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Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms & Drug Delivery Systems
Author: Howard C. Ansel
ISBN-10: 0683305727
ISBN-13: 9780683305722
Published: 1999-10
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Book Description:
Readers will find this book to be the most comprehensive source on pharmaceutical dosage forms and drug delivery systems. "Physical Pharmacy Capsules" highlight key concepts with boxes, providing easy reference. Reflecting traditional pharmaceutics pedagogy, the new edition is organized by dosage form rather than by route of administration
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Critical Care Intravenous Infusion Drug Handbook, 1e
Author: Gary J. Algozzine PharmD BCNSP
ISBN-10: 0323019730
ISBN-13: 9780323019736
Published: 2002-06-15
Publisher: Mosby
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Book Description:
This practical, easy-to-use reference facilitates the administration of 39 of the most complex and common IV infusion drugs used in critical care. Section I presents at-a-glance algorithms covering the ACLS Guidelines for Adult Emergency Cardiac Care. Section II offers a "Quick Mixing Guide" for intravenous infusion drugs. And, Section III covers each of the most complex and common IV infusion drugs in detail, presenting all of the data needed for safe administration.Coverage of each drug addresses its most common uses · preparation and administration · dosages · warnings and adverse reactions · compatibility with other drug infusions · and general nursing considerations."Drip Rate Calculation Charts" and "Dosing Charts" quickly explain how to mix and prepare drugs that are usually needed by patients on an immediate, urgent basis.Unique "Calculation Factors" for each drug greatly simplify an otherwise complicated process and substantially reduce the chance of medication errors.
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IV Therapy Demystified: A Self-Teaching Guide (Demystified Nursing)
Author: Kerry Cheever
ISBN-10: 0071496785
ISBN-13: 9780071496780
Published: 2007-12-20
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
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Book Description:
Your solution to mastering I.V. therapy Looking for a quick way to learn the ins-and-outs of I.V. therapy but find other books dripping with complexity? Here's your lifeline! I.V. Therapy Demystified infuses essential information with clear explanations to make learning easy. Written by a nursing professor, this detailed guide covers fluids and electrolytes, I.V. therapy delivery systems, and peripheral and central I.V. therapy. You will learn about crystalloid and colloid solutions and blood component, parenteral nutrition, and pharmacological therapies. I.V. therapy in infants, children, and older adults is also covered. Filled with key terms to help you to remember important concepts, and complete with end-of-chapter quizzes to test your knowledge, this book will teach you the fundamentals of I.V. therapy in no time at all.I.V. Therapy Demystified is your shortcut to mastering this essential nursing topic.This fast and easy guide offers:Learning objectives at the beginning of each chapterAn NCLEX-style quiz at the end of each chapter to reinforce learning and pinpoint weaknessesMeasurements labeled in SI unitsIndications for I.V. therapy and options for delivery A time-saving approach to performing better on an exam or at work
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Handbook of Pharmaceutical Controlled Release Technology
Author: Donald L. Wise
ISBN-10: 0824703693
ISBN-13: 9780824703691
Published: 2000-08-15
Publisher: CRC Press
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Book Description:
The Handbook of Pharmaceutical Controlled Release Technology reviews the design, fabrication, methodology, administration, and classifications of various drug delivery systems, including matrices, and membrane controlled reservoir, bioerodible, and pendant chain systems.Contains cutting-edge research on the controlled delivery of biomolecules!Discussing the advantages and limitations of controlled release systems, the Handbook of Pharmaceutical Controlled Release Technology covers oral, transdermal, parenteral, and implantable delivery of drugs discusses modification methods to achieve desired release kinetics highlights constraints of system design for practical clinical application analyzes diffusion equations and mathematical modeling considers environmental acceptance and tissue compatibility of biopolymeric systems for biologically active agents evaluates polymers as drug delivery carriers describes peptide, protein, micro-, and nanoparticulate release systems examines the cost, comfort, disease control, side effects, and patient compliance of numerous delivery systems and devices and more!
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Pocket Guide to I.V. Drugs
Author: Springhouse
ISBN-10: 1582550441
ISBN-13: 9781582550442
Published: 2000-01-01
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Book Description:
Here's on-the-spot guidance for virtually every I.V. drug administered today. Readers find 300 drugs in a quick-scan, 3-column format; dosage and administration information for direct injection, intermittent infusion, and continuous infusion; succinct guidelines on drug preparation; special considerations to support safety; and infusion rate tables for six common critical-care drugs. Contents include a guide to abbreviations, A-to-Z drug entries by generic name, antidotes for vesicant extravasation, major electrolyte components of I.V. solutions, estimating surface area in children and adults, and dobutamine, dopamine, epinephrine, isoproterenol, nitroglycerin, and nitroprusside infusion rates.
