Pharmacotherapy Handbook

Essential Pharmacotherapy Data at Your Fingertips! A Doody's Core Title ESSENTIAL PURCHASE! 4 STAR DOODY'S REVIEW "The book addresses all aspects of 84 disease states and disorders, from presentation and pathology to treatment and monitoring. Each chapter focuses on individual groups of medication considered for treatment and gives a concise overview of them in easy to see bulleted points. The qualities that I find especially useful are that charts and algorithms are easily identifiable and tables are shaded light gray for quick reference ...Although this handbook contains an enormous amount of information, it conveniently fits into a lab coat pocket. It is an extremely useful reference." -- Doody's Pharmacotherapy Handbook delivers the essential information you need to quickly and confidently make drug therapy decisions for eighty-four diseases and disorders. Featuring a convenient alphabetized presentation, the book utilizes text, tables, figures, and treatment algorithms to make important drug data readily accessible and easily understandable. Features: Consistent chapter organization that includes: Disease state definition, Concise review of relevant pathophysiology, Clinical presentation, Diagnosis, Desired outcome, Treatment, Monitoring Six valuable appendices, including a new one on the management of pharmacotherapy in the elderly NEW chapters on adrenal gland disorders and influenza The ideal companion to Pharmacology: A Pathophysiologic Approach, 7e by Joseph DiPiro et al.

ISBN 0071485015   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9780071485012 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 878 Publisher McGraw-Hill Education - Europe   Published in New York Imprint McGraw-Hill Medical   Series title Pharmacotherapy Handbook Format Paperback   Previous ISBN 9780071433228 Publication date 01 Dec 2008   Height (mm) 210 Library of Congress 2008020247   Width (mm) 119 DEWEY 615.58   Spine width (mm) 38 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Professional / Scholarly Pages 1072

Preface BONE AND JOINT DISORDERS 1. Gout and Hyperuricemia 2. Osteoarthritis 3. Osteoporosis 4. Rheumatoid Arthritis CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS 5. Acute Coronary Syndromes 6. Arrhythmias 7. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation 8. Heart Failure 9. Hyperlipidemia 10. Hypertension 11. Ischemic Heart Disease 12. Shock 13. Stroke 14. Venous Thromboembolism DERMATOLOGIC DISORDERS 15. Acne 16. Psoriasis 17. Skin Disorders and Cutaneous Drug Reactions ENDOCRINOLOGIC DISORDERS 18. Adrenal Gland Disorders 19. Diabetes Mellitus 20. Thyroid Disorders GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS 21. Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension 22. Constipation 23. Diarrhea 24. Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease 25. Hepatitis, Viral 26. Inflammatory Bowel Disease 27. Nausea and Vomiting 28. Pancreatitis 29. Peptic Ulcer Disease GYNECOLOGIC AND OBSTETRIC DISORDERS 30. Contraception 31. Hormone Therapy in Women 32. Pregnancy and Lactation: Therapeutic Considerations HEMATOLOGIC DISORDERS 33. Anemias 34. Sickle Cell Disease INFECTIOUS DISEASES 35. Antimicrobial Regimen Selection 36. Central Nervous System Infections 37. Endocarditis 38. Fungal Infections, Invasive 39. Gastrointestinal Infections 40. HIV/AIDS 41. Influenza 42 Intraabdominal Infections 43. Respiratory Tract Infections, Lower 44. Respiratory Tract Infections, Upper 45. Sepsis and Septic Shock 46. Sexually Transmitted Diseases 47. Skin and Soft-Tissue Infections 48. Surgical Prophylaxis 49. Tuberculosis 50. Urinary Tract Infections and Prostatitis 51. Vaccines, Toxoids, and Other Immunobiologics NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS 52. Epilepsy 53. Headache: Migraine and Tension-Type 54. Pain Management 55. Parkinson's Disease 56. Status Epilepticus NUTRITIONAL DISORDERS 57. Assessment and Nutrition Requirements 58. Enteral Nutrition 59. Obesity 60. Parenteral Nutrition ONCOLOGIC DISORDERS 61. Breast Cancer 62. Colorectal Cancer 63. Lung Cancer 64. Lymphomas 65. Prostate Cancer OPHTHALMIC DISORDERS 66. Glaucoma PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS 67. Alzheimer's Disease 68. Anxiety Disorders 69. Bipolar Disorder 70. Major Depressive Disorder 71. Schizophrenia 72. Sleep Disorders 73. Substance-Related Disorders RENAL DISORDERS 74. Acid-Base Disorders 75. Acute Renal Failure 76. Chronic Kidney Disease 77. Drug Dosing in Renal Insufficiency 78. Electrolyte Homeostasis RESPIRATORY DISORDERS 79. Allergic Rhinitis 80. Asthma 81. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease UROLOGIC DISORDERS 82. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia 83. Erectile Dysfunction 84. Urinary Incontinence APPENDICES 1. Allergic and Pseudoallergic Drug Reactions 2. Geriatrics 3. Drug-Induced Hematologic Disorders 4. Drug-Induced Liver Disease 5. Drug-Induced Pulmonary Disorders 6. Drug-Induced Kidney Disease Index

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