TY - BOOK AU - Ansel,Howard C. AU - Stockton,Shelly J. TI - Pharmaceutical calculations / SN - 139781496339621 U1 - 615.1401513 PY - 2017///] CY - Philadelphia PB - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins KW - Pharmaceutical arithmetic KW - Drugs KW - Dosage forms KW - Drug Dosage Calculations 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 -- Percent strength, ratio strength, and other expressions of concentration -- Calculation of doses : general considerations -- Calculation of doses : patient parameters -- Calculations involving units of activity 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 -- Assessment of nutritional status, enteral and parenteral nutrition, 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 -- Cost differential calculations in drug therapy ER -