Concepts in Clinical Pharmacokinetics

This very popular sixth edition continues to simplify a complex subject using carefully designed conceptual approaches to make pharmacokinetics understandable for all students and pharmacists. The esteemed authors have thoroughly reviewed, revised, and redesigned Concepts in Clinical Pharmacokinetics, Sixth Edition, to enhance the reader's grasp of the material. This text offers a superior approach to understanding pharmacokinetics through extensive use of clinical correlates, figures, and questions and answers. Inside you will find: content broken into 15 easy-to-follow lessons, perfect for a semester; practice quizzes in 11 chapters to chart progress; four chapters completely devoted to clinical cases; more information on hemodialysis; more on pharmacogenetics; more on plasma concentration versus time curve (AUC) calculations; a phenytoin "cheat sheet" to help you through the calculations maze; new vancomycin cases based on higher desired vancomycin levels and trough-only dose estimations; more on modified diet in renal disease formula (MDRD) versus Cockcroft-Gault (CG) formula methods; and, more theory and problems on extended interval aminoglycosides. William J. Spruill, PharmD, FASHP, FCCP, is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy at the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy and clinical pharmacist at St Mary's Health Care System Inc., Athens, Georgia. Dr. Spruill received his bachelor of science degree in pharmacy from the University of Georgia's College of Pharmacy and completed an American Society of Hospital Pharmacy accredited residency and doctor of pharmacy degree from the Medical University of South Carolina. He is a Fellow of both the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (FASHP) and College of Clinical Pharmacy (FCCP). He teaches clinical pharmacokinetics at the University of Georgia and offers a 16-week online pharmacokinetics course in conjunction with ASHP and The University of Georgia's Department of Continuing Education.William E. Wade, PharmDDr. William E. Wade is Emeritus Professor of Pharmacy at the University of Georgia. He received both his bachelor of science in pharmacy and doctor of pharmacy degrees from the University of Georgia's College of Pharmacy. Dr. Wade is a Fellow of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and a Fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. Prior to his retirement, he taught both didactic and experiential clinical pharmacokinetics for Georgia's Doctor of Pharmacy program. Dr. Wade has numerous publications in academic and professional journals.Joseph T. DiPiro, PharmDDr. Joseph T. DiPiro is Executive Dean of the South Carolina College of Pharmacy, which is part of the University of South Carolina and the Medical University of South Carolina. He received his bacheklor of science in pharmacy 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. Before coming to South Carolina, Dr. DiPiro was a faculty member at the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy and the Medical College of Georgia for 24 years. Dr. DiPiro has published over 200 journal papers, books, book chapters, and editorials in academic and professional journals, mainly related to antibiotics, drug use in surgery, and pharmacy education. His papers have appeared in "Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy," "Pharmacotherapy, Critical Care Medicine, JAMA, Annals of Surgery, Archives of Surgery, American Journal of Surgery, Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics," and "Surgical Infections." He is the editor of "The American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education." He is the senior editor for "Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach," now in its eighth edition. He is also the author of "Concepts in Clinical Pharmacokinetics" and editor of the "Encyclopedia of Clinical Pharmacy." He is Past Chair of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Council of Deans. He served as President of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. He is a Fellow of the College and has served on the Research Institute Board of Trustees. He has been a member of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, having served on the Commission on Therapeutics and the Task Force on Science. In 2002, the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy selected Dr. DiPiro for the Robert K. Chalmers Distinguished Educator Award. He has also received the Russell R. Miller Literature Award and the Education Award from the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, the Award for Sustained Contributions to the Literature from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and was named in 2013 as the national Rho Chi Distinguished Lecturer.