Pharmaceutical calculations /
Ansel, Howard C.
Pharmaceutical calculations / Howard C. Ansel - Thirteenth edition. - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2010 - xvi, 434 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Fundamentals of pharmaceutical calculations -- International system of units -- Pharmaceutical measurement -- Interpretation of prescriptions and medication orders -- Density, specific gravity, and specific volume -- Percentage, ratio strength, and other expressions of concentration -- Calculation of doses: general considerations -- Calculation of doses: patient parameters -- Some calculations involving "units',"... -- Selected clinical calculations -- Isotonic and buffer solutions -- Electrolyte solutions: milliequivalents, millimoles, and miliosmoles -- Intravenous infusions, parental admixtures, and rate-of-flow calculations -- Enteral and parenteral nutrition, body mass index, 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 -- Selected pharmacoeconomic calculations
Represents a thorough update of this textbook, which for more than six decades has met the needs of students in this important subject area.
9781582558370
PHARMACEUTICAL ARITHMETIC
RS 57 .A57 2010
Pharmaceutical calculations / Howard C. Ansel - Thirteenth edition. - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2010 - xvi, 434 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Fundamentals of pharmaceutical calculations -- International system of units -- Pharmaceutical measurement -- Interpretation of prescriptions and medication orders -- Density, specific gravity, and specific volume -- Percentage, ratio strength, and other expressions of concentration -- Calculation of doses: general considerations -- Calculation of doses: patient parameters -- Some calculations involving "units',"... -- Selected clinical calculations -- Isotonic and buffer solutions -- Electrolyte solutions: milliequivalents, millimoles, and miliosmoles -- Intravenous infusions, parental admixtures, and rate-of-flow calculations -- Enteral and parenteral nutrition, body mass index, 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 -- Selected pharmacoeconomic calculations
Represents a thorough update of this textbook, which for more than six decades has met the needs of students in this important subject area.
9781582558370
PHARMACEUTICAL ARITHMETIC
RS 57 .A57 2010