Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pharmacoeconomics: principles, methods, and applications -- Health outcomes and quality of life -- Evidence-based medicine -- Documentation of pharmacy services -- Clinical pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics -- Pharmacogenetics -- Pediatrics -- Geriatrics -- Pharmacoepidemiology -- Clinical toxicology -- Emergency preparedness: indentification and management of biological exposures -- Emergency preparedness: identification and management of chemical and radiological exposures -- Cardiovascular testing -- Cardiopulmonary arrest -- Hypertension -- Heart failure -- Ischemic heart disease -- Acute coronary syndromes -- The arrhythmias -- Diastolic heart failure and the cardiomyopathies -- Venous thromboembolism -- Stroke -- Hyperlipidemia -- Peripheral arterial disease -- Use of vasopressors and inotropes in the pharmacotherapy of shock -- Hypovolemic shock -- Introduction to pulmonary function testing -- Asthma -- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- Pulmonary hypertension -- Drug-induced pulmonary diseases -- Cystic fibrosis -- Evaluation of the gastrointestinal tract -- Gastroesophageal reflux disease -- Peptic ulcer disease -- Inflammatory bowel disease -- Nausea and vomiting -- Diarrhea, constipation, and irritable bowel syndrome -- Portal hypertension and cirrhosis -- Drug-induced liver disease -- Pancreatitis -- Viral hepatitis -- Drug therapy individualization in patients with hepatic disease or genetic alterations in drug metabolizing activity -- Quantification of renal function -- Acute renal failure -- Chronic kidney disease: progression-modifying therapies -- Chronic kidney disease: management of complications -- Hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis -- Drug-induced kidney disease -- Glomerulonephritis -- Drug therapy individualization for patients with renal insufficiency -- Disorders of sodium and water homeostasis -- Disorders of calcium and phosphorus homestasis -- Disorders of potassium and magnesium homeostasis -- Acid-base disorders -- Evaluation of neurologic illness -- Multiple sclerosis -- Epilepsy -- Status epilepticus -- Acute management of the brain injury patient -- Parkinson's disease -- Pain management -- Headache disorders -- Evaluation of psychiatric illness -- Childhood disorders -- Eating disorders -- Alzheimer's disease -- Substance-related disorders: overview and depressants, stimulants, and hallucinogens -- Substance-related disorders: alcohol, nicotine, and caffeine -- Schizophrenia -- Depressive disorders -- Bipolar disorder -- Anxiety disorders I: generalized anxiety, panic, and social anxiety disorders -- Anxiety disorders II: posttraumatic stress disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder --

Sleep disorders -- Developmental disabilities -- Diabetes mellitus -- Thyroid disorders -- Adrenal gland disorders -- Pituitary gland disorders -- Pregnancy and lactation: therapeutic considerations -- Contraception -- Menstruation-related disorders -- Endometriosis -- Hormone therapy in women -- Erectile dysfunction -- Management of benign -- Urinary incontinence -- Function and evaluation of the immune system -- Systemic lupus erythematosus and other collagen-vascular diseases -- Allergic and pseudoallergic drug reactions -- Solid-organ transplantation -- Osteoporosis and other metabolic bone diseases -- Rheumatoid arthritis -- Osteoarthritis -- Gout and hyperuricemia -- Glaucoma -- Allergic rhinitis -- Dermatologic drug reactions and self-treatable skin disorders -- Acne vulgaris -- Psoriasis -- Atopic dermatitis -- Hematopoiesis -- Anemias -- Coagulation disorders -- Sickle cell disease -- Drug-induced hematologic disorders -- Laboratory tests to direct antimicrobial pharmacotherapy -- Antimicrobial regimen selection -- Central nervous system infections -- Lower respiratory tract infections -- Upper respiratory tract infections -- Influenza -- Skin and soft-tissue infections -- Infective endocarditis -- Tuberculosis -- Gastrointestinal infections and enterotoxigenic poisonings -- Intraabdominal infections -- Parasitic diseases -- Urinary tract infections and prostatitis -- Sexually transmitted diseases -- Bone and joint infections -- Sepsis and septic shock -- Superficial fungal infections -- Invasive fungal infections -- Infections in immunocompromised patients -- Antimicrobial prophylaxis in surgery -- Vaccines, toxoids, and other immunobiologics -- Human immunodeficiency virus infection -- Cancer treatment and chemotherapy -- Breast cancer -- Lung cancer -- Colorectal cancer -- Prostate cancer -- Lymphomas -- Ovarian cancer -- Acute leukemias -- Chronic leukemias -- Multiple myeloma -- Myelodysplastic syndromes -- Skin cancer -- Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation -- Assessment of nutrition status and nutrition requirements -- Prevalence and significance of malnutrition -- Parenteral nutrition -- Enteral nutrition -- Nutritional considerations in major organ failure -- Obesity.