All the main concepts from the landmark Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach-distilled down to a concise, clinically focused, full-color resource

Providing a solid evidence-based approach, Pharmacotherapy Principles & Practice explains how to design, implement, monitor, and evaluate medication therapy. You'll gain an in-depth understanding of the underlying principles of the pharmacotherapy of disease¿and their practical application.

Pharmacotherapy Principles & Practice includes chapters on geriatrics, pediatrics, and palliative care. Each of the subsequent disease-based chapters covers disease epidemiology, etiology, pathophysiology, clinical presentation and diagnosis, nonpharmacologic therapy, followed by therapeutic recommendations for medication selection, desired outcomes, dosing, and patient monitoring.

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Chapters are written/reviewed by pharmacists, NPs, PAs, and physicians considered authorities in their fieldsLearning objectives with associated content identified with a margin ruleDisorder-based organization makes finding answers quick and easySurveys the full range of organ system disorders treated in pharmacy practiceKnowledge-building boxed features within chapters cover Clinical Presentation & Diagnosis, Patient Encounters, and Patient Care and Monitoring GuidelinesStandardized chapter formatLaboratory values are presented in conventional and Systemé International unitsKey concepts are indicated in text with numbered iconsContent on cultural competencyGlossaryOnline Learning Center