TY - BOOK AU - Ansel,Howard C. TI - Pharmaceutical calculations SN - 9781451120363 (pbk.) AV - RS57 .S86 2013 U1 - 615.1/401513 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Philadelphia PB - Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins KW - Drug Dosage Calculations KW - Dosage Forms KW - Drug Compounding KW - methods KW - Drug Prescriptions KW - Weights and Measures N1 - 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 ER -