Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach : A Pathophysiologic Approach

Joseph T. DiPiro, Robert L. Talbert, Gary C. Yee, Gary R. Matzke, Barbara G. Wells, L. Michael Posey

ISBN 10: 0071703543 / ISBN 13: 9780071703543

Published by Mcgraw-Hill Professional, 2011

About this Item

Neu neuware, importqualität, auf lager - The benchmark evidence-based pharmacotherapy text-now in full color! When it comes to helping you develop a mastery of evidence-based medicine for optimal patient outcomes, no book can match Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach . Like the discipline it covers, the scope of this trusted resource goes beyond drug indications and dosages to include the initial selection, proper administration, and monitoring of drugs. The book also delves into psychosocial issues that affect compliance topics related to a patient's ability to understand and manage often-complex therapy and lifestyle changes that may reduce the need for drug therapy or improve pharmacotherapeutic outcomes. Pharmacotherapy delivers everything you need to provide safe, efficacious drug therapy across the full range of therapeutic categories. FEATURES NEW! Expanded evidence-based recommendations NEW! Extended coverage of the timely issue of palliative care and pain medicine NEW! Important chapters on Pulmonary Hypertension, Disorders of Calcium and Phosphorus Homeostasis, and Multiple Myeloma, Outstanding pedagogy, including: Key Concepts highlighted in each chapter Clinical Presentation boxes summarize the most common disease signs and symptoms covered in each chapter Clinical Controversies boxes-presented in the Treatment sections of the disease-oriented chapters-examine the complicated issues faced by students and clinicians in providing drug therapy Clear therapeutic recommendations in each disease-specific chapter Evaluation of Therapeutic Outcomes boxes in each disease-specific chapter, containing key monitoring guidelines that facilitate the development of a pharmaceutical, nursing, or medical care plan.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach : A Pathophysiologic Approach
• Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill Professional
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071703543
• ISBN 13: 9780071703543
• Binding: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 284W x 223H x 77D millimeters 284 millimeters width by 223 millimeters height by 77 millimeters depth
• Weight: 3920 grams

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Synopsis

The most comprehensive, widely used, and evidence-based pharmacotherapy text available

Full-color design!

A Doody's Core Title ESSENTIAL PURCHASE for 2011!

5 STAR DOODYS'S REVIEW!
"This is a gold standard reference in pharmacy and the information it provides equips readers with the knowledge base and confidence to provide the highest quality of patient care."--Doody's Review Service

Hailed by Doody's Review Service as "one of the best in pharmacy" Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach is unmatched in its ability to help students develop a mastery of evidence-based medicine for optimum patient outcomes. The eighth edition will feature the addition of SI units throughout and an increased number of global examples and clinical questions.

Features

• Unparalleled guidance in the development of pharmaceutical care plans
• Full-color presentation
• Key Concepts in each chapter
• Critical Presentation boxes summarize common disease signs and symptoms
• Clinical Controversies boxes examin complicated issues you face when providing drug therapy
• NEW material added to the online learning center
• EXPANDED evidence-based recommendations
• EXPANDED coverage of timely issues such as palliative care and pain medicine
• Therapeutic recommendations in each disease-specific chapter

About the Author

Author Profiles
Joseph DiPiro, PharmD, FCCP
Executive Dean and Professor,
South Carolina School of Pharmacy

Robert Talbert, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS
Professor
University of Texas, Health Science Center

Gary Yee, PharmD, FCCP
Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
University of Nebraska, Medical Center

Gary Matzke, PharmD, FCP, FCCP
Professor and Associate Dean for Clinical Research and Public Policy
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Clinical Research and Public Policy

Barbara Wells, PharmD, FASHP, FCCP, BCPP
Dean and Professor, Executive Director of the Research Institute of Phamaceutical Sciences
University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy

L. Michael Posey, BS Pharm
Editorial Director
American Pharmacists Association