Pharmacotherapy Handbook, Tenth Edition

Book excerpt: MAKE DRUG THERAPY DECISIONS BASED ON THE BEST DATA POSSIBLE! Pharmacotherapy Handbook, Tenth Edition delivers the essential information students and practitioners need to quickly and confidently make drug therapy decisions for more than 140 of the diseases and disorders most commonly encountered in a clinical setting. Featuring a convenient alphabetized presentation, this handy guide utilizes text, tables, figures, and treatment algorithms to make important drug data readily accessible and easily understood. The consistent chapter organization consists of: • Disease state definition • Concise review of relevant pathophysiology • Clinical presentation • Diagnosis • Treatment • Evaluation of Therapeutic Outcomes Appendices include Allergic and Pseudoallergic Drug Reactions, Geriatrics, Drug-Induced Hematologic Disorders, Drug-Induced Liver Disease, Drug-Induced Pulmonary Disease, Drug-Induced Kidney Disease. You will find this to be the ideal carry-anywhere companion to Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach, Tenth Edition by Joseph DiPiro, et al