Table of Contents

SECTION 1:BASIC CONCEPTS - L. Michael Posey, Section Editor 1. Pharmacoeconomics: Principles, Methods and Appplications by Lisa A. Sanchez 2. Health Outcomes and Quality of Life by Stephen Joel Coons 3. Evidence-Based Medicine by Elaine Chiquette and L. Michael Posey 4. Documentation of Pharmacy Services by George MacKinnon III and Neil J. MacKinnon 5. Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics by Larry A. Bauer 6. Pharmacogenetics by Y.W. Francis Lam and Larisa M. Cavallari 7. Pediatrics by Milap C. Nahata and Carol Taketomo 8. Geriatrics by Catherine Lindblad, Shelly L. Gray, David R.P. Guay, Emily R. Hajjar, Teresa C. McCarthy, and Joseph T. Hanlon 9. Pharmacoepidemiology by Andy Stergachis and Thomas K. Hazlet 10. Clinical Toxicology by Peter A. Chyka SECTION 2: CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS - Robert L. Talbert, Section Editor 11. Cardiovascular Testing by Robert L. Talbert 12. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation by Jeffery F. Barletta 13 Hypertension by Joseph J. Saseen and Barry L. Carter 14. Heart Failure by Robert B. Parker, J. Herbert Patterson, and Julie A. Johnson 15. Ischemic Heart Disease by by Robert L. Talbert 16. Acute Coronary Syndromes by Sarah A. Spinler, and Simon de Denus 17. Arrhythmias by Jerry L. Bauman and Marieke Dekkar Schoen 18. Diastolic Heart Failure and the Cardiomyopathies by Jean M. Nappi and Michael R. Zile 19. Venous Thromboembolism by Stuart T. Haines, Mario Zeolla and Dan M. Witt 20. Stroke by Susan Fagan and Daniel C. Hess 21. Hyperlipidemia by Robert L. Talbert 22. Peripheral Arterial Disease by Barbara J. Hoeben and Robert L. Talbert 23. Use of Vasopressors and Inotropes in Shock by Maria I. Rudis and Joseph F. Dasta 24. Hypovolemic Shock by Brian L. Erstad SECTION 3: RESPIRATORY DISORDERS - Robert L. Talbert, Section Editor 25. Pulmonary Function Testing by Jay I. Peters and Stephanie M. Levine 26. Asthma by H. William Kelly and Christine A. Sorkness 27. Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease by Sharya V. Bourdet 28. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome by Peter Gal and J. Lawrence Ransome 29. Drug-Induced Pulmonary Diseases by Hengameh H. Raissy, Michelle Harkins, and Patricia l. Marshik 30. Cystic Fibrosis by Gary Milavetz and Jeffery J. Smith SECTION 4: GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS - Joseph T. DiPiro, Section Editor 31. Evaluation of the Gastrointestinal Tract by Marie A. Chisholm and Mark W. Jackson 32. Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease by Dianne B. Williams and Robert R. Schade 33. Peptic Ulcer Disease by Rosemary R. Berardi and Lynda S. Welage 34. Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Joseph T. DiPiro and Robert R. Schade 35. Nausea and Vomiting by Cecily V. DiPiro and A. Thomas Taylor 36. Diarrhea, Constipation and Irritable Bowel Syndrome by William J. Spruill and William E. Wade 37. Portal Hypertension and Cirrhosis by Edward G. Timm and James J. Stragand 38. Drug-Induced Liver Disease by William R. Kirchain and Mark A. Gil 39. Pancreatitis by Rosemary R. Berardi and Patricia A. Montgomery 40. Viral Hepatitis by Manjunath P. Pai, Renee-Claude Mercier, and Marsha A. Raebel SECTION 5: RENAL DISORDERS - Gary R. Matzke, Section Editor 41. Quantification of Renal Function by Thomas C. Dowling 42. Acute Renal Failure by Bruce A. Mueller 43. Chronic Kidney Disease: Progression Modifying by Melanie S. Joy, Abhijit Kshirsagar, and James Paparello 44. Chronic Kidney Disease: Therapeutic Approach for the Management of Complications by Joanna Hudson and Kunal Chaudhary 45. Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis by Edward Foote and Rowland Elwell 46. Drug-Induced Renal Disease by Thomas D. Nolin, Jonathan Himmelfarb, and Gary R. Matzke 47. Glomerulonephritis by Alan H. Lau 48. Drug Therapy Individualization with Renal Insufficiency by Gary R. Matzke and Reginald F. Frye 49. Disorders of Sodium, Water, Calcium, and Phosphorus Homeostasis by Melanie S. Joy and Gerald A. Hladik 50. Disorders of Potassium and Magnesium Homeostasis by Donald F. Brophy and Todd W.B. Gehr 51. Acid-Base Disorders by Paul M. Palevsky SECTION 6: NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS - Barbara G. Wells, Section Editor 52. Evaluation of Neurologic Illness by Susan C. Fagan and Fenwick T. Nichols 53. Multiple Sclerosis by Jacquelyn L. Bainbridge, John R. Corboy and Barry E. Gidal 54. Epilepsy by Barry E. Gidal and William R. Garnett 55. Status Epilepticus by Stephanie J. Phelps, Collin A. Hovinga and Bradley A. Boucher 56. Acute Management of the Brain Injury Patient by Bradley A. Boucher, Stephanie J. Phelps, and Shelly D. Timmons 57. Parkinson's Disease by Merlin V. Nelson, Richard C. Berchou and Peter A. LeWitt 58. Pain Management by Terry L Baumann 59. Headache Disorders Deborah S. King and Katherine C. Herndon SECTION 7: PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS - Barbara G. Wells, Section Editor 60. Evaluation of Psychiatric Illness by Patricia A. Marken, Mark E. Schneiderhan and Stuart Munro 61. Childhood Disorders by Julie A. Dopheide, Karen A. Theesen and Michael Malkin 62. Eating Disorders by Patricia A. Marken and Roger W. Sommi 63. Alzheimer's Disease by Jenniofer D. Faulkner, Jody Bartlett and Paul Hicks 64. Substance-related Disorders: Overview and Depressants, Stimulants, & Hallucinogens by Paul L. Doering 65. Substance-related Disorders: Alcohol, Nicotine, & Caffeine by Paul L. Doering 66. Schizophrenia by M. Lynn Crimson and Peter F. Buckley 67. Depressive Disorders by Judith Kando, Barbara G. Wells and Peggy E. Hayes 68. Bipolar Disorder by Martha P. Fankhauser and Marlene P. Freeman 69. Anxiety Disorders: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic, and Social Anxiety Disorders by Cynthis K. Kirkwood 70. Anxiety Disorders: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder by Cynthia K. Kirkwood, Eugene H. Makela, Barbara G. Wells, and Peggy E. Hayes 71. Sleep Disorders by Cherry W. Jackson, and Judy L. Curtis SECTION 8: ENDOCRINOLOGIC DISORDERS - Robert L. Talbert, Section Editor 72. Diabetes Mellitus by Curtis L. Triplitt, Charles A. Reasner and William L. Isley 73. Thyroid Disorders by Robert L. Talbert 74. Adrenal Gland Disorders by John G. Gums and John M. Tovar 75. Pituitary Gland Disorders by Amy M. Heck, Jack A. Yanovski and Karim Anton Calis SECTION 9: GYNECOLOGIC AND OBSTETRIC DISORDERS - Barbara G. Wells, Section Editor 76. Pregnancy and Lactation: Therapeutic Considerations by Denise L. Walbrandt Pigarelli, Connie K. Kraus and Beth E. Potter 77. Contraception by Lori M. Dickerson and Kathryn K. Bucci 78. Menstruation-Related Disorders by Martha P. Fankhauser and Marlene P. Freeman 79. Endometriosis by Deborah A. Sturpe and Alkesh D. Patel 80. Hormone Replacement Therapy in Women by Sophia N. Kalantaridou, Susan R. Davis and Karim Anton Calis SECTION 10: UROLOGIC DISORDERS - L. Michael Posey, Section Editor 81. Erectile Dysfunction by Mary Lee 82. Management of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia by Mary Lee 83. Urinary Incontinence by Eric S. Rovner, Jean Wyman, Thomas Lackner and David R.P. Guay SECTION 11: IMMUNOLOGIC DISORDERS - Gary C. Yee, Section Editor 84. Function and Evaluation of the Immune System by Phillip D. Hall and Mary S. Hayney 85. