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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Fundamentals of Pharmaceutical Calculations | |
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| International System of Units | |
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| Pharmaceutical Measurement | |
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| Interpretation of Prescriptions and Medication Orders | |
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| Density and Specific Gravity | |
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| Percentage, Ratio Strength, and Other Expressions of Concentration | |
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| Calculation of Doses: General Considerations | |
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| Calculation of Doses: Patient Parameters | |
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| Some Calculations Involving "Units," "�g/mg/" and Other Measures of Potency | |
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| Selected Clinical Calculations | |
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| Isotonic and Buffer Solutions | |
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| Electrolyte Solutions: Milliequivalents, Millimoles, and Milliosmoles | |
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| Intravenous Infusions, Parenteral Admixtures, and Rate-of-Flow Calculations | |
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| Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition, Body Mass Index, and the Food Nutrition Label | |
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| Altering Product Strength, Use of Stock Solutions, and Problem-Solving by Alligation | |
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| Reducing and Enlarging Formulas | |
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| Selected Calculations in Contemporary Compounding | |
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| Selected Calculations Involving Veterinary Pharmaceuticals | |
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| Selected Calculations Associated with Plant Extractives | |
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| Calculation of Active Drug Moiety | |
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| Selected Calculations Involving Radiopharmaceuticals | |
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| Selected Bioavailability and Pharmacokinetic Calculations | |
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| Selected Pharmacoeconomic Calculations | |
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| Common Systems of Measurement and Intersystem Conversion | |
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| Glossary of Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms and Drug Delivery Systems | |
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| Comprehensive Review Problems | |
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| Index | |
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| Atomic Weights | |