Essential drug data in a concise, carry-anywhere reference
Pharmacotherapy Handbook, 8e provides practitioners and students with the critical information necessary to support drug therapy decision making for more than 140 diseases and disorders. Featuring a convenient alphabetized presentation, this handy guide utilizes tables, texts, figures, and treatment algorithms to make the information readily accessible and easily understood.
The consistent chapter organization includes:
Disease state definition
Review of relevant pathophysiology
Clinical presentation
Diagnosis
Desired outcome
Treatment
Monitoring
The Treatment section usually includes nonpharmacologic therapy, drug selection guidelines, dosing recommendations, adverse effects, pharmacokinetic considerations, and important drug interactions.
About the Author
Barbara G. Wells, PharmD, FASHP, FCCP, BCPP Dean and Professor Executive Director, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences School of Pharmacy, The University of Mississippi Oxford, Mississippi
Joseph T. DiPiro, PharmD, FCCP Professor and Executive Dean South Carolina College of Pharmacy Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston and University of South Carolina, Columbia
Terry L. Schwinghamamer, PharmD, FCCP, FASHP, FAPhA, BCPS Professor and Chair, Department of Clinical Pharmacy School of Pharmacy, West Virginia University Morgantown, West Virginia
Cecily V. DiPiro, PharmD Consultant Pharmacist Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
