Discipline: | + Medicine | Subject Definition: | Drug Therapy-Handbooks | NLM Class: | WB 39 | LC Class: | RM301.12 | Abstract: | Essential drug data in a concise, carry-anywhere reference. Pharmacotherapy Handbook, 8e provides practitioners and students with the critical information necessary to support drug therapy decision making for more than eighty diseases and disorders. Featuring a convenient alphabetized presentation, this handy guide utilizes tables, texts, figure, and treatment algorithms to make the information readily accessible and easily understood. The consistent chapter organization includes: Disease state definition; Review of relevant pathophysiology; Clinical presentation; Diagnosis; Desired outcome; Treatment; Monitoring. The Treatment section usually includes nonpharmacologic therapy, drug selection guidelines, dosing recommendations, adverse effects, pharmacokinetic considerations, and important drug interactions. |
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