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The #1 Textbook in Pharmacotherapy providing optimal patient outcomes using evidence-based medication therapies--updated with the latest advances and guidelines
For more than 30 years, DiPiro's Pharmacotherapy has been the essential textbook for learning how to properly select, administer, and monitor drugs―everything needed to provide safe, effective drug therapy across all therapeutic categories. This new edition has been fully updated with the latest evidence-based information and recommendations.
With content from 300 expert contributors, this valuable resource offers detailed descriptions of common and uncommon disease states, including treatment by pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic means. Each disease chapter opens with a Patient Care Process, helping readers understand the collaborative care model in which pharmacists work and communicate with other healthcare providers for effective coordinated care.
Here's why DiPiro's Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach is the perfect learning tool for students, pharmacists, and other healthcare providers:
- All chapters provide the most current, reliable, and relevant information available
- Key concepts are included at the beginning of each chapter
- Clinical Presentation boxes concisely outline disease signs and symptoms
- New: Beyond the Book feature points readers to multimedia resources to deepen their understanding of the material
- Diagnostic flow diagrams, treatment algorithms, dosing guideline recommendations, and monitoring approaches clearly distinguish treatment pathways
- New: Drug monitoring tables have been added
- Patient care process boxes help readers know how to communicate with other health care providers
- New: Additional E-chapters are available with a subscription to AccessPharmacy
- New: Over 2000 Review Questions to help prepare students!
Joseph DiPiro, PharmD, FCCP, is professor and Archie O. McCalley Dean of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy in Richmond, VA.
Gary C. Yee, PharmD, FCCP, is professor and associate vice chancellor for Academic Affairs, College of Pharmacy in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science at University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, NE.
Stuart T. Haines, PharmD, FCCP, FASHP, FAPhA, is the director of the Division of Pharmacy Professional Development, and professor of Pharmacy Practice at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy in Jackson, MS.
Thomas D. Nolin, PharmD, PhD, is associate professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania.
Vicki Ringold, PharmD, is associate dean for research and professor of pharmacy at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI.
Jennifer Cocohoba, PharmD, MAS, is professor and vice chair of Faculty Development in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy at the University of California, San Francisco School of Pharmacy.
L. Michael Posey, PharmD, is president of PNN Pharmacotherapy News Network, and editor and publisher of PENS Pharmacy Editorial and News Services in Arlington, VA.
McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide
L. Michael Posey, RPh, is president of Pharmacy Editorial & News Services (PENS) in Athens, Georgia, and an editor for the APhA periodicals Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, Pharmacy Today, and APhA DrugInfoLine. He also assists with drug information content for APhA's cutting-edge Web site, www.pharmacist.com. During a career spanning two decades as a pharmacy communicator, Posey has served as editor of The Consultant Pharmacist and the American Journal of Hospital Pharmacy, and is an editor of the textbook Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach.
