Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach, Eleventh Edition

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The classic guide to driving optimal patient outcomes using evidence-based medication therapies—updated with the latest advances and guidelines

Presented in full color, Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach, 11th Edition helps you deliver the highest-quality patient care through evidence-based medication therapy derived from sound pharmacotherapeutic principles. It takes you beyond drug indications and dosages,  showing how to properly select, administer, and monitor drugs—everything you need to provide safe, effective drug therapy across all therapeutic categories. With all-new monitoring tables and authoritative content from 300 expert contributors, this new edition has been fully updated to reflect the latest evidence-based information and recommendations. You’ll find Key Concepts at the beginning of each chapter, Clinical Presentation tables that summarize disease signs and symptoms, and Clinical Controversies boxes that examine the complicated issues faced by students and clinicians in providing drug therapy.
Why Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach is perfect for students, pharmacists, and other healthcare providers:
•  All chapters provide the most current, reliable, and relevant information available.
•  Key concepts kick off every chapter.
•  Clinical Presentation Tables summarize disease signs and symptoms.
•  The majority of sections include personalized pharmacotherapy content.
•  Clinical Controversies Boxes clarify the most complex drug therapy issues you’ll face.
•  Diagnostic flow diagrams, treatment algorithms, dosing recommendations, and monitoring approaches have been updated in full color to distinguish treatment pathways.
•  Most disease-oriented chapters are enhanced by updated evidence-based treatment guidelines, which often include ratings of the level of evidence to support key therapeutic approaches.
•  Instructors who adopt this text are eligible for a PowerPoint presentation of all images and answers to Self-Assessment Questions!
The most trusted guide of its kind for decades, Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach is the go-to text for students and practitioners seeking clear, objective coverage of core pathophysiologic and therapeutic elements.
 

Table of Contents:

Section 1: Foundation Issues Updated!

Chapter 1: The Patient Care Process Updated!

Chapter e2: Health Literacy and Medication Use

Chapter e3: Cultural Competency Updated!

Chapter e4: Medication Safety Principles and Practices

New! Chapter e5: Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics

New! Chapter e26: Critical Care: Pain, Agitation, and Delirium

New! Chapter e6: Pharmacogenetics

 New! Chapter e7: Clinical Toxicology

 Section 2: Common Health Problems

Chapter e9: Pain and Headache

 Chapter e10: Minor Ophthalmic Disorders New!

Chapter e11: Minor Otic Disorders

 Chapter e12: Cough and Other Nonspecific Respiratory Symptoms

New! Chapter e13: Allergic Rhinitis

Chapter e14: Oral Health and Systemic Conditions

Chapter e15: Oral Hygiene and Minor Oral Disorders

Chapter e16: Skin Care and Minor Dermatologic Conditions

Chapter e17: Travel Health

 Chapter 18: Contraception Section 3: Special Populations

New! Chapter e19: Pediatrics: General Topics in Pediatric Pharmacotherapy

New! Chapter e20: Pediatrics: Oral Nutrition and Rehydration of Infants and Children

Chapter e22: Geriatrics: The Aging Process in Humans and Its Effects on Physiology

Chapter e23: Prescribing in the Older Adult

Chapter e28: Palliative Care

Section 4: Cardiovascular Disorders

Chapter e29: Assessment of the Cardiovascular System Updated!

Chapter 30: Hypertension

Chapter 31: Dyslipidemia Updated!

Chapter 32: Stable Ischemic Heart Disease

 Chapter 33: Acute Coronary Syndrome

Chapter e34: Peripheral Arterial Disease

 Chapter 35: Chronic Heart Failure

Chapter 36: Acute Decompensated Heart Failure

Chapter 37: Venous Thromboembolism

Chapter 38: Stroke

Chapter 40: Cardiac Arrest

Chapter 41: Shock Syndromes

Section 5: Respiratory Disorders Updated!

 Chapter e42: Evaluation of Respiratory Function

Chapter 45: Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Chapter 46: Cystic Fibrosis

 Chapter e47: Drug-Induced Pulmonary Diseases

Section 6: Gastrointestinal Disorders

Chapter e48: Evaluation of the Gastrointestinal Tract

Chapter 49: Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

 Chapter 50: Peptic Ulcer Disease and Related Disorders

Chapter 51: Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Chapter 52: Nausea and Vomiting

Chapter 53: Diarrhea, Constipation, and Irritable Bowel Syndrome

 Chapter 54: Portal Hypertension and Cirrhosis

 Chapter e55: Drug-Induced Liver Disease

Chapter 56: Pancreatitis

Chapter 57: Viral Hepatitis

Chapter 58: Celiac Disease

Section 7: Renal Disorders

New! Chapter 60: Acute Kidney Injury

New! Chapter 61: Chronic Kidney Disease Updated!

