Stoklosa and Ansel's Pharmaceutical Calculations

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CONTENTS
Preface ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? v
Acknowledgments ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? vii
Introduction ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? xi
1 Fundamentals of Pharmaceutical Calculations ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 1
2 International System of Units ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 14
3 Pharmaceutical Measurement ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 31
4 Interpretation of Prescriptions and Medication Orders ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 50
5 Density and Specific Gravity ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 75
6 Percent Strength, Ratio Strength, and Other Expressions of Concentration ?????????????????? 88
7 Calculation of Doses: General Considerations ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 112
8 Calculation of Doses: Patient Parameters ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 132
9 Calculations Involving Units of Activity and Other Measures of Potency ?????????????????????? 160
10 Selected Clinical Calculations??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 171
11 Isotonic and Buffer Solutions ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 192
12 Electrolyte Solutions: Milliequivalents, Millimoles, and Milliosmoles ???????????????????????????????? 218
13 Intravenous Infusions, Parenteral Admixtures, Rate-of-Flow Calculations ????????????????????? 243
14 Assessment of Nutritional Status, Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition,
and the Food Nutrition Label ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 274
15 Altering Product Strength, Use of Stock Solutions, and Problem Solving
by Alligation??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 300
16 Reducing and Enlarging Formulas ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 321
17 Selected Calculations in Contemporary Compounding ??????????????????????????????????????????????????? 328
18 Selected Calculations Involving Veterinary Pharmaceuticals ??????????????????????????????????????????? 358
19 Selected Calculations Associated with Plant Extractives ???????????????????????????????????????????????? 367
20 Calculation of Active Drug Moiety ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 374
21 Selected Calculations Involving Radiopharmaceuticals ??????????????????????????????????????????????????? 379x Contents
22 Basic Pharmacokinetics ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 391
23 Cost Differential Calculations in Drug Therapy ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 404
Appendix A Common Systems of Measurement and Intersystem Conversion ????????????????? 411
Appendix B Glossary of Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms and Drug Delivery Systems ????? 417
Appendix C Table of Atomic Weights ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 421
Comprehensive Review Problems ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 424
Index ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 451