Pharmacotherapy Principles and Practice, 3rd Edition

Learn the essential principles of pharmacotherapy and how they apply to today’s healthcare

Pharmacotherapy Principles & Practice, Third Edition uses a solid evidence-based approach to teach you how to design, implement, monitor, and evaluate medication therapy. This trusted text provides everything you need to gain an in-depth understanding of the principles essential to the optimal pharmacotherapy of disease. In order to be as clinically relevant as possible, the disease states and treatments discussed focus on disorders most often seen in clinical practice. Chapters were written or reviewed by pharmacists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and physicians who are authorities in their fields.

The book opens with an introductory chapter followed by chapters on pediatrics, geriatrics, and palliative care. The remainder of the text consists of ninety-eight disease-based chapters that review etiology, epidemiology, pathophysiology, and clinical presentation, followed by therapeutic recommendations for drug selection, dosing, and patient monitoring.

Table of Contents

Part I: Basic Concepts of Pharmacotherapy Principles and Practices
1. Introduction
2. Geriatrics
3. Pediatrics
4. Palliative Care
Part II: Disorders of Organ Systems
Section 1 Cardiovascular Disorders
Section 2 Respiratory Disorders
Section 3 Gastrointestinal Disorders
Section 4 Renal Disorders
Section 5 Neurologic Disorders
Section 6 Psychiatric Disorders
Section 7 Endocrinologic Disorders
Section 8 Gynecologic and Obstetric Disorders
Section 9 Urologic Disorders
Section 10 Immunologic Disorders
Section 11 Bone and Joint Disorders
Section 12 Disorders of the Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat
Section 13 Dermatologic Disorders
Section 14 Hematologic Disorders
Section 15 Diseases of Infectious Origin
Section 16 Oncologic Disorders
Section 17 Nutrition and Nutritional Disorders
Appendix A: Conversion Factors and Anthropometrics
Appendix B: Common Laboratory Tests
Appendix C: Common Medical Abbreviations
Appendix D: Glossary