Chapter 62: Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis Chapter 63: Drug-Induced Kidney Disease New! Chapter 64: Glomerular Diseases

New! Chapter 65: Drug Therapy Individualization for Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease New! Chapter 66: Disorders of Sodium and Water Homeostasis

 New! Chapter 67: Disorders of Calcium and Phosphorus Homeostasis

New! Chapter 68: Disorders of Potassium and Magnesium Homeostasis

Section 8: Neurological Disorders

 Chapter e70: Evaluation of Neurologic Illness

Chapter 71: Alzheimer Disease

Chapter 72: Multiple Sclerosis

New! Chapter 73: Epilepsy

Chapter 75: Acute Management of the Brain Injury Patient

 Chapter 76: Parkinson Disease Updated!

Chapter 77: Pain Management

Chapter 78: Headache Disorders Section 9: Psychiatric Disorders Updated!

 Chapter e79: Evaluation of Psychiatric Disorders Updated!

 Chapter 80: Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Chapter 81: Eating Disorders

Chapter 82: Substance-Use Disorders: Overview of Depressants, Stimulants, and Hallucinogens Chapter 83: Substance-Related Disorders II: Alcohol, Nicotine, and Caffeine

 Chapter 84: Schizophrenia New! Chapter 85: Major Depressive Disorder

Chapter 86: Bipolar Disorder

Chapter 87: Anxiety Disorders: Generalized Anxiety, Panic, and Social Anxiety Disorders

 Chapter 88: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Chapter 89: Sleep–Wake Disorders

Chapter 90: Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Down Syndrome and Autism Spectrum Disorder

Section 10: Endocrinologic Disorders

Chapter 92: Thyroid Disorders

 Chapter 93: Adrenal Gland Disorders Chapter e94: Pituitary Gland Disorders

Section 11: Gynecologic and Obsetric Disorders

Chapter 95: Pregnancy and Lactation: Therapeutic Considerations Updated!

 Chapter 96: Menstruation-Related Disorders

 New! Chapter e102: Function and Evaluation of the Immune System

Chapter 97: Endometriosis

Chapter 98: Hormone Therapy in Women

Section 12: Urological Disorders

Chapter 99: Erectile Dysfunction

 New! Chapter 100: Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

Chapter 101: Urinary Incontinence

Section 13: Immunologic Disorders

Chapter 103: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

New! Chapter 105: Solid-Organ Transplantation

 Section 15: Ophthalmic Disorders

Chapter 110: Glaucoma New!

Chapter 111: Age-Related Macular Degeneration New!

Chapter e112: Drug-Induced Ophthalmic Disorders

Section 16: Dermatologic Disorders

Chapter 113: Acne Vulgaris New!

 Chapter 115: Atopic Dermatitis

New! Chapter 116: Alopecia

Section 17: Hematologic Disorders

Chapter 118: Anemias New!

Chapter 119: Coagulation Disorders

 New! Chapter e121: Drug-Induced Hematologic Disorders

Section 18: Infectious Diseases

Chapter e122: Laboratory Tests to Direct Antimicrobial Pharmacotherapy

Chapter 123: Antimicrobial Regimen Selection Chapter

 124: Central Nervous System Infections

Chapter 125: Lower Respiratory Tract Infections

Chapter 126: Upper Respiratory Tract Infections

Chapter 127: Influenza

Chapter 128: Skin and Soft-Tissue Infections

Chapter 129: Infective Endocarditis

Chapter 130: Tuberculosis

Chapter 131: Gastrointestinal Infections and Enterotoxigenic Poisonings

 Chapter 132: Intra-Abdominal Infections

Chapter e133: Parasitic Diseases

Chapter 134: Urinary Tract Infections and Prostatitis

 Chapter 135: Sexually Transmitted Infections

Chapter 136: Bone and Joint Infections

 Chapter 137: Sepsis and Septic Shock

Chapter 138: Superficial Fungal Infections Updated!

Chapter 139: Invasive Fungal Infections

Chapter 140: Infections in Immunocompromised Patients

Chapter 141: Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Surgery

Chapter 142: Vaccines and Immunoglobulins

Chapter 143: Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

Section 19: Oncologic Disorders

 New! Chapter 144: Cancer Treatment and Chemotherapy

New! Chapter 146: Lung Cancer

New! Chapter 147: Colorectal Cancer

New! Chapter 148: Prostate Cancer

New! Chapter 149: Lymphomas

New! Chapter 151: Acute Leukemias

 New! Chapter e154: Myelodysplastic Syndromes

 New! Chapter 157: Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Section 20: Nutritional Disorders

New! Chapter 158: Assessment of Nutrition Status and Nutrition Requirements

New! Chapter 159: Parenteral Nutrition

New! Chapter 160: Enteral Nutrition

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