Pharmacotherapy Principles and Practice, Sixth Edition

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