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Pocket Guide to Intravenous Therapy
Author: Joanne C. Larocca
ISBN-10: 0815152981
ISBN-13: 9780815152989
Published: 1997-01-15
Publisher: Mosby-Year Book
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A reference work based on recognized standards of practice for nurses working with diverse patient care settings and varying clinical preparation. The guide explores the principles of IV therapy and details the steps for administration of intravenous medications. Features include; blood administration guidelines, chapters on peripherally inserted central venous (PICC) catheters, on critical care and paediatric therapy. Each chapter concludes with multiple choice questions.
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Transdermal Drug Delivery, Second Edition, (Drugs and the Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Author:
ISBN-10: 082470861X
ISBN-13: 9780824708610
Published: 2002-10-29
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
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Book Description:
Completely revised, the Second Edition of Transdermal Drug Delivery presents discussions of the key issues pertinent to transdermal drug delivery. Covering the depth and breadth of the field, from physical chemistry and assessment of drug permeability to available enhancement technologies, to regulatory approval, the book examines topics necessary to the critical evaluation of a drug candidate's potential for delivery across the skin. It describes how to determine the transdermal permeability of drugs, how rationally to select candidates for transdermal delivery, how to choose chemical and/or physical methods to enhance skin transport, and how to solve regulatory issues.
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McGraw-Hill's I.V. Drug Handbook (McGraw-Hill Handbooks)
Author: Patricia Schull
ISBN-10: 0071548637
ISBN-13: 9780071548632
Published: 2008-09-18
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
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Administer I.V. medications knowledgeably, safely and confidently Because there's no room for error, turn to McGraw-Hill's I.V. Drug Handbook. Featuring a strong focus on patient safety, administering and monitoring I.V. drugs, the Handbook delivers concise, practical guidance to help you carry out one of the most difficult tasks you face. Written by and for practicing nurses and pharmacists, the Handbook is reliable, comprehensive, and easy-to-use. Everything you need for safe, successful I.V. drug administration: All-inclusive coverage of over 350 parenteral drugs with the latest warnings from the FDA Includes antibiotics, insulin, pain medications, emergency drugs -- and more coverage of chemotherapeutic agents with more supportive therapies than you'll find in any other text Provides the most comprehensive, specific, evidence-based guidelines on administering high-alert and hazardous drugs available anywhere Each drug monograph includes administration guidelines, covering preparation, dilution&compatibility, infusion rates, admixtures, supportive therapies and monitoring. Features a 32 page full-color patient safety insert describing measures for ensuring safe drug administration, including 6 pagea on inserting an I.V. catheter Uses distinctive icons to call your attention to “clinical alerts,” “life-threatening reactions,” “high-alert”, “hazardous” drugs, and more
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Pharmaceutical Principles of Solid Dosage Forms
Author: Jens T. Carstensen
ISBN-10: 0877629552
ISBN-13: 9780877629559
Published: 1993-08-16
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
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Book Description:
This comprehensive guide presents the principles underlying the formation, properties and manufacturing of solid dosage forms. Developed by a leading pharmaceutical expert with 25 years of experience, this book is a precise handbook to powder dosage forms, hard shell capsules, milling, tablet, granulation and drying, stability, crystalline solids, DSC and amorphates, hygroscopicity, packaging, micromeritics, sustained release, and more. Designed for use by development pharmacists, analytical chemists, production pharmacists, and pharmacy professors and students, this book emphasizes U.S. validation principles; the interrelationship between formulation, manufacturing and existing USP and FDA guidelines; and aspects of pharmaceutics important to IND and NDA submission and subsequent supplements.
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Drug Delivery (Biotechnology in Agriculture, Industry and Medicine)
Author: Maria A. Popescu
ISBN-10: 1613245386
ISBN-13: 9781613245385
Published: 2011-10-25
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
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In drug delivery, active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) is delivered to the patient through different methods and shapes which are called pharmaceutical dosage forms. Each API has specific physicochemical and pharmaceutical properties which require a suitable pharmaceutical dosage form to be delivered to the body. In this book, the authors present current research from across the globe in the study of drug delivery. Topics discussed include pharmaceutical dosage forms; drug delivery through multifunctional polymeric nanoparticles; targeted liposomal based chemotherapies; the stability of drug delivery PLGA nanoparticles; and, the influence of particle physicochemical properties on delivery of drugs by dry powder inhalers to the lung.
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