Pharmacotherapy Principles and Practice

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