From assessment and basic diagnostics to medical and surgical treatment options, this book offers easy access to treatment approaches for patients with vascular disease. Convenient and portable, it is written by cross-disciplinary leading experts in the fields of cardiology, vascular surgery, radiology, and vascular medicine. Coverage of each vital phase of care is explained throughout this text.
Chapters succinctly describe the most effective diagnostic assessment and treatment strategies, including drug doses, protocols for patient management, and algorithms. Find clear and straightforward information on topics such as diagnostic aspects of lower extremity arterial disease, history and physical examination, diagnostic angiography, and the use of magnetic resonance angiography in vascular disease.
Topics listed include:
• venous thromboembolism
• management of carotid disease
• management of vasculogenic impotence
• renovascular disease-diagnosis and management
• magnetic resonance angiography for the diagnosis of vascular disease
Examine clinical features and medical therapies, plus, learn about age groups and populations that are commonly susceptible to specific vascular illnesses. For instance, men and women are frequently affected by acute limb ischemia. This disease occurs in aged patients, who often have significant comorbidities.
Manual of Vascular Diseases discusses several approaches including the treating of aortic aneurysms, upper extremity arterial disease, and the approach and management of mesenteric vascular disease. A section on the vascular laboratory provides accurate and noninvasive methods of determining the presence and severity of arterial disorders. It discusses duplex ultrasonography and how it remains a staple of modern noninvasive vascular imaging.
This guide offers helpful tips, flow diagrams, and tables, along with over 200 illustrations that deliver practical insight needed for diagnostic accuracy. It addresses dosing of established and emerging medications, provides useful treatment algorithms, and several protocols for patient management. All in all, it is the essential quick reference on vascular disease today.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Pharmacology for Nurses
One of the most challenging aspects for nurses is the subject of pharmacology. In order to successfully predict drug action, it requires knowledge of anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and pathology, as well as the social sciences including psychology and sociology. Fortunately, Pharmacology for Nurses offers a clear picture of pharmacology in relation to disease and nursing care.
Organized according to body systems and diseases, this text presents a pathophysiology prototype approach to place drugs in context with how they are used therapeutically. Topics address the interdisciplinary nature of pharmacology and the advantages and disadvantages of prescription and over-the-counter drugs. In addition, individuals will learn about the role of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the drug approval process.
A holistic perspective offers an easy-to-follow presentation and extensive pedagogical aids that enable individuals to identify key ideas, understand concepts and apply essential components relevant to drug therapy. The natural therapies section discusses popular herbal or dietary supplements that may be considered along with conventional drugs.
Special considerations in this book feature a variety of issues related to culture, ethnicity, age, gender, and psychosocial considerations in drug therapy. Other issues go over bioterrorism and the nurse’s role, as well as topics such as anthrax, viruses, and neurotoxins. Pediatric and geriatric considerations are also integrated throughout this text.
Topics listed review:
• techniques for applying local anesthesia
• the four components of pharmacokinetics
• functional divisions of the peripheral nervous system
• the components of the human integration pyramid care model
• the goals of pharmacotherapy with skeletal muscle relaxants
• how to identify the causes, signs, and symptoms of a peptic ulcer disease
To facilitate learning, a prototype approach is used in which the one or two most representative drugs in each classification are introduced in detail. Prototype drug boxes are used to clearly indicate these important medications. Within these boxes, the actions and uses of the drug are succinctly presented and include administration alerts, which highlight vital information related to the administration of the drug. Nonpharmacologic methods for controlling many diseases are also integrated throughout this guide.
Nursing flowcharts present succinct, pharmacology-oriented information focused on the classification or prototype drug. Need-to-know nursing actions feature a format that reflects the flow of the nursing process, which is defined as: nursing assessment, potential nursing diagnoses, planning, interventions, patient education/discharge planning, and evaluation. The flowcharts also identify clearly what nursing actions are most important.
A section on drug immune system modulations discusses the components of the lymphatic system and explains why immunosuppressant medications are necessary following organ transplants. It describes the nurse’s role in the pharmacologic management of immune disorders and reviews major vaccines and recommended dosage schedules.
The appendixes offer a complete glossary of terms, Canadian drugs and their U.S. equivalents, and the top 200 drugs ranked by numbers and prescription. In addition, individuals will find an index with a special treatment of diseases, prototype drugs, classifications, and generic and trade names.
