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Research and Markets: Pharmaceutical Calculations, 4th Edition: Teaching Pharmacists and Pharmacy Students the Computations Required in Current Practice.


DUBLIN Dublin, city, Republic of Ireland
Dublin, Irish Baile Átha Cliath, county borough (1991 pop. 915,516), Leinster, capital of the Republic of Ireland, on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the Liffey River.
, Ireland Ireland, Irish Eire (âr`ə) [to it are related the poetic Erin and perhaps the Latin Hibernia], island, 32,598 sq mi (84,429 sq km), second largest of the British Isles.  -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c23074) has announced the addition of Pharmaceutical Calculations, 4th Edition to their offering.

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 are required to make certain kinds of calculations that determine the quantities of materials required for filling prescriptions and making up formulas. The new and expanded topics introduced in the fourth edition teach pharmacists and pharmacy pharmacy, art of compounding and dispensing drugs and medication. The term is also applied to an establishment used for such purposes. Until modern times medication was prepared and dispensed by the physician himself. In the 18th cent.  students how to do the calculations required in current practice, covering important areas such as handling injectibles, including those used in parenteral nutrition Parenteral nutrition
Nutrition supplied intravenously, thus bypassing the patient's digestive tract entirely.

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parenteral nutrition 
 and radiopharmaceuticals. The book also includes new chapters on isotonicity, intravenous intravenous /in·tra·ve·nous/ (-ve´nus) within a vein or veins.intrave´nously

in·tra·ve·nous
adj. Abbr. IV
Within or administered into a vein.
 fluids, and nutritional calculations.

Features:

New concepts introduced in sequence, encouraging the student to master each concept before moving ahead Many examples and practice problems, all with answers and the availability of rapid feedback build confidence Filled with practical instruction relevant to the problems pharmacist pharmacist /phar·ma·cist/ (fahr´mah-sist) one who is licensed to prepare and sell or dispense drugs and compounds, and to make up prescriptions.

phar·ma·cist
n.
 face in their practice

This book deals with calculations commonly used by pharmacists and, in some cases, nurses. The orientation is highly practical, focusing on day-to-day professional needs. Various colleges of pharmacy have adopted this book since the first edition appeared in 1971. The book takes a modern view in terms of topic coverage, calculation techniques and teaching methods. The programmed format encourages self-paced learning. The content of the new edition reflects the clinical emphasis of todays pharmaceutical education. The new and expanded topics introduced in the 4th edition teach pharmacists and pharmacy students how to do the computations required in current practice, covering important areas such as handling injectibles including those used in parenteral nutrition and radiopharmaceuticals. The book will also include new chapters on Isotonicity, Intravenous Fluids, and Nutritional Calculations.

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