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Medical dosage calculations / June Looby Olsen, Anthony Patrick Giangrasso, Dolores M. Shrimpton.
Holman Biotech Commons RS57 .M425 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Olsen, June Looby.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pharmaceutical arithmetic.
- Pharmaceutical arithmetic--Problems, exercises, etc.
- Pharmaceutical Preparations--administration & dosage.
- Mathematics.
- Medical Subjects:
- Pharmaceutical Preparations--administration & dosage.
- Mathematics.
- Genre:
- Problems and exercises.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 381 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
- Edition:
- Eighth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, [2004]
- Summary:
- The Eighth Edition of Medical Dosage Calculations continues to be a user-friendly drug calculation text and workbook. Utilizing a dimensional analysis approach, this comprehensive resource begins with simple arithmetic and progresses to the most complex drug calculation problem. Completely revised and updated to include the latest practices and medications, an updated comprehensive review section, and a new companion website, it provides all of the details for a complete understanding of these most critical calculation skills.
- Contents:
- Unit 1 Basic Calculation and Administration Skills 1
- Chapter 1 Review of Arithmetic for Medical Dosage Calculations 2
- Diagnostic Test of Arithmetic 3
- Changing Decimal Numbers and Whole Numbers to Fractions 4
- Changing Fractions to Decimal Numbers 5
- Rounding Decimal Numbers 7
- Multiplying and Dividing Decimal Numbers 7
- Multiplying and Dividing Fractions 10
- Complex Fractions 12
- Percentages 13
- Chapter 2 Drug Administration 17
- Who Administers Drugs? 18
- The Drug Administration Process 18
- The Right Drug 18
- The Right Dose 20
- The Right Route 20
- The Right Time 21
- The Right Patient 21
- Drug Orders 22
- Drug Labels 24
- Drug Package Inserts 28
- Medication Administration Records 34
- Chapter 3 Dimensional Analysis 49
- Unit 2 Systems of Measurement for Dosage Calculations 57
- Chapter 4 The Apothecary, Household, and Metric Systems 59
- Liquid Volume in the Apothecary System 60
- Weight in the Apothecary System 61
- Roman Numerals 61
- The Household System 62
- Liquid Volume in the Household System 62
- Weight in the Household System 63
- Liquid Volume in the Metric System 64
- Weight in the Metric System 65
- Chapter 5 Converting from One System of Measurement to Another 75
- Equivalents of Common Units of Measurement 76
- Metric-to-Apothecary Conversions 78
- Apothecary-to-Metric Conversions 81
- Household-to-Apothecary or Household-to-Metric Conversions 83
- Unit 3 Common Medication Preparations 97
- Chapter 6 Calculating Oral Medication Doses 99
- One-Step Conversions 100
- Dosage by Body Weight 104
- Calculating Dosage by Body Surface Area 105
- Nomogram 106
- Multistep Conversions 110
- Practice Reading Labels 116
- Chapter 7 Syringes 143
- Common Types of Syringes 144
- Other Types of Syringes 148
- Chapter 8 Preparation of Solutions 169
- Strength of Solutions 170
- Pure Drugs in Liquid Form 170
- Pure Drugs in Dry Form 171
- Preparing Solutions from Pure Drugs 172
- Diluting Stock Solutions 175
- Chapter 9 Parenteral Medications 189
- Parenteral Medications Supplied as Liquids 190
- Heparin 196
- Parenteral Medications Supplied in Powdered Form 198
- Unit 4 Specialized Medication Preparations 213
- Chapter 10 Calculating Flow Rates for Enteral Solutions and Intravenous Infusions 215
- Intravenous Fluids 216
- Intravenous Solutions 217
- Equipment for IV Infusions 220
- Calculating the Flow Rate of Infusions 224
- Calculating the Flow Rate of Enteral Solutions 229
- Chapter 11 Calculating Flow Rates for Intravenous Medications and Duration of Flow 239
- Intravenous Piggyback Infusions 240
- Intravenous Piggyback Medications 241
- Calculating Flow Rates Based on Body Weight 246
- Calculating Flow Rates Based on Body Surface Area 247
- Calculating the Duration of Flow for IV and Enteral Solutions 248
- Chapter 12 Calculating Pediatric Dosages 263
- Calculating Drug Dosages by Body Weight 264
- Calculating Drug Dosages by Body Surface Area 270
- BSA Pediatric Nomogram 271
- Pediatric Intravenous Dosages 274.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0131134795
- OCLC:
- 51724615
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