Clinical handbook for medical-surgical nursing : critical thinking in client care / Priscilla LeMone, Karen M. Burke.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Acid-Base Disorders
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Adrenal Cortical Insufficiency (Addison's Disease)
Alzheimer's Disease
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS, Lou Gehrig's Disease)
Anaphylaxis
Anemia
Aneurysm
Angina Pectoris
Anthrax
Appendicitis
Asthma
Bell's Palsy
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Bladder Cancer
Bone Tumor, Primary
Brain Tumor (Benign and Malignant)
Breast Cancer
Bronchiectasis
Bronchitis, Acute
Bronchitis, Chronic
Calcium Imbalance
Cancer
Candidiasis (Moniliasis, Yeast Infection, Thrush)
Cardiomyopathy
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Cataract
Cervical Cancer
Cervicitis
Chlamydial Infection
Cholecystitis
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Cirrhosis
Colorectal Cancer
Condyloma Acuminata (Genital Warts)
Coronary Heart Disease
Crohn's Disease
Cushing's Syndrome
Cystic Fibrosis
Decubitus Ulcers (Pressure Ulcers, Bedsores)
Diabetes Insipidus
Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA)
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
Diverticular Disease
Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding
Emphysema
Empyema
Encephalitis
Endocarditis
Endometrial (Uterine) Cancer
Endometriosis
Epilepsy (Seizure Disorder)
Fibrocystic Breast Disease
Flail Chest
Fluid Volume Deficit (Dehydration)
Fluid Volume Excess (Hypervolemia)
Fracture
Gastritis
Gastroenteritis (Enteritis, Food Poisoning, Cholera, Traveler's Diarrhea)
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
Glaucoma
Glomerulonephritis
Gonorrhea
Gout (Gouty Arthritis)
Guillain-Barre Syndrome
Heart Failure (Congestive Heart Failure)
Hemophilia
Hemorrhoids
Hepatitis
Hernia
Herniated Intervertebral Disk
Herpes Simplex Virus
Herpes Labialis (Cold Sores, Fever Blisters), Herpes Genitalis, Herpetic Whitlow, HSV Keratitis
Hiatal Hernia
Hodgkin's Disease
Human Immunodeficieny Virus Disease
Hyperglycemia --
Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State
Hyperparathyroidism
Hypersensitivity
Hypertension
Hyperthyroidism (Thyrotoxicosis)
Hypoglycemia
Hypoparathyroidism
Hypothyroidism
Increased Intracranial Pressure
Influenza
Intestinal Obstruction
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (Spastic Colitis)
Kaposi's Sarcoma
Legionnaires' Disease
Leukemia
Lyme Disease
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin's
Magnesium Imbalance
Melanoma
Meniere's Disease
Meningitis (Bacterial, Viral, Fungal)
Mononucleosis
Multiple Myeloma
Multiple Sclerosis
Muscular Dystrophy
Myasthenia Gravis
Myocardial Infarction
Myocarditis
Near-Drowning
Occupational Lung Disease
Osteoarthritis
Osteomalacia (Rickets)
Osteomyelitis
Osteoporosis
Otitis, Otitis Externa (Swimmer's Ear), Otitis Media
Ovarian Cancer
Pancreatic Cancer
Pancraatitis
Parkinson's Disease
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
Peptic Ulcer Disease
Pericarditis
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Peritonitis
Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
Pheochromocytoma
Phosphate Imbalance
Pleural Effusion
Pneumonia
Pneumothorax
Poliomyelitis, Postpolio Syndrome
Polycystic Kidney Disease
Polycythemia
Polyneuropathy
Potassium Imbalance
Prostate Cancer
Psoriasis
Polmonary Edema
Pulmonary Embolism
Pyelonephritis
Raynaud's Phenomenon
Renal Calculi (Nephrolithiasis, Kidney Stones)
Renal Failure
Respiratory Failure
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Scoliosis
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
Shock (Hypovolemic, Cardiogenic, Distributive, Septic)
Sickle Cell Anemia
Skin Cancer, Nonmelanoma (Basal Cell, Squamous Cell)
Smallpox
Sodium Imbalanc
Stroke (CVA, Brain Attack)
Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Secretion
Syphilis
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Testicular Cancer
Tetanus
Thromboangiitis Obliterans (Buerger's Disease)
Thrombocytopenia
Tonsillitis
Trigeminal Neuralgia
Tuberculosis
Ulcerative Colitis
Urinary Tract Infection
Uterine Myoma (Fibroids, Leiomyomas)
Vaginitis
Valvular Heart Disease
Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) Infection (Chickenpox, Herpes Zoster [Shingles])
Varicose Veins
New Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Venous Insufficiency, Chronic
Venous Thrombosis (Thrombophlebitis)
Vitiligo