Pharmacotherapy Casebook: A Patient-Focused Approach, 9 Edition

Pharmacotherapy Casebook: A Patient-Focused Approach, 9 Edition

<h4>More than 150 cases help develop the skills you need to identify and resolve the most common drug therapy problems</h4> <p><b>The perfect study companion to <i>DiPiro's Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach</i> More than 40 all-new cases!</b></p> <p><i>Pharmacotherapy Casebook: A Patient-Focused Approach</i> 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 <i>Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach</i> you will be able to familiarize yourself with the pathophysiology and pharmacology of each disease state included in this casebook.</p> <p>Each case teaches you how to:<ul> <li>Identify real or potential drug therapy problems <li>Determine the desired therapeutic outcome <li>Evaluate therapeutic alternatives <li>Design an optimal individualized pharmacotherapeutic plan <li>Develop methods to evaluate the therapeutic outcome <li>Provide patient education <li>Communicate and implement the pharmacotherapeutic plan</ul></p> <p>Everything you need to develop expertise in pharmacotherapy decision making:<ul> <li>Realistic patient presentations include medical history, physical examination, and laboratory data, followed by a series of questions using a systematic, problem-solving approach <li>Compelling range of cases €“ from the uncomplicated (a single disease state) to the complex (multiple disease states and drug-related problems) <li>Diverse authorship from more than 190 clinicians from nearly 100 institutions Coverage that integrates the biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences with therapeutics <li>Appendices containing valuable information on pharmacy abbreviations, laboratory tests, mathematical conversion factors, anthropometrics, and complementary and alternative therapies</ul></p>