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Medical Surgical
Handbook forFocusonAdultHealth:
Medical-SurgicalNursing
LindaHonanPellico, RN, PhD, CNS-BC
978-1-58255-887-5 • February2012 • Softbound •4.25” x7.25” •544pp. • 1 Illus.
This comprehensive yet concise clinical reference presents need-to-
know informationonover 170 commonly encountereddiseases and
disorders. The easy-to-use, colorful, consistent, and alphabetized
format enables readers to gainquick access to vital informationon:
• Pathophysiology
• Risk Factors
• ClinicalManifestations andAssessments
• DiagnosticMethods
• Medical andNursingManagement
• Complications
Features
•
NursingProcessSections
that includeall of the stepsof the
nursingprocess:Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning,Nursing
Interventions, andEvaluation.
•
NursingAlerts
thatoffer brief tipsor highlight red-flagwarnings for
clinical practice.
•
GerontologicConsiderations
that highlight informationpertaining
specifically to the careof older adults,who comprise the fastest-
growing segmentof our population.
• Cross-referenced to
FocusonAdultHealth:Medical-Surgical
Nursing
.
• Tabbed forquick access to thealphabetical listingof diseases and
disorders.
Table of Contents
A:
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV
Infection)
AcuteCoronary Syndrome andMyocardial
Infarction
AcuteRespiratoryDistress Syndrome
Addison’sDisease (Adrenocortical
Insufficiency)
Alzheimer’sDisease
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Anaphylaxis
Anemia
Anemia, Aplastic
Anemia, IronDeficiency
Anemia,Megaloblastic (VitaminB12 and
FolicAcidDeficiency)
Aneurysm, Aortic
Angina Pectoris
AorticRegurgitation (Insufficiency)
Aortic Stenosis
Appendicitis
Arthritis, Rheumatoid
Asthma
Asthma: Status Asthmaticus
B:
BackPain, Low
Bell’s Palsy
BoneTumors
BowelObstruction, Large
BowelObstruction, Small
BrainTumors
Bronchitis, Chronic
Burn Injury
C:
Cancer
Cancer of theBladder
Cancer of theBreast
Cancer of theCervix
Cancer of theColon andRectum (Colorectal
Cancer)
Cancer of the Endometrium
Cancer of the Esophagus
Cancer of the Larynx
. . . Abridged tofit