetic calculations -- Cost differential calculations in drug therapy. |
| Subject |
Pharmaceutical arithmetic
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Drugs -- Dosage forms
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| Added Author |
Stockton, Shelly J
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| ISBN |
9781496300713 |
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1496300718 |
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9781496339621 |
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