Pharmacotherapy Casebook: A Patient-Focused Approach delivers 157 patient cases designed to teach you how to apply the principles of pharmacotherapy to real-world clinical practice. The case chapters in this book are organized into organ system sections that correspond to those of the DiPiro textbook. By reading the relevant chapters in Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach you will be able to familiarize yourself with the pathophysiology and pharmacology of each disease state included in this casebook.

Each case teaches you how to:

Identify real or potential drug therapy problems
Determine the desired therapeutic outcome
Evaluate therapeutic alternatives
Design an optimal individualized pharmacotherapeutic plan
Develop methods to evaluate the therapeutic outcome
Provide patient education
Communicate and implement the pharmacotherapeutic plan

Everything you need to develop expertise in pharmacotherapy decision making:

Realistic patient presentations include medical history, physical examination, and laboratory data, followed by a series of questions using a systematic, problem-solving approach
Compelling range of cases – from the uncomplicated (a single disease state) to the complex (multiple disease states and drug-related problems)
Diverse authorship from more than 190 clinicians from nearly 100 institutions Coverage that integrates the biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences with therapeutics
Appendices containing valuable information on pharmacy abbreviations, laboratory tests, mathematical conversion factors, anthropometrics, and complementary and alternative therapies

About the Author

Terry L. Schwinghammer, PharmD, FCCP, FASHP, BCPS (Morgantown,WV), Professor and Chair, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, West Virginia University School of Pharmacy.
Julia M. Koehler, PharmD, (Indianapolis, IN) Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Butler University, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences; and Clinical Pharmacist in Family Medicine, Methodist Hospital and the Indiana University-Methodist Family Practice Center, Clarian Health Partners.

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