Pharmaceutical calculations / Howard C. Ansel and Mitchelll J. Stoklosa

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2006Edition: Twelveth editionDescription: vi, 417 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 781762650
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RS 57 .A57 2006
Contents:
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 Consideration -- Calculation of Doses: Patient Parameters -- Some Calculations Involving ``Units,'' ``╬╝g/mg,'' 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 -- Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition, Body Mass Index, and the Food Nutrition Label -- Dilution, Concentration, and 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
Summary: This essential text is your best resource for mastering the basic calculations used in contemporary pharmacy practice. Now in continuous publication for 60 years, this fully revised 12th Edition builds on its reputation as the gold standard text for pharmaceutical calculations. Every chapter in this new edition has been updated to reflect the latest information in the field. The sequence of chapters has been reorganized to improve the flow and organization of the text.With this powerful resource at hand, you'll have access to all the fundamental principles and basic techniques involved in applying pharmaceutical calculations in community, hospital, and industrial settings. Plus, it is your indispensable guide to the calculations required for filling prescriptions and medication orders, calculating doses, and compounding and preparing formulas.
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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 Consideration -- Calculation of Doses: Patient Parameters -- Some Calculations Involving ``Units,'' ``╬╝g/mg,'' 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 -- Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition, Body Mass Index, and the Food Nutrition Label -- Dilution, Concentration, and 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

This essential text is your best resource for mastering the basic calculations used in contemporary pharmacy practice. Now in continuous publication for 60 years, this fully revised 12th Edition builds on its reputation as the gold standard text for pharmaceutical calculations. Every chapter in this new edition has been updated to reflect the latest information in the field. The sequence of chapters has been reorganized to improve the flow and organization of the text.With this powerful resource at hand, you'll have access to all the fundamental principles and basic techniques involved in applying pharmaceutical calculations in community, hospital, and industrial settings. Plus, it is your indispensable guide to the calculations required for filling prescriptions and medication orders, calculating doses, and compounding and preparing formulas.

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