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Calculations and Pharmaceutics in Practice,

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Editors: Edited by Jennie Watson, BSc (Hons), PG ClinDip, PGCert (LTHE), FFRPS, MRPharmS, FHEA and Louise Cogan, BSc (Hons), PG Dip, PGCert (LTHE), PG Cert (Research and Evaluation) MRPharmS, FHEA

Publication Date: 08 Oct 2019

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This new book is derived from its parent volume Pharmacy Practice and is a succinct, focused guide to pharmaceutical preparations and calculations. Covering everything from calculations to routes of administration dosage forms, it provides pharmacy students with everything they need to know about the maths and methodologies essential to good exam preparation and the safe, effective practice of pharmacy.

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Each chapter begins with Study Points and ends with Key Points to reinforce learning.
Appendices include medical abbreviations, Latin terms and abbreviations, systems of weights and measurements and presentation skills.

Some chapters also carry self-assessment questions for more complex areas of pharmaceutical practice.

About the author

Edited by Jennie Watson, BSc (Hons), PG ClinDip, PGCert (LTHE), FFRPS, MRPharmS, FHEA, Boots Teacher Practitioner, School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK and Louise Cogan, BSc (Hons), PG Dip, PGCert (LTHE), PG Cert (Research and Evaluation) MRPharmS, FHEA, Senior Lecturer, School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK

Using calculations in pharmacy practice

Dispensing techniques (compounding and good practice)

Oral unit dosage forms

Packaging

Solutions

Suspensions

Emulsions

External preparations

Suppositories and pessaries

Powders and granules

Sterile products

Parenteral products

Opthalmic products

Inhaled products

Parenteral nutrition and dialysis

Radiopharmacy

Specialized services

Appliances

Routes of administration and dosage forms

ISBN: 9780702074394

Page Count: 172

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Mohammed Adinoyi Usman

Very relevant for drug calculations in the care of the critically ill patient. I recommend the book as a companion for Anaesthesia/ICU residents and critical care nurses.

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