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Medical Surgical
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
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