xviii, 293 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Contents
Review of arithmetic skills for medical dosage calculations -- Safe and accurate drug administration -- Changing units of measurements -- The metric measurement system -- Calculating oral medication doses -- Syringes -- Solutions and drug strengths or concentrations -- Parenteral medications -- Calculating flow rates and durations of enteral and intravenous infusions -- Calculating flow rates for intravenous medications -- Calculating paediatric dosages
