Ansel, Howard C.,  1933- <br/><br/>
Pharmaceutical calculations / 
Howard C. Ansel. 
 - 14th ed. 
 - Philadelphia :  Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,  c2013. 
 - xii, 450 p. :  ill. ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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, g/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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781451186802 1451186800 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012021655 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Drug Dosage Calculations.<br/>Dosage Forms.<br/>Drug Compounding--methods.<br/>Drug Prescriptions.<br/>Weights and Measures.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RS57  / .S86 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>615.1401513  / AHP 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>QV 748