Pharmaceutical Calculations.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Teixeira, Maria Glaucia.

Contributor:

Zatz, Joel L., 1935-

ebrary, Inc.

Louis B. Flexner Medical Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pharmaceutical arithmetic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (553 pages)

Edition:

Fifth edition.

Place of Publication:

Somerset : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2016.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Pharmaceutical Calculations; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Review of Basic Mathematical Principles; 1.1. Significant Figures; 1.2. Rounding off; 1.3. Fractions; 1.4. Exponents and Powers; 1.5. Estimation; 1.6. Units; 1.7. Ratio; 1.8. Proportion; 1.9. Dimensional Analysis; Practice Problems; Chapter 2: Systems of Measurement; 2.1. Metrology; 2.2. The Metric System; 2.3. The English Systems; 2.3.1. The Avoirdupois System; 2.3.2. The Apothecary or Troy System; 2.4. Measurement of Weight; 2.4.1. Metric Weight1; 2.4.2. English Weight; 2.4.2.1. Avoirdupois Weight; 2.4.2.2. Apothecary Weight

2.4.3. Practical Weight Equivalents2.5. Measurement of Volume; 2.5.1. Metric Volume; 2.5.2. English Volume; 2.5.3. Practical Volume Equivalents; 2.6. Measurement of Length; 2.7. Intersystem Relationships; 2.8. Household Equivalents and Metric Estimation; Practice Problems; Chapter 3: Prescriptions and Medication Orders; 3.1. Prescribing Authority; 3.2. Components; 3.3. Practices to Prevent Medication Errors; 3.4. Common Abbreviations; 3.5. Outpatient Prescription Drug Orders; 3.5.1. Prescriptions for Manufactured Drug Products; 3.5.2. Prescriptions for Compounded Drug Products

3.5.2.1. Types of Compounded Orders3.5.2.1.1. Formulation Based on Total Quantity; 3.5.2.1.2. Formulation Based on Single Dosage Unit; 3.6. Inpatient Medication Orders; 3.7. Interpretation; 3.8. Calculations to Check ``DEA ́́Numbers; 3.9. Reducing and Enlarging Formulas; 3.10. Parts Formulas; Practice Problems; Chapter 4: Weighing and Measuring in Pharmacy Practice; 4.1. Measurement Errors; 4.2. Indication of Error; 4.2.1. Absolute Error: Indication of Error Based on Maximum Deviation and Significant Figures; 4.2.2. Relative Error: Indication of Error Based on Percentage of Estimated Value

4.3. Tolerance in Prescription Compounding and Pharmaceutical Manufacturing4.4. Weighing and Measuring; 4.4.1. Electronic Balances; 4.4.2. Prescription Balances: Class A, Torsion; 4.4.2.1. Sensitivity Requirement (SR); 4.4.2.2. Minimum Weighable Quantity (MWQ) or Least Weighable Quantity (LWQ); 4.4.2.3. Percent Error; 4.4.3. Volumetric Devices for Pharmaceutical Measurements; 4.4.3.1. The Meniscus and Effect of Viscosity; 4.4.3.2. Graduates; 4.4.3.3. Pipets (Pipettes); 4.4.3.4. Syringes; 4.4.3.5. Droppers; 4.5. Aliquot Method and Triturations; 4.5.1. Solid-Solid Aliquot Method

4.5.2. Solid-Solid Triturations4.5.3. Liquid-Liquid Aliquots and Triturations; 4.5.4. Solid-Liquid Aliquots; 4.5.5. Serial Dilutions; 4.6. Density; 4.7. Specific Gravity; Practice Problems; Chapter 5: Dosage Calculations; 5.1. Calculations Involving Dose, Size, Number of Doses, Amount Dispensed, and Quanity of a Specific Ingredient in a Dose; 5.2. Dosage Measured by Drops; 5.3. Dosage Based on Body Weight; 5.4. Dosage Based on Body Surface Area (BSA); 5.5. Pediatric and Geriatric Dose Calculations; 5.6. Chemotherapy Dose Calculations; Practice Problems

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Chapter 6: Drug Concentration Expressions?

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Louis B. Flexner Medical Book Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Teixeira, Maria Glaucia Pharmaceutical Calculations

ISBN:

9781118978528

1118978528

Publisher Number:

99971409627

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