Dosage calculations
By: Gloria D. Pickar ... [et al.].
Edition: 2nd Canadian ed.
Publisher: Nelson Education
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 537
ISBN-13: 9780176502591
Subjects: Pharmaceutical arithmetic; Textbooks; Arithmétique pharmaceutique; Manuels d'enseignement supérieur
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Section 1: Mathematics Review. Chapter 1: Fractions and Decimals; title: Chapter 2: Ratios and Percents; title: Chapter 3: Systems of Measurement; title: Chapter 4: Calculating Drug Dosages; title: Section 2: Measurement Systems, Drug Orders, and Drug Labels. Chapter 5: Equipment Used in Dosage Measurement; title: Chapter 6: Interpreting Drug Orders; title: Chapter 7: Understanding Drug Labels; title: Section 3: Drug Dosage Calculations. Chapter 8: Oral Dosage of Drugs; title: Chapter 9: Parental Dosage of Drugs; title: Chapter 10: Reconstitution of Solutions; title: Chapter 11: Pediatric and Adult Dosages Based on Body Weight; title: Section 4: Advanced Calculations. Chapter 12: Intravenous Solutions, Equipment, and Calculations; title: Chapter 13: Body Surface Area and Advanced Pediatric Calculations; title: Chapter 14: Advanced Adult Intravenous Calculations.