Medical dosage calculations : a dimensional analysis approach /
June L. Olsen, Anthony Patrick Giangrasso, Dolores M. Shrimpton.
- 10th ed.
- Boston : Pearson, c2012.
- xiv, 386 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Rev. ed. of: Medical dosage calculations / June L. Olsen ... [et al.]. 9th ed. c2008.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Review of arithmetic for medical dosage calculations -- Safe and accurate drug administration -- Dimensional analysis -- The household and metric systems -- Converting from one system of measurement to another -- Oral medication doses -- Syringes -- Preparation of solutions -- Parenteral medications -- Flow rates and durations of enteral and intravenous infusions -- Calculating flow rates for intravenous medications -- Calculating pediatric dosages.