Libri di Joseph T. DiPiro
Biografia e opere di Joseph T. DiPiro
Pharmacotherapy Principles and Practice
Barbara G. Wells
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Joseph T. DiPiro
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editore: McGraw-Hill Medical
pagine: 1968
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 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.
Pharmacotherapy Casebook
A Patient-focused Approach
Gary C Yee
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Joseph T. DiPiro
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editore: McGraw-Hill Medical
pagine: 992
This book shows how to develop expertise in Pharmacotherapy decision making. It includes 153 realistic patient cases. "Pharmacotherapy Casebook: A Patient-Focused Approach, Sixth Edition" is ideal for fostering problem-solving skills. The "Pharmacotherapy Casebook" features 153 patient cases that help students identify and resolve drug therapy problems. This new edition is the perfect classroom companion to the new sixth edition of "Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach".The new features in this edition include: disorders - influenza prevention and treatment, infections in immunocompromised patients, and chemical exposure and emergency preparedness; an appendix which contains useful information on pharmacy and mathematical conversion factors and anthropometrics; 5 introductory chapters: how to use the casebook, active learning strategies, patient communication, written documentation, and care planning; and, 153 revised and updated patient cases involving disease states likely to be encountered by drug therapy decision makers.Realistic patient presentations include medical history, physical examination, and laboratory data followed by a series of questions using a systematic, problem-solving approach.
Cases range from uncomplicated (a single disease state) to complex (multiple disease states and drug therapy problems) to accommodate different experience levels of students. Cases are provided by 183 clinicians from 82 different schools of pharmacy, health-care systems, and other institutions in the United States and Canada. Casebook sections are categorized by body organ system to coordinate with the Pharmacotherapy textbook. It develops skills in problem analysis and decision making. It integrates the biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences with therapeutics. It demonstrates the relevance and importance of a sound scientific foundation for pharmacy practice.
