Pharmacotherapy Principles and Practice 6th edition (sixth edition)

About this book

Pharmacotherapy Principles and Practice 6th edition by Marie A. Chisholm-Burns, Terry L. Schwinghammer, Patrick M. Malone, Jill M. Kolesar, Kelly C. Lee, and P. Brandon Bookstaver provides a clinically focused approach to designing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating medication therapy. The book connects disease pathophysiology and patient assessment with evidence based drug selection, therapeutic goals, dosing, safety, and treatment monitoring.

The 6th edition covers geriatrics, pediatric pharmacotherapy, palliative care, critical care, and global health, followed by disease based chapters across major organ systems. Topics include cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, renal, neurological, psychiatric, endocrine, reproductive, immunologic, musculoskeletal, hematologic, infectious, and oncologic disorders, with attention to clinical presentation, diagnosis, nonpharmacologic care, medication selection, dosing, and monitoring.

This textbook is intended primarily for pharmacy students and healthcare trainees studying clinical pharmacotherapy and patient centered medication management. Its standardized disease based chapters, patient encounters, clinical presentation and diagnosis sections, treatment recommendations, laboratory values, and patient care monitoring guidance support pharmacotherapy coursework, clinical rotations, case analysis, and development of therapeutic decision making skills.

Doctor of Pharmacy students, pharmacy residents, pharmacists, and other clinicians studying pharmacotherapy can use this 2022 edition to evaluate disease states, select medication regimens, establish therapeutic goals, monitor treatment response, and identify medication related problems. The complete 6th edition is available as a searchable PDF enhanced digital version with instant access for coursework, clinical training, case preparation, and pharmacotherapy reference.