Ansel, Howard C. <br/><br/>
Pharmaceutical calculations / 
Howard C. Ansel 
 - Thirteenth edition. 
 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania :  Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,  c2010 
 - xvi, 434 pages :  illustrations ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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 
<br/><br/> Represents a thorough update of this textbook, which for more than six decades has met the needs of students in this important subject area. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781582558370 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>PHARMACEUTICAL ARITHMETIC
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RS 57 .A57 2010