Dipiro's Pharmacotherapy : A Pathophysiologic Approach

The #1 textbook in pharmacotherapy, providing optimal patient outcomes using evidence-based medication therapies―updated with the latest advances and guidelines

For over three decades, DiPiro’s Pharmacotherapy has served as the fundamental resource for understanding how to accurately select, administer, and monitor drugs―covering all necessary aspects of safe and effective drug treatment in all therapeutic realms. This thirteenth edition of the authoritative pharmacotherapy text has been fully updated with the latest evidence-based information and recommendations.

Featuring insights from 300 expert contributors, the text presents thorough explanations of both common and rare medical conditions, discussing treatments that include both pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic approaches. Each disease chapter begins with the Patient Care Process, guiding readers to grasp the teamwork model in which pharmacists collaborate and communicate with other healthcare professionals for efficient coordinated care.

Presented in full color, the book facilitates the provision of superior patient care through evidence-based medication therapy grounded in robust pharmacotherapeutic principles. 

Here's why DiPiro's Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach is the perfect learning tool for students, pharmacists, and other healthcare providers:

•    All chapters provide the most current, reliable, and relevant information available
•    Key concepts are included at the beginning of each chapter
•    NEW chapters on Foundations of Sexual and Gender Health and Gender-affirming Therapy
•    Extensively updated chapters on Chronic Heart Failure, Evaluation of Renal Function, and Obesity
•    Key Resource Box with links to clinical practice guidelines, patient education materials, and landmark clinical trials related to each chapter's content
•    Clinical Presentation boxes concisely outline disease signs and symptoms
•    Beyond the Book feature points you to multimedia resources to deepen their understanding of the material
•    Diagnostic flow diagrams, treatment algorithms, dosing guideline recommendations, and monitoring approaches clearly distinguish treatment pathways
•    Patient Care process boxes help you communicate more effectively with other health care providers

L. Michael Posey, RPh, is president of Pharmacy Editorial & News Services (PENS) in Athens, Georgia, and an editor for the APhA periodicals Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, Pharmacy Today, and APhA DrugInfoLine. He also assists with drug information content for APhA’s cutting-edge Web site, www.pharmacist.com. During a career spanning two decades as a pharmacy communicator, Posey has served as editor of The Consultant Pharmacist and the American Journal of Hospital Pharmacy, and is an editor of the textbook Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach.


Stuart T. Haines, PharmD, FCCP, FASHP, FAPhA, is the director of the Division of Pharmacy Professional Development and professor of Pharmacy Practice at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy in Jackson, MS.

Thomas D. Nolin, PharmD, PhD, is associate professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania.

Vicki Ellingrod, PharmD, is associate dean for research and professor of pharmacy at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI.

L. Michael Posey, PharmD, is president of PNN Pharmacotherapy News Network, and editor and publisher of PENS Pharmacy Editorial and News Services in Arlington, VA.

Lisa M. Holle, PharmD, is a professor at University of Wisconsin in Madison, WI.
  
Jennifer Cocohoba, PharmD, MAS, is professor and vice chair of Faculty Development in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy at the University of California, San Francisco School of Pharmacy.