TY - BOOK AU - Kee,Joyce LeFever AU - Marshall,Sally M. AU - Woods,Katy AU - Forrester,Mary Catherine TI - Clinical calculations: with applications to general and specialty areas SN - 9780323809832 AV - RS57 .K44 2023 U1 - 615.1401513 23 PY - 2023/// CY - St. Louis, Missouri PB - Elsevier KW - Pharmaceutical arithmetic KW - Drugs KW - Dosage KW - Drug Dosage Calculations KW - Pharmaceutical Preparations KW - administration & dosage N1 - Previous edition: 2021; Includes bibliographical references and index; Systems used for drug administration and temperature conversion --; Conversion within the metric and household systems --; Interpretation of drug labels, drug orders, bar codes, MAR and eMAR, automation of medicatin dispensing administration, and abbreviations --; Prevention of medication errors --; Alternative methods for drug administration --; Methods of calculation --; Methods of calculation for individualized drug dosing --; Oral and enteral preparations with clinical applications --; Injectable preparatioons with clinical applications --; Antidiabetic medications --; Intravenous preparations with clinical applications --; Anticoagulants --; Pediatrics --; Critical care --; Pediatric critical care --; Labor and delivery --; Home care and community --; Appendix A: Guidelines for administration of medications N2 - "Learn the most common methods of drug calculation, and use the one that is right for you! Clinical Calculations: With Applications to General and Specialty Areas, 10th Edition helps you learn to calculate drug dosages accurately. It covers the four major drug calculation methods basic formula, ratio and proportion, fractional equation, and dimensional analysis plus body weight and body surface area. It also includes practice problems not only for general care but also for specialty areas such as pediatrics and critical care. Written by a team of experts, this market-leading text shows how drug calculation and drug administration are related and emphasizes patient safety above all else"--Provided by publisher ER -