All the main concepts from the landmark Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach--distilled down to a concise, clinically focused, full-color resource Providing a solid evidence-based approach,
Pharmacotherapy Principles & Practice, Sixth Edition explains how to design, implement, monitor, and evaluate medication therapy. You'll gain an in-depth understanding of the underlying principles of the pharmacotherapy of disease―and their practical application.
Pharmacotherapy Principles & Practice includes chapters on geriatrics, pediatrics, and palliative care. Each of the subsequent disease-based chapters covers disease epidemiology, etiology, pathophysiology, clinical presentation and diagnosis, nonpharmacologic therapy, followed by therapeutic recommendations for medication selection, desired outcomes, dosing, and patient monitoring.
Features
- Chapters are written/reviewed by pharmacists, NPs, PAs, and physicians considered authorities in their fields
- Learning objectives with associated content identified with a margin rule
- Disorder-based organization makes finding answers quick and easy
- Surveys the full range of organ system disorders treated in pharmacy practice
- Knowledge-building boxed features within chapters cover Clinical Presentation & Diagnosis, Patient Encounters, and Patient Care and Monitoring Guidelines
- Standardized chapter format
- Laboratory values are presented in conventional and Systemé International units
- Key concepts are indicated in text with numbered icons
- Content on cultural competency
- Glossary
- Online Learning Center
About the Author:
Marie A. Chisholm-Burns,
BS Pharm, PharmD, MPH, MBA, FCCP, FASHP, is Dean and Professor at the University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy.
Terry L. Schwinghammer, BS Pharm, PharmD, BCPS, FCCP, FASHP, FAPhA, is Professor and Chair of the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and holds the Arthur I. Jacknowitz Distinguished Chair in Clinical Pharmacy at the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy.
Patrick M. Malone, BS Pharm, PharmD, FASHP, is Professor and Associate Dean of Internal Affairs at the University of Findlay College of Pharmacy.
Jill M. Kolesar, BS Pharm, PharmD, BCPS, FCCP, is a Professor at the University of Wisconsin and the Director of the 3P Laboratory.
P. Brandon Bookstaver, Pharm.D., FCCP, FIDSA, BCPS, AAHIVP, is an associate professor and vice chair in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Outcomes Sciences at the College of Pharmacy.
Kelly C. Lee, Pharm.D., M.A.S., BCPP, is Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, Associate Dean for Assessment and Accreditation, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
