Introduction to Pharmaceutical Calculations / Judith A. Rees.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rees, Judith A., author.

Smith, Ian, author.

Watson, Jennie, 1966- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pharmacology.

Pharmacy technicians.

Pharmacy.

Pharmaceutical technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 290 pages)

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

London and Chicago : Pharmaceutical Press, 2015.

Summary:

Introduction to Pharmaceutical Calculations is your comprehensive guide to successfully performing pharmaceutical calculations. Now in its fourth edition, this popular book covers everything you need to know to pass those all important pharmacy calculation exams. Every chapter contains learning objectives, worked examples and sample questions and has been fully updated.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Videos; Acknowledgement; About the authors; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Rational numbers; Proportional sets of numbers; Ratios; Fractions; Decimals; Percentages; Finding a missing value from two proportional sets; Setting up proportional sets for practical situations; Proportional sets that become trivial; Chapter 3 Systems of units; Mass and weight; Metric units; Changing metric units; Changing units between different systems of measurement; Conversions of temperature between degrees Fahrenheit and degrees Celsius

Chapter 4 ConcentrationsIntroduction; Amount strengths; Ratio strengths; Parts per million; Percentage concentration; Converting expressions of concentration from one form to another; Calculating the amount of ingredient required to make up a percentage solution; Calculating the amount of ingredient required to prepare a ratio strength solution; Chapter 5 Dilutions; Simple dilutions; Serial dilutions; Concentrated waters; Triturations; Powder calculations; Multiple dilutions; Mixing concentrations; Chapter 6 Formulations; Reducing the formula; Increasing the formula; Formulae involving parts

Formulae containing percentagesChapter 7 Calculation of doses; Dose; Dosage regimen; Formulations; Doses based on units of formulations; Doses based on the weight of drug; Checking for an overdose; Doses in renal impairment; Doses based on units; Chapter 8 Doses in children; Doses based on age; Doses based on body weight; Doses based on body surface area; Chapter 9 Density, displacement volumes and displacement values; Density; Displacement volumes involving solids in liquids; Displacement values involving solids incorporated into other solids

Chapter 10 Calculations involving molecular weightsMolecular weights of drugs; Calculation of legal classifications using molecular weights; Moles and millimoles; Chapter 11 Parenteral solutions and isotonicity; Rate of flow of intravenous solutions; Isotonicity; Chapter 12 Accuracy of measurement; Rounding numbers; Significant figures; Correcting to a certain number of decimal places; Accuracy in arithmetic calculations; Accuracy in weighing/measuring for pharmaceutical tests and assays; Limits and uniformity of content; Chapter 13 Calculations involving information retrieval; Drug A profile

Drug B profileDrug C profile; Drug D profile; Drug E profile; Drug F profile; Appendix 1: Metric prefixes; Appendix 2: Conversion factors; Appendix 3: Multiplication and division; Appendix 4: Atomic weights of the elements (12C = 12); Appendix 5: Body surface area in children; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

9780857112439

0857112430

OCLC:

912238278