Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Stoklosa, Mitchell J.

Publication

Baltimore : Williams & Wilkins, 1996.

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Additional Authors

Ansel, Howard C., 1933-

Description

xii, 361 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Subject

• Dosage Forms
• Drug Compounding
• Mathematics
• Pharmaceutical arithmetic
• Pharmacy
• Weights and Measures

Note

• "A Lea & Febiger book."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Some Fundamentals of Measurement and Calculation -- 2. Interpretation of the Prescription or Medication Order -- 3. The Metric System -- 4. Calculation of Doses -- 5. Reducing and Enlarging Formulas -- 6. Density, Specific Gravity, and Specific Volume -- 7. Percentage and Ratio Strength Calculations -- 8. Dilution and Concentration -- 9. Isotonic Solutions -- 10. Electrolyte Solutions: Milliequivalents, Millimoles, and Milliosmoles -- 11. Constituted Solutions, Intravenous Admixtures and Rate of Flow Calculations -- 12. Some Calculations Involving "Units," "[mu]g/mg," and Other Measures of Potency -- 13. Some Calculations Involving the Use of Prefabricated Dosage Forms in Compounding Procedures -- 14. Some Calculations Associated with Drug Availability and Pharmacokinetics -- 15. Some Calculations Involving Radioactive Pharmaceuticals.

ISBN

0683080016

LCCN

95036483

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries