Maths skills for pharmacy : unlocking pharmaceutical calculations / Chris Langley and Yvonne Perrie.

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Ensuring competency in maths skills is a fundamental part of pharmacy education as accurate pharmaceutical calculations are crucial to the safe and effective use of drugs. This text combines both the scientific calculations underpinning dosage forms with calculations relating to pharmacy practice in a single resource.An innovative student-centred approach is taken throughout the text, with numerous worked examples and self-test questions to stimulate self-directed learning. Frequent case studies highlight the importance of maths to pharmacy, and help students to make that crucial connection between theory and practice, while key take-home messages for each section are summarised in concise learning-point boxes.Written by leading academics with a wealth of experience in pharmacy education Maths Skills for Pharmacy is the ideal textbook for the subject.Online Resource CentreThe Online Resource Centre to accompany Maths Skills for Pharmacy features: For registered adopters of the book:* Figures from the book, available to download. For students:* Multiple choice questions and short answer questions* Webcasts, walking students through various calculations

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• 1 Introduction: to the importance of maths in pharmacy (p. 1)
• 1.1 Introduction to mathematics within healthcare (p. 1)
• 1.2 The layout of this text (p. 4)
• 1.3 Getting it fight: estimation and self-checking (p. 7)
• 1.4 Diagnostic calculations test (p. 11)
• 1.5 Running (p. 30)
• 1.6 Diagnostic calculations test 2 (p. 32)
• 2 Pharamaceutical mathematical terminology (p. 52)
• 2.1 Chapter introduction (p. 52)
• 2.2 Converting between standard units (p. 52)
• 2.3 Specific pharmaceutical mathematical terminology (p. 56)
• 2.4 Interpreting dosage instructions (p. 61)
• 2.5 Imperial and metric conversions (p. 63)
• 2.6 Self-assessment questions (p. 64)
• 2.7 Summary (p. 67)
• 2.8 Answers to self-assessment questions (p. 67)
• 3 Mathematical basics in pharmacy: measurements and data (p. 75)
• 3.1 Chapter introduction (p. 75)
• 3.2 Variation in measurements and experimental uncertainties (p. 75)
• 3.3 Accuracy and precision (p. 80)
• 3.4 Data sets samples and populations (p. 82)
• 3.5 Calculating the average of data sets (p. 83)
• 3.6 Measurement of the variability of data (p. 85)
• 3.7 Self-assessment questions (p. 90)
• 3.8 Summary (p. 93)
• 3.9 Answers to self-assessment questions (p. 93)
• 4 Maths supporting the science of pharmacy (p. 99)
• 4.1 Chapter introduction (p. 99)
• 4.2 Displacement values and volumes (p. 99)
• 4.3 Iso-osmotic and isotonic solutions: considerations for formulations (p. 105)
• 4.4 Preparing isotonic solutions (p. 107)
• 4.5 Self-assessment questions (p. 113)
• 4.6 Summary (p. 115)
• 4.7 Answers to self-assessment questions (p. 115)
• 5 Quantities to dispense: accuracy within supply (p. 121)
• 5.1 Chapter introduction (p. 121)
• 5.2 Basic quantity calculations: solid dosage forms (p. 124)
• 5.3 Basic quantity calculations: liquid dosage forms (p. 125)
• 5.4 Basic quantity calculations: special containers (p. 126)
• 5.5 Quantity calculations: intravenous infusions (p. 128)
• 5.6 Expiration of medication during the supply period (p. 129)
• 5.7 Self-assessment questions (p. 130)
• 5.6 Summary (p. 133)
• 5.9 Answers to self-assessment questions (p. 133)
• 6 Handling pharmaceutical products: concentrations and dilutions (p. 141)
• 6.1 Chapter introduction (p. 141)
• 6.2 Percentages and ratios (p. 141)
• 6.3 Preparing concentrated solutions (p. 144)
• 6.4 Diluting solutions (p. 145)
• 6.5 Alligation (p. 148)
• 6.6 Self-assessment questions (p. 153)
• 6.7 Summary (p. 155)
• 6.8 Answers to self-assessment questions (p. 155)
• 7 Intravenous and associated medication routes (p. 164)
• 7.1 Chapter introduction (p. 164)
• 7.2 Basic intravenous infusion rates (p. 164)
• 7.3 Variable intravenous infusion rates (p. 164)
• 7.4 Converting oral administration rates to other routes (p. 173)
• 7.5 Infusion administration methods (p. 175)
• 7.6 Self-assessment questions (p. 177)
• 7.7 Summary (p. 179)
• 7.8 Answers to self-assessment questions (p. 180)
• 8 Data: presentation, interpretation, and basic statistics (p. 189)
• 8.1 Chapter introduction (p. 189)
• 8.2 Presentation of data using tables and graphs (p. 189)
• 8.3 Linear and logarithmic calculations (p. 192)
• 8.4 Stability of medicines (p. 200)
• 8.5 Simple statistics: analysis of data (p. 207)
• 8.6 Self-assessment questions (p. 213)
• 8.7 Summary (p. 218)
• 8.8 Answers to self-assessment questions (p. 218)
• Appendix: Pharmaceutical administration abbreviations (p. 228)
• Index (p. 229)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Chris Langley is a Professor of Pharmacy Law and Practice at Aston University, where he is also Deputy Head of the Pharmacy School and Associate Dean for Taught Programmes. He is a member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Education Expert Advisory Panel, and has previously written several undergraduate pharmacy textbooks.Yvonne Perrie is Professor in Drug Delivery and Head of the Pharmacy School at Aston University. Her research activities contribute to the advancement and strategic development of drug carrier systems to facilitate the effective delivery and application of drugs and vaccines. Yvonne is Editor in Chief of both the Journal of Liposome Research and Pharmaceutics, and acts as Associate Editor of The Journal of Drug Targeting and The Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. She is also the author of the undergraduate textbook Drug Delivery and Targeting.