Table of Contents
Preface v
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction xi
1 Fundamentals of Pharmaceutical Calculations 1
2 International System of Units 17
3 Pharmaceutical Measurement 35
4 Interpretation of Prescriptions and Medication Orders 52
5 Density and Specific Gravity 77
6 Percent Strength, Ratio Strength, and Other Expressions of Concentration 88
7 Calculation of Doses: General Considerations 110
8 Calculation of Doses: Patient Parameters 129
9 Calculations Involving Units of Activity and Other Measures of Potency 157
10 Selected Clinical Calculations 167
11 Isotonic and Buffer Solutions 189
12 Electrolyte Solutions: Milliequivalents, Millimoles, and Milliosmoles 214
13 Intravenous Infusions, Parenteral Admixtures, Rate-of-Flow Calculations 239
14 Assessment of Nutritional Status, Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition, and the Food Nutrition Label 270
15 Altering Product Strength, Use of Stock Solutions, and Problem Solving by Alligation 296
16 Reducing and Enlarging Formulas 316
17 Selected Calculations in Contemporary Compounding 323
18 Selected Calculations Involving Veterinary Pharmaceuticals 353
19 Selected Calculations Associated with Plant Extractives 362
20 Calculation of Active Drug Moiety 369
21 Selected Calculations Involving Radiopharmaceuticals 374
22 Selected Bioavailability and Pharmacokinetic Calculations 386
23 Cost Differential Calculations in Drug Therapy 399
Appendix A Common Systems of Measurement and Intersystem Conversion 405
Appendix B Glossary of Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms and Drug Delivery Systems 412
Comprehensive Review Problems 417
Index 445
Table of Atomic Weights 453
