Stockton, Shelly J.

Stoklosa and Ansel's pharmaceutical calculations / Shelly J. Stockton. - 16th ed. - Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer, 2021. - xii, 461 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Fundamentals of Pharmaceutical Calculations
International System of Units
Pharmaceutical Measurement
Interpretation of Prescriptions and Medication Orders
Density and Specific Gravity
Percent Strength, Ratio Strength, and Other Expressions of Concentration
Calculation of Doses: General Considerations
Calculation of Doses: Patient Parameters
Calculations Involving Units of Activity and Other Measures of Potency
Selected Clinical Calculations
Isotonic and Buffer Solutions
Electrolyte Solutions: Milliequivalents, Millimoles, and Milliosmoles
Intravenous Infusions, Parenteral Admixtures, Rate-of-Flow Calculations
Assessment of Nutritional Status, Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition, and the Food Nutrition Label
Altering Product Strength, Use of Stock Solutions, and Problem Solving by Alligation
Reducing and Enlarging Formulas
Selected Calculations in Contemporary Compounding
Selected Calculations Involving Veterinary Pharmaceuticals
Selected Calculations Associated with Plant Extractives
Calculation of Active Drug Moiety
Selected Calculations Involving Radiopharmaceuticals
Basic Pharmacokinetics
Cost Differential Calculations in Drug Therapy
Appendix A: Common Systems of Measurement and Intersystem Conversion
Appendix B: Glossary of Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms and Drug Delivery Systems
Appendix C: Table of Atomic Weights
Comprehensive Review Problems

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