Pharmaceutical Calculations

Name: Pharmaceutical Calculations
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ISBN: 9780471433538

ISBN-10: 0471433535

ISBN-13: 9780471433538

Edition: 4th 2004 (Revised)

Authors: Joel L. Zatz, Maria Glaucia Teixeira

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Pharmacists are required to make certain kinds of calculations that determine the quantities of materials required for filling prescriptions and making up formulas. The new and expanded topics introduced in the fourth edition teach pharmacists and pharmacy students how to do the calculations required in current practice, covering important areas such as handling injectibles, including those used in parenteral nutrition and radiopharmaceuticals. The book also includes new chapters on isotonicity, intravenous fluids, and nutritional calculations. Features: New concepts introduced in sequence, encouraging the student to master each concept before moving ahead Many examples and practice…

Book details

List price: $79.95
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/24/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 472
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.760
Language: English



Preface


To The Student



General Principles of Calculations



Units, Weighing, and Measuring



Prescription and Medication Orders



Dosage



Percentage Strength



Ratio Strength and Stock Solutions



Dilution and Concentration



Isotonicity, pH, and Buffers



Injectable Medications and Intravenous Fluids - Part I



Injectable Medications and Intravenous Fluids - Part II



Parenteral Nutrition



Biologics for Immunization



Radioactive Decay



Rate Laws and Shelf Life


Appendixes



Systems of Measurement



Calibration of Medicinal Dropper



Medical Abbreviations



Names, Atomic Weights and Symbols of Some Chemical Elements with Pharmaceutical Importance



Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition



Biologics for Immunization



Temperature Conversion



Proof Strength



Hydrophile Lipophile Balance (HLB)



Vapor Pressure of Liquefied Propellants



Drug Binding Measured by Dialysis



Viscosity Measurement by the Capillary Viscometer



Sedimentation Kinetics



Suppository Mold Calculations



Powder Volume Calculations


Literature Consulted


Index