Calculation of drug dosages
Subtitle: a work text
By: Sheila J. Ogden, Linda K. Fluharty
Contributors: Fluharty, Linda K.
Edition: 9th ed.
Publisher: Mosby/Elsevier
Published: 2012
Place of publication: St. Louis, Mo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 615
ISBN-13: 9780323077538
Subjects: Pharmaceutical arithmetic; Pharmaceutical Preparations; Drugs; Administration & dosage; Drug Dosage Calculations; Programmed instruction; Problems and Exercises; Dosage
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Review of mathematics; title: Review of mathematics pretest; title: Fractions; title: Decimals; title: Percents; title: Ratios; title: Proportions; title: Review of mathematics posttest; title: Units and measurements for the calculation of drug dosages; title: Metric and household measurements; title: Apothecary and household measurements; title: Equivalents between apothecary and metric measurements; title: Preparation for calculation of drug dosages; title: Safety in medication administration; title: Interpretation of the physician's orders; title: How to read drug labels; title: Dimensional analysis and the calculation of drug dosages; title: Calculation of drug dosages; title: Oral dosages; title: Parenteral dosages; title: Reconstitution and dosages measured in units; title: Intravenous flow rates; title: Critical care intravenous flow rates; title: Pediatric dosages; title: Obstetric dosages; title: Drug administration considerations; title: Automated medication dispensing systems; title: Special considerations for the administration of medications to the elderly; title: Home care considerations in the administration of medications.