Introduction to Pharmaceutical Calculations - Softcover

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This revised and expanded edition, written by experienced pharmacy lecturers, has been updated to include a new chapter on calculations involving information retrieval, the latest changes to the BNF and body surface area charts from the BNF for Children. Further topics include: rational numbers systems of units concentrations, dilutions and formulations calculation of doses density, displacement volumes and displacement values calculations involving molecular weights parenteral solutions and isotonicity accuracy of measurement.Each chapter contains learning objectives, worked examples, and sample questions and answers. Together with its companion text Pharmaceutical Calculations Workbook, also published by Pharmaceutical Press, Introduction to Pharmaceutical Calculations is essential reading for pharmacy undergraduates and pre-registration pharmacists. Judith A Rees is Senior Lecturer at the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Manchester, UK.Ian Smith is Boots Teacher Practitioner at the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Manchester, UK.The late Brian Smith was a retired mathematics teacher in Manchester, UK.