Pharmaceutical Calculations Book

	Preface
A	Fundamental Systems and Methods of Pharmaceutical Calculations	1
Ch. 1	Basic Methods	3
Ch. 2	Systems of Weight and Measurement	12
Ch. 3	Methods of Measurement	25
B	Prescription Compounding and Formulation Calculations	37
Ch. 4	Expressions of Concentration	39
Ch. 5	Dilution, Concentration, and Alligation	62
Ch. 6	Reducing and Enlarging Formulas	85
Ch. 7	Use of Commercially Prepared Dosage Forms in Compounding	90
Ch. 8	Miscellaneous Compounding Calculations	96
Ch. 9	Isotonic Solutions	106
Ch. 10	Electrolyte Solutions	119
C	Patient Parameters and Dosing Calculations	133
Ch. 11	General Dosage Calculations	135
Ch. 12	Basic Pharmacokinetics	150
Ch. 13	Determination and Evaluation of Patient Parameters	165
Ch. 14	Dosing Considerations for Parenteral Medications	179
Ch. 15	Nutritional Dosing	193
Ch. 16	Veterinary Dosing	213
Ch. 17	Consideration of Drugs Requiring Patient-Specific Dosing	219
D	Chemical and Physical Calculations	251
Ch. 18	Some Chemical Calculations	253
Ch. 19	Some Physical Calculations	263
E	Miscellaneous Calculations	271
Ch. 20	Basic Statistical Concepts	273
F	Competency Assessment	287
	Competency Assessment	289
	App	307
App. A	Prescription Notation	308
App. B	Table of Sodium Chloride Equivalents	317
App. C	Body Surface Area Nomograms	323
App. D	Table of Atomic Weights	325
	Index	335