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Handbook for Focus on Adult Health: Medical-Surgical Nursing Linda Honan Pellico, RN, PhD, CNS-BC 978-1-58255-887-5 • February 2012 • Softbound • 4.25” x 7.25” • 544 pp. • 1 Illus.

This comprehensive yet concise clinical reference presents need-to- know information on over 170 commonly encountered diseases and disorders. The easy-to-use, colorful, consistent, and alphabetized format enables readers to gain quick access to vital information on: • Pathophysiology • Risk Factors • Clinical Manifestations and Assessments • Diagnostic Methods • Medical and Nursing Management • Complications Features • Nursing Process Sections that include all of the steps of the nursing process: Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Nursing Interventions, and Evaluation. • Nursing Alerts that offer brief tips or highlight red-flag warnings for clinical practice. • Gerontologic Considerations that highlight information pertaining specifically to the care of older adults, who comprise the fastest- growing segment of our population. • Cross-referenced to Focus onAdult Health: Medical-Surgical Nursing . • Tabbed for quick access to the alphabetical listing of diseases and disorders.

Table of Contents A: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV Infection) Acute Coronary Syndrome and Myocardial Infarction Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Addison’s Disease (Adrenocortical Insufficiency) Alzheimer’s Disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Anaphylaxis Anemia Anemia, Aplastic Anemia, Iron Deficiency Anemia, Megaloblastic (Vitamin B12 and Folic Acid Deficiency) Aneurysm, Aortic Angina Pectoris Aortic Regurgitation (Insufficiency) Aortic Stenosis Appendicitis Arthritis, Rheumatoid Asthma Asthma: Status Asthmaticus B: Back Pain, Low Bell’s Palsy Bone Tumors

Medical Surgical

Bowel Obstruction, Large Bowel Obstruction, Small Brain Tumors Bronchitis, Chronic Burn Injury C: Cancer

Cancer of the Bladder Cancer of the Breast Cancer of the Cervix Cancer of the Colon and Rectum (Colorectal Cancer) Cancer of the Endometrium Cancer of the Esophagus Cancer of the Larynx . . . Abridged to fit