Publisher's Synopsis
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 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
