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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

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

Back Pain, Low

Bell’s Palsy

Bone Tumors

Bowel Obstruction, Large

Bowel Obstruction, Small

Brain Tumors

Bronchitis, Chronic

Burn Injury

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