VIPomas
VIRIDANS STREPTOCOCCI
VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS
amphotericin B liposomal (LAmB),
122–124
VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY
VITAMIN B
1
DEFICIENCY
VITAMIN B
2
DEFICIENCY
VITAMIN B
6
DEFICIENCY
VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY
VITAMIN E DEFICIENCY
VON WILLEBRAND’S DISEASE
VULVAR DYSTROPHY
testosterone cypionate,
1151
VULVOVAGINAL CANDIDIASIS
clotrimazole (topical, vaginal, oral),
325–326
W
Wal-dryl Children’s Allergy,
417–419
Wal-Tussin Expectorant,
615
Walgreens Bronchial Mist,
471
Walgreens Fiber Therapy,
797
Walgreens Finest Iron,
536
Walgreens Finest Natural Potassium Gluconate,
977
Walgreens Gold Seal Ferrous Gluconate,
536
Walgreens Gold Seal Ferrous Sulfate,
536
Walgreens Gold Seal Folic Acid,
568–570
Walgreens Nicotine Polacrilex,
874
Walgreens Nicotine Transdermal Patch,
874
Walgreens Non-Aspirin,
62–64
Walgreens Stool Softener,
427
WEGENER’S GRANULOMATOSIS
WERNICKE-KORSAKOFF SYNDROME
WEST NILE VIRUS
immune globulin IM (IMIG/IGIM),
660
WHIPWORMS
WILMS’ TUMOR
WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROME
WOUND HEALING
WRINKLES
X
XEROSTOMIA
Y
Z
ZINC DEFICIENCY
ZOLLINGER-ELLISON SYNDROME
ZYGOMYCOSIS
Entries can be identified as follows: DISEASES/DISORDERS,
DRUG CATEGORIES
, generic names, Trade Names.
Formulas
Surface area rule:
Calculating strength of a solution:
Calculating flow rate for IV:
Calculation of medication dosages:
Formula method:
Vehicle is the drug form or amount of liquid containing the dosage. Amounts used in calculation by formula must be in same system.
Ratio–proportion method:
1 tablet:tablet in mg on hand::
x
tablet order in mg
Know or have::Want to know or order
Multiply means and extremes, divide both sides by known amount to get
x.
Amounts used in equation must be in same system.
Dimensional analysis method:
If amounts are in different systems:
Temperature conversion:
F = C ×
9
/
5
+ 32
C =
5
/
9
(F − 32)
Nomogram for calculation of body surface area
Place a straight edge from the patient"s height in the left column to the patient"s weight in the right column. The point of intersection on the body surface area column indicates the body surface area (BSA). (Reproduced in Behrman RE, Kliegman RM, Jenson HB:
Nelson textbook of pediatrics
, ed 18, Philadelphia, 2011, WB Saunders; Nomogram modified from data of E. Boyd by CD West.)