Main description:

More than 150 cases help you develop the skills needed to identify and resolve the most common drug therapy problems

Pharmacotherapy Casebook: A Patient-Focused Approach delivers 160 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 Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach you will be able to familiarize themselves with the pathophysiology and pharmacology of each disease state included in this casebook.

* The perfect study companion to DiPiro's: Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach
* Realistic patient presentations include medical history, physical examination, and laboratory data, followed by a series of questions using a systematic, problem-solving approach
* Compelling range of cases - from the uncomplicated (a single disease state) to the complex (multiple disease states and drug-related problems)
* Diverse authorship from more than 190 clinicians from nearly 100 institutions Coverage that integrates the biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences with therapeutics
* Appendices containing valuable information on pharmacy abbreviations, laboratory tests, mathematical conversion factors, anthropometrics, and complementary and alternative therapies

Each case teaches you how to:

* Identify real or potential drug therapy problems
* Determine the desired therapeutic outcome
* Evaluate therapeutic alternatives
* Design an optimal individualized pharmacotherapeutic plan
* Develop methods to evaluate the therapeutic outcome
* Provide patient education
* Communicate and implement the pharmacotherapeutic plan