Pharmacotherapy casebook a patient-focused approach

• Other Authors: DiPiro, Joseph T. (Editor), Schwinghammer, Terry L. (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Stamford Appleton & Lange 2000
• Edition: Second Edition
• Subjects: Drug Therapy > Case Reports > Examination Questions; Patient-Centered Care > Case Reports > Examination Questions
• Online Access: Click Here to View Status and Holdings.
• Item Description: Previous ed. published in 1997 under the title: Pharmacotherapy
• Physical Description: xix, 353 pages illustrations 28 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references
• ISBN: 9780838581544; 0838581544

A new edition of the companion volume to "Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach". It features a problem-solving approach, providing over 100 case studies that require the reader to critically think, research and evaluate each case. Accompanying exercises provide practice in identifying findings and assessments, desired outcomes, therapeutic alternatives, optimal plans, assessment parameters and patient counselling recommendations. The edition includes more complex patient cases including those with multiple disease states and drug-related problems. Modern topics include obesity, herpes simplex and smoking cessation