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Other Collagen-Vascular Diseases by Jeffrey C. Delafuente and Kimberly A. Cappuzzo 86. Allergic and Pseudoallergic Drug Reactions by Joseph T. DiPirop and Dennis Ownby 87. Solid Organ Transplantation by Heather J. Johnson and Kristine S. Schonder SECTION 12: BONE AND JOINT DISORDERS - L. Michael Posey, Section Editor 88. Osteoporosis and Osteomalacia by Mary Beth O'Connell and Terry L. Seaton 89. Rheumatoid Arthritis by Arthur A. Schuna 90. Osteoarthritis by Mary Elizabeth Elliott and Mary E. Elliott 91. Gout and Hyperuricemia by David W. Hawkins and Daniel Rahn SECTION 13: DISORDERS OF THE EYES, EARS, NOSE, AND THROAT - L. Michael Posey, Section Editor 92. Glaucoma by Timothy S. Lesar, Richard G. Fiscella ande Deepak Edward 93. Allergic Rhinitis by J. Russell May and Philip H. Smith SECTION 14: DERMATOLOGIC DISORDERS - L. Michael Posey, Section Editor 94.Dermatologic Drug Reactions and Self-Treatable Skin Disorders and Skin Cancer by Nina H. Cheigh 95. Acne Vulgaris by Dennis West, Lee E. West, Marcia Letizia Musumeci and Giuseppe Micali 96. Psoriasis by Dennis P. West, Lee E. West, Laura Scuderi and Giuseppe Micale 97. Atopic Dermatitis by Nina H. Cheigh SECTION 15: HEMATOLOGIC DISORDERS - Gary C. Yee, Section Editor 98. Hematopoiesis by William P. Petros and Solveig Ericson 99. Anemias by Beata Ineck, Barbara J. Mason and E. Gregory Thompson 100. Coagulation Disorders by Betsy M. Bickert and Janet L. Kwiatkowski 101. Sickle Cell Disease by C.Y. Jennifer Chan and Reginald Moore 102. Drug-Induced Hematologic Disorders by Thomas E. Johns SECTION 16: INFECTIOUS DISEASES - Joseph T. DiPiro, Section Editor 103. Laboratory Tests to Direct Antimicrobial Pharmacotherapy by Michael J. Rybak and Jeffrey R. Aeschlimann 104. Antimicrobial Regimen Selection by David S. Burgess and Betty J. Abate 105. Central Nervous System Infections by Elizabeth D. Hermsen and John C. Rotschafer 106. Lower Respiratory Tract Infections by Mark L. Glover and Michael D. Read 107. Upper Respiratory Tract Infections by Yasmin Khaliq, Sarah Forgie and George Zhanel 108. Skin and Soft Tissue Infections by Susan L. Pendland, Douglas N. Fish and Larry H. Danziger 109. Infective Endocarditis by Michael A. Crouch and Angie Ververka 110. Tuberculosis by Charles A. Peloquin 111. Gastrointestinal Infections and Enterotoxigenic Poisonings by Steven J. Martin and Rose Jung 112. Intra-abdominal Infections by Joseph T. DiPiro and Thomas R. Howdieshell 113. Parasitic Diseases by JV Anandan 114. Urinary Tract Infections and Prostatitis by Elizabeth A. Coyle and Randall A. Prince 115. Sexually Transmitted Diseases by Leroy C. Knodel 116. Bone and Joint Infections by Edward P. Armstrong and Leslie L Barton 117. Sepsis and Septic Shock by S. Lena Kang-Birken and Joseph T. DiPiro 118. Superficial Fungal Infections by Thomas E.R. Brown and Thomas W.F. Chin 119. Invasive Fungal Infections by Peggy L. Carver 120. Infections in Immunocompromised Patients by Douglas N. Fish 121. Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Surgery Salmaan Kanji and John W. Devlin 122. Vaccines, Toxoids, and Other Immunobiologics by Mary S. Hayney 123. Human Immundeficiency Virus Infection by Countney V. Fletcher and Thomas N. Kakuda SECTION 17: ONCOLOGIC DISORDERS - Gary C. Yee, Section Editor 124. Cancer Treatment and Chemotherapy by Carol McManus Balmer and Amy Wells Valley 125. Breast Cancer by Celeste Lindley 126. Lung Cancer by Rebecca S. Finley and Jeannine S. McCune 127. Colorectal Cancer by Lisa E. Davis 128. Prostate Cancer by Jill M. Kolesar 129. Malignant Lymphomas by Val R. Adams and Gary C. Yee 130. Ovarian Cancer by William C. Zamboni, Laura J. Jung and Margaret E. Tonda 131. Acute Leukemias by Helen L. Leather and Betsy Birkert 132. Chronic Leukemias by Timothy R. McGuire and Steven Z. Pavletic 133. Melanoma by Rowenta N. Schwartz 134. Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation by Janelle B. Perkins and Gary C. Yee SECTION 18: NUTRITIONAL DISORDERS - Gary C. Matzke, Section Editor 135. Assessment of Nutrition Status and Requirements by Katherine Hammond Chessman and Vanessa J. Kumpf 136. Prevalence and Significance of Malnutrition by Gordon Sacks and Pamela D. Reiter 137. Parenteral Nutrition by Todd W. Mattox and Pamela D. Reiter 138. Enteral Nutrition by Vanessa J. Kumpf and Katherine Hammond Chessman 139. Nutrition in Major Organ Failure by Renee M. DeHart and Sunshine J. Yocum 140. Obesity by John V. St. Peter and Mehmood A. Khan

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