Rights Contact Login For More Details
- Wiley
More About This Title Pharmaceutical Calculations, Fourth Edition
English
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 problems, all with answers and the availability of rapid feedback build confidence
* Filled with practical instruction relevant to the problems pharmacist face in their practice
English
MARIA GLAUCIA TEIXEIRA, PhD, is an associate professor at the School of Pharmacy of the University of Wyoming.
English
To The Student.
Chapter 1: General Principles of Calculations.
Chapter 2: Units, Weighing, and Measuring.
Chapter 3: Prescription and Medication Orders.
Chapter 4: Dosage.
Chapter 5: Percentage Strength.
Chapter 6: Ratio Strength and Stock Solutions.
Chapter 7: Dilution and Concentration.
Chapter 8: Isotonicity, pH, and Buffers.
Chapter 9: Injectable Medications and Intravenous Fluids - Part I.
Chapter 10: Injectable Medications and Intravenous Fluids - Part II.
Chapter 11: Parenteral Nutrition.
Chapter 12: Biologics for Immunization.
Chapter 13: Radioactive Decay.
Chapter 14: Rate Laws and Shelf Life.
Appendixes.
Appendix 1: Systems of Measurement.
Appendix 2: Calibration of Medicinal Dropper.
Appendix 3: Medical Abbreviations.
Appendix 4: Names, Atomic Weights and Symbols of Some Chemical Elements with Pharmaceutical Importance.
Appendix 5: Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition.
Appendix 6: Biologics for Immunization.
Appendix 7: Temperature Conversion.
Appendix 8: Proof Strength.
Appendix 9: Hydrophile Lipophile Balance (HLB).
Appendix 10: Vapor Pressure of Liquefied Propellants.
Appendix 11: Drug Binding Measured by Dialysis.
Appendix 12: Viscosity Measurement by the Capillary Viscometer.
Appendix 13: Sedimentation Kinetics.
Appendix 14: Suppository Mold Calculations.
Appendix 15: Powder Volume Calculations.
Literature Consulted.
Index.
English
"...a perfectly organized manual that serves as a expert guide…" (Electric Review, November/December 2005)
