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Make the right drug therapy decisions with the definitive guide to pharmacotherapy principles applied in everyday practice

Sub Head: Study companion to DiPiro’s Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach, 11th Edition

Packed with 157 patient cases, Pharmacotherapy Casebook: A Patient-Focused Approach builds your problem-solving and decision-making skills, so you can identify and resolve the most common drug therapy challenges you’ll encounter in daily practice. Its case-based approach is also ideal for PharmD, Nurse Practitioner, and other allied health courses. Providing a consistent, practical approach, this authoritative guide delivers everything you need to master patient communication, care plan development, and documenting interventions. Case chapters are organized into system sections that correspond to those of the companion textbook.

Sharpen your ability to:

• Identify actual or potential drug therapy problems• Determine the desired therapeutic outcome• Evaluate therapeutic alternatives• Design an optimal individualized pharmacotherapeutic plan• Evaluate the therapeutic outcome• Provide patient education• Communicate and implement the therapeutic plan

Develop expertise in pharmacotherapy decision making with:

• Realistic patient presentations that include medial history, physical examination, and laboratory data, followed by a series of questions using a systematic, problem-solving approach• A broad range of cases—from a single disease state to multiple disease states and drug-related problems• Expert coverage that integrates the biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences with therapeutics• Appendices containing sample answer to several cases and valuable information on medical abbreviations, laboratory tests, mathematical conversion factors, and anthropometrics

Make the right drug therapy decisions with the leading guide to applying pharmacotherapy principles to real-world clinical practice

The perfect companion to DiPiro''s Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach, 12th Edition

Pharmacotherapy Casebook: A Patient-Focused Approach uses 150+ cases to help you build the clinical decision-making skills required to identify and resolve commonly encountered medication therapy problems encountered in daily practice. Providing a consistent, practical approach, this authoritative guide delivers everything you need to master patient communication, care plan development, and documenting interventions. Case chapters are organized into system sections that correspond to those of the companion textbook. The case-based approach makes this an ideal resource for PharmD, Nurse Practitioner, and other allied health courses.

With each case you will learn how to:

Identify actual or potential drug therapy problemsDetermine the desired therapeutic outcomeEvaluate therapeutic alternativesDesign an optimal individualized pharmacotherapeutic planDevelop methods to evaluate the therapeutic outcomeProvide patient educationCommunicate and implement the pharmacotherapeutic planEverything you need to develop expertise in pharmacotherapy decision-making:Realistic patient presentations include medical history, physical examination, and laboratory data, followed by a series of questions using a systemic, problem-solving approachCompelling range of cases—from the uncomplicated (a single disease state) to the complex (multiple disease states and drug-related problems)Coverage that integrates the biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences with therapeuticsAppendices containing valuable information on pharmacy abbreviations, laboratory tests, mathematical conversion factors, anthropometrics, and complementary and alternative therapiesContent that is ideal for both pharmacy and nurse practitioner markets