Pharmacotherapy Handbook

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

Barbara Wells, PharmD, FASHP, FCCP, BCPP, Dean and Professor, Executive Director, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS Josepth DiPiro, PharmD, FCCP, Professor and Exectutive Dean, South Carolina College of Pharmacy, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, and University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC Terry L. Schwinghammer, PharmD, FCCP, FASHP, BCPS, Professor and Chair, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV Cecily V. DiPiro, PharmD, Consultant Pharmacist, Mount Pleasant, SC