Preface.
To The Student.
Chapter 1: General Principles of Calculations.
Chapter 2: Units, Weighing, and Measuring.
Chapter 3: Prescription and Medication Orders.
Chapter 4: Dosage.
Chapter 5: Percentage Strength.
Chapter 6: Ratio Strength and Stock Solutions.
Chapter 7: Dilution and Concentration.
Chapter 8: Isotonicity, pH, and Buffers.
Chapter 9: Injectable Medications and Intravenous Fluids - Part I.
Chapter 10: Injectable Medications and Intravenous Fluids - Part II.
Chapter 11: Parenteral Nutrition.
Chapter 12: Biologics for Immunization.
Chapter 13: Radioactive Decay.
Chapter 14: Rate Laws and Shelf Life.
Appendixes.
Appendix 1: Systems of Measurement.
Appendix 2: Calibration of Medicinal Dropper.
Appendix 3: Medical Abbreviations.
Appendix 4: Names, Atomic Weights and Symbols of Some Chemical Elements with Pharmaceutical Importance.
Appendix 5: Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition.
Appendix 6: Biologics for Immunization.
Appendix 7: Temperature Conversion.
Appendix 8: Proof Strength.
Appendix 9: Hydrophile Lipophile Balance (HLB).
Appendix 10: Vapor Pressure of Liquefied Propellants.
Appendix 11: Drug Binding Measured by Dialysis.
Appendix 12: Viscosity Measurement by the Capillary Viscometer.
Appendix 13: Sedimentation Kinetics.
Appendix 14: Suppository Mold Calculations.
Appendix 15: Powder Volume Calculations.
Literature Consulted.
Index.