Pharmaceutical Calculations / Howard C. Ansel.

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," "ug/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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Department of Pharmacology

School of Nutrition & Dietetics