Pediatric pharmacotherapy self assessment
By: [edited by] Sandra Benavides, PharmD, FCCP, FPPAG, Associate Professor, Director of Pediatric Pharmacotherapy Fellowship Program, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Nova Southeastern University College of Pharmacy, Davie, Florida, Hanna Phan, PharmD, BCPS, Assistant Professor, Departments of Pharmacy Practice & Science and Pediatrics, The University of Arizona - Colleges of Pharmacy and Medicine, Tucson, Arizona, Milap C. Nahata, PharmD, MS, FAPhA, FASHP, FCCP, FPPAG, Director, Institute of Therapeutic Innovations and Outcomes, Director of Pediatric Pharmacotherapy Fellowship Program, Professor Emeritus of Pharmacy, Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, Colleges of Pharmacy and Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Contributors: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Publisher: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Bethesda, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9781585284245
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Child; Drug Therapy; Infant
Description: Pediatric pharmacotherapy, a growing practice area, will become a board certified specialty in the USA 2015. Yet, with little clinical data on the efficacy of drugs used for children and their other special needs, these small patients can be your biggest challenge. Now there is a very effective way to assess and advance your pediatric pharmacotherapy skills, on your own time, at your own pace: ASHP's new Pediatric Pharmacotherapy Self Assessment. Sandra Benavides and Milap C. Nahata, co-lead editors of a major pediatric pharmacotherapy textbook, and Hanna Phan, Assistant Professor in Pharmacy and Pediatrics at the University Of Arizona College Of Medicine, have created this unique resource. A practical learning tool for all levels of proficiency, it allows students, residents, and practicing pharmacists alike to strengthen their knowledge and analytical skills through 32 cases involving varying degrees of diagnostic complexity. This book is based on real life situations, these cases present challenges in the use of supplements, OTC, drug formulations, and all other therapies for neonates, children, and adolescents for pediatric pharmacotherapy. This Self Assessment is a professional development tool for all areas of concern and levels of practice that can benefit you and your youngest patients for years to come.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: General topics; title: Cardiovascular; title: Pulmonary; title: Gastrointestinal; title: Renal; title: Endocrine; title: Neurology and psychiatry; title: Infectious diseases; title: Hematology/oncology.