More than 100 cases teach how you how to apply pharmacotherapeutic concepts to real-world clinical situations Pharmacotherapy Principles and Practice Study Guide, Third Edition, includes more than 100 patient cases that correspond to chapters in the third edition of Pharmacotherapy Principles and Practice. These cases are presented in realistic fashion, using terms and abbreviations that would normally be found in a patient's medical record. Patients in these cases have drug therapy problems requiring identification and management. For each case, you will be asked to develop a Patient Database, Drug Therapy Problem Worksheet, and Pharmacotherapy Care Plan, using the forms provided. With Pharmacotherapy Principles and Practice Study Guide you will learn how to navigate through the process of applying your knowledge of pharmacotherapy to specific patient cases by organizing patient data to logically assess a patient's medication issues and formulate a sound pharmacotherapy care plan. EACH CASE INCLUDES: Learning Objectives Patient Presentation Targeted Questions followed by hints that refer you to pages in Pharmacotherapy Principles and Practice, Third Edition, where you can find the information necessary to answer the question Follow-Up Global Perspective which highlights an issue related to the case that is important to countries outside of North America or involves selected ethic groups or races Case Summary Student Workup where you are asked to review the patient case for missing information and to complete the various patient forms

A unique case-based approach to learning how to apply pharmacotherapeutic concepts to specific patient situations A Doody's Core Title for 2017! Pharmacotherapy Principles and Practice Study Guide, Fourth Edition delivers more than 100 patient cases that correspond to chapters in the Fourth Edition of Pharmacotherapy Principles and Practice. These case are presented in a consistent manner, similar to what you would see in a clinical setting and focus on a specific topic or disorder. For each case, you are asked to develop a Patient Database, Drug Therapy Problem Worksheet, and Pharmacotherapy Care Plan, using the forms provided. With Pharmacotherapy Principles and Practice Study Guide you will learn how to navigate through the process of applying your knowledge of pharmacotherapy to specific patient cases by organizing patient data to logically assess a patient’s medication issues and formulate a sound pharmacotherapy care plan. EACH CASE INCLUDES: • Patient Presentation • Medical History • Physical Examination • Targeted Questions • Follow-Up • Global Perspective which highlights an issue relate to the case that is important to countries outside of North America or involves selected ethic groups or races • Case Summary • Student Workup where you are asked to review the patient case for missing information and to complete the various patient forms

Pharmacotherapy Principles & Practice pares back the exhaustive coverage of Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach, 7/e by over 1,000 pages to topics and a depth of coverage the editors have identified as essential to pharmacy practice. Collectively, this textbook represents the work of over 160 authors and 145 reviewers

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.

Easy-to-follow disorder-based organization that surveys the full range of organ system disorders treated in pharmacy practice Knowledge-building boxed features within chapters, consisting of: Clinical Presentation & Diagnosis, Patient Encounters, and Patient Care and Monitoring Guidelines A standardized chapter format Laboratory values expressed in both conventional units and Systemé International (SI) units

"A case-based companion study guide to Pharmacotherapy Principles and Practice, 3ePharmacotherapy Principles and Practice Study Guide, 3e used 100 cases to teach students how to apply pharmacotherapeutic concepts to specific patient situations. Each case is presented in a consistent manner, similar to what is seen in a clinical setting and focuses on one primary topic or problem. Each case is accompanied by 6-7 questions NEW cases authored by nurse practitioners and medical assistants Immediately applicable to situations seen in daily practice"--