Pharmaceutical calculations / Howard C. Ansel, Mitchell J. Stoklosa.

Contents
Introduction .............................................. xv
Scope of Pharmaceutical Calculations ............................. xv
1 Fundamentals of Pharmaceutical Calculations .................... 1
2 International System of Units ................................... 25
3 Pharmaceutical Measurement ................................ 39
4 Interpretation of Prescriptions and Medication Orders .................. 51
5 Density, Specific Gravity, and Specific Volume ................. 67
6 Percentage, Ratio Strength, and Other Expressions of Concentration ..........79
7 Calculation of Doses: General Considerations ........................99
8 Calculation of Doses: Patient Parameters .............................115
9 Some Calculations Involving 'Units,' 'g/mg,' and Other Measures of 10 Selected Clinical Calculations .......................................... 143
11 Isotonic and Buffer Solutions ..........................................157
12 Electrolyte Solutions: Milliequivalents, Millimoles, and Milliosmoles ......... 177
13 Intravenous Infusions, Parenteral Admixtures, and
14 Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition, Body Mass Index, and the
15 Dilution, Concentration, and Alligation ............................... 235
16 Reducing and Enlarging Formulas .................................... 263
17 Selected Calculations in Contemporary Compounding ................. 271
18 Selected Calculations Involving Veterinary Pharmaceuticals ................ 291
19 Selected Calculations Associated with Plant Extractives ................ 297
20 Calculation of Active Drug Moiety ............................. 303
21 Selected Calculations Involving Radiopharmaceuticals .................. 311
22 Selected Bioavailability and Pharmacokinetic Calculations ................ 321
23 Selected Pharmacoeconomic Calculations .......................... 333

Includes bibliographical references and index.