Pharmacotherapy Handbook

Preface Acknowledgments To the Reader SECTION 1: BONE AND JOINT DISORDERS, Edited by Terry L. Schwinghammer 1. Gout and Hyperuricemia 2. Osteoarthritis 3. Osteoporosis 4. Rheumatoid Arthritis SECTION 2: CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS, Edited by Terry L. Schwinghammer 5. Acute Coronary Syndromes 6. Arrhythmias 7. Cardiac Arrest 8. Dyslipdemia 9. Heart Failure 10. Hypertension 11. Ischemic Heart Disease 12. Shock 13. Stroke 14. Venous Thromboembolism SECTION 3: DERMATOLOGIC DISORDERS, Edited by Terry L. Schwinghammer 15. Acne Vulgaris 16. Dermatologic Drug Reactions and Common Skin Problems 17. Psoriasis SECTION 4: ENDOCRINOLOGIC DISORDERS, Edited by Terry L. Schwinghammer 18. Adrenal Gland Disorders 19. Diabetes Mellitus 20. Thyroid Disorders SECTION 5: GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS, Edited by Joseph T. DiPiro and Terry L. Schwinghammer 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 SECTION 6: GYNECOLOGIC AND OBSTETRIC DISORDERS, Edited by Barbara G. Wells 30. Contraception 31. Menopause & Perimenopausal & Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy 32. Pregnancy and Lactation: Therapeutic Considerations SECTION 7: HEMATOLOGIC DISORDERS, Edited by Cecily V. DiPiro 33. Anemias 34. Sickle Cell Disease SECTION 8: INFECTIOUS DISEASES, Edited by Joseph T. DiPiro 35. Antimicrobial Regimen Selection 36. Central Nervous System Infections 37. Endocarditis 38. Fungal Infections, Invasive 39. Gastrointestinal Infections 40. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 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

Barbara Wells is dean and professor at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy and executive director of the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences. She earned her B.S.Ph. and Pharm.D. degrees at the University of Tennessee and completed a residency in psychiatric pharmacy at the University of Tennessee and Memphis Mental Health Institute.

Dr. Wells was on the faculty at her alma mater for 13 years, and served as vice chairman of the department of clinical pharmacy and director of mental health pharmacy programs. Subsequently she served Samford University School of Pharmacy as chairman of the department of pharmacy practice and Idaho State University as dean of the College of Pharmacy.

Terry Schwinghammer joined the faculty in August 2005 as Professor and Chair of the Department of Clinical Pharmacy. In this capacity, he is responsible for directing the department's missions in the areas of teaching, patient care, scholarship, and service. His teaching focuses on the development of clinical and communication skills, case-based learning, and nonprescription drug therapy. In addition to authoring over 60 research papers and journal articles, he is editor of The Pharmacotherapy Casebook.

Joe DiPiro is Professor and Executive Dean of the South Carolina College of Pharmacy, an integrated program of the Colleges of Pharmacy of the University of South Carolina and the Medical University of South Carolina. Dean DiPiro received his Bachelor of Science inPharmacy from the University of Connecticut and Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Kentucky. He served a residency at the University of Kentucky Medical Center and a fellowship in Clinical Immunology at Johns Hopkins University.