Pharmaceutical calculations /
Ansel, Howard C., 1933-
Pharmaceutical calculations / Howard C. Ansel. - 13th ed. - Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2010. - xii, 450 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Fundamentals of pharmaceutical calculations -- International system of units -- Pharmaceutical measurement -- Interpretation of prescriptions and medication orders -- Density and specific gravity -- Percentage, ratio strength, and other expressions of concentration -- Calculation of doses : general considerations -- 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 -- 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.
9781451120363 (pbk.) 9788184732184
Drug Dosage Calculations.
Dosage Forms.
Drug Compounding--methods.
Drug Prescriptions.
Weights and Measures.
615.1401513 / A617p
Pharmaceutical calculations / Howard C. Ansel. - 13th ed. - Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2010. - xii, 450 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Fundamentals of pharmaceutical calculations -- International system of units -- Pharmaceutical measurement -- Interpretation of prescriptions and medication orders -- Density and specific gravity -- Percentage, ratio strength, and other expressions of concentration -- Calculation of doses : general considerations -- 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 -- 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.
9781451120363 (pbk.) 9788184732184
Drug Dosage Calculations.
Dosage Forms.
Drug Compounding--methods.
Drug Prescriptions.
Weights and Measures.
615.1401513 / A617p