Pharmacotherapy Casebook ─ A Patient-Focused Approach

More than 150 cases help you develop the skills needed to identify and resolve the most common drug therapy problems

Pharmacotherapy Casebook: A Patient-Focused Approach delivers 160 patient cases designed to teach you how to apply the principles of pharmacotherapy to real-world clinical practice. The case chapters in this book are organized into organ system sections that correspond to those of the DiPiro textbook. By reading the relevant chapters in Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach you will be able to familiarize themselves with the pathophysiology and pharmacology of each disease state included in this casebook.

• The perfect study companion to DiPiro’s: Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach
• Realistic patient presentations include medical history, physical examination, and laboratory data, followed by a series of questions using a systematic, problem-solving approach
• Compelling range of cases – from the uncomplicated (a single disease state) to the complex (multiple disease states and drug-related problems)
• Diverse authorship from more than 190 clinicians from nearly 100 institutions Coverage that integrates the biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences with therapeutics
• Appendices containing valuable information on pharmacy abbreviations, laboratory tests, mathematical conversion factors, anthropometrics, and complementary and alternative therapies

Each case teaches you how to:

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

Terry L. Schwinghammer, PharmD, FCCP, FASHP, Professor and Chair, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, West Virginia University.

Julia M. Koehler, PharmD, FCCP, Professor and Associate Dean for Clinical Education and External Affiliations, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Butler University; Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacist, Methodist Hospital of Indiana University.

Jill S. Borchert, PharmD, BCACP, Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Director, PGY2 Ambulatory Care Residency Program, Midwestern University Chicago College of Pharmacy.

Douglas Slain, PharmD, BCPS, FCCP, FASHP, Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, West Virginia University; Infectious Diseases Clinical Specialist, West Virginia Medicine and Ruby Memorial Hospital.

Sharon K. Park, PharmD, BCPS, Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical and Administrative Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Notre Dame of Maryland University; Drug Information and Medication use Policy, the Johns Hopkins Hospital.