Dosage calculations
By: Gloria D. Pickar, Amy Pickar Abernethy.
Contributors: Abernethy, Amy Pickar.
Edition: 8th ed.
Publisher: Thomson Delmar Learning
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Clifton Park, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 574
ISBN-13: 9781418080471
Subjects: Pharmaceutical arithmetic; Pharmaceutical Preparations -- administration & dosage; Mathematics
Notes: Includes index.

System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: Microsoft Windows (SE, 2000, XP).
Table of contents: title: Mathematics review. Fractions and decimals ; Ratios, percents, simple equations, and ratio-proportion; title: Measurement systems, drug orders, and drug labels. Systems of measurement ; Conversions : metric, apothecary, and household systems ; Conversions for other clinical applications : time and temperature ; Equipment used in dosage measurement ; Interpreting drug orders ; Understanding drug labels ; Preventing medication errors; title: Drug dosage calculations. Oral dosage of drugs ; Parenteral dosage of drugs ; Reconstitution of solutions ; Alternative dosage calculation methods : ratio-proportion and dimensional analysis ; Pediatric and adult dosages based on body weight; title: Advanced calculations. Intravenous solutions, equipment, and calculations ; Body surface area and advanced pediatric calculations ; Advanced adult intravenous calculations.