A MediaLink included at the beginning of each chapter identifies specific animations. Also, a free CD-ROM offers an interactive study program that allows individuals to practice answering NCLEX-style questions with rationales for right and wrong answers. Accompanying the CD-ROM, a companion website offers an audio glossary, case studies, drug reviews, and more.
This disease and body systems approach offers nurses and students the tools and skills necessary for learning about the most important drug information in a user-friendly format. It's a must have resource for any nurse’s library.
Organized according to body systems and diseases, this text presents a pathophysiology prototype approach to place drugs in context with how they are used therapeutically. Topics address the interdisciplinary nature of pharmacology and the advantages and disadvantages of prescription and over-the-counter drugs. In addition, individuals will learn about the role of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the drug approval process.
A holistic perspective offers an easy-to-follow presentation and extensive pedagogical aids that enable individuals to identify key ideas, understand concepts and apply essential components relevant to drug therapy. The natural therapies section discusses popular herbal or dietary supplements that may be considered along with conventional drugs.
Special considerations in this book feature a variety of issues related to culture, ethnicity, age, gender, and psychosocial considerations in drug therapy. Other issues go over bioterrorism and the nurse’s role, as well as topics such as anthrax, viruses, and neurotoxins. Pediatric and geriatric considerations are also integrated throughout this text.
Topics listed review:
• techniques for applying local anesthesia
• the four components of pharmacokinetics
• functional divisions of the peripheral nervous system
• the components of the human integration pyramid care model
• the goals of pharmacotherapy with skeletal muscle relaxants
• how to identify the causes, signs, and symptoms of a peptic ulcer disease
To facilitate learning, a prototype approach is used in which the one or two most representative drugs in each classification are introduced in detail. Prototype drug boxes are used to clearly indicate these important medications. Within these boxes, the actions and uses of the drug are succinctly presented and include administration alerts, which highlight vital information related to the administration of the drug. Nonpharmacologic methods for controlling many diseases are also integrated throughout this guide.
Nursing flowcharts present succinct, pharmacology-oriented information focused on the classification or prototype drug. Need-to-know nursing actions feature a format that reflects the flow of the nursing process, which is defined as: nursing assessment, potential nursing diagnoses, planning, interventions, patient education/discharge planning, and evaluation. The flowcharts also identify clearly what nursing actions are most important.
A section on drug immune system modulations discusses the components of the lymphatic system and explains why immunosuppressant medications are necessary following organ transplants. It describes the nurse’s role in the pharmacologic management of immune disorders and reviews major vaccines and recommended dosage schedules.
The appendixes offer a complete glossary of terms, Canadian drugs and their U.S. equivalents, and the top 200 drugs ranked by numbers and prescription. In addition, individuals will find an index with a special treatment of diseases, prototype drugs, classifications, and generic and trade names.
A MediaLink included at the beginning of each chapter identifies specific animations. Also, a free CD-ROM offers an interactive study program that allows individuals to practice answering NCLEX-style questions with rationales for right and wrong answers. Accompanying the CD-ROM, a companion website offers an audio glossary, case studies, drug reviews, and more.
This disease and body systems approach offers nurses and students the tools and skills necessary for learning about the most important drug information in a user-friendly format. It's a must have resource for any nurse’s library.
Trigger Point Therapy for Myofascial Pain
Is your patient’s sinus problem actually being cause by a kink in the neck? It’s possible. Myofascial trigger points—small knots in the muscles—can cause pain in other parts of the body, making difficult the diagnosis and treatment of a given ailment.
In this valuable book medical educators Donna and Steven Finando merge the Eastern philosophy centered on qi—the energy source found within us—and Western medicine’s advances in physiology to present an effective approach to locating the source of muscle pain and treating it. They begin by explaining the nature of muscles and trigger points and the phenomenology of qi, examining it from the perspective of myofascial syndromes, making it more accessible for health professionals.
Trigger Point Therapy for Myofascial Pain is broken down for easy reference with detailed illustrations—first by the body part, then by muscle groups. The book discusses:
• techniques for building your skills in muscle palpation
• common pain patterns—and pressure point stimulations to relieve them
• evaluation and palpation techniques for reducing trigger points (and alleviating pain) in clinically significant musculature
• stretching exercises to perform after applying pressure to prevent further injury
Both accessible and easy-to-use, this manual will help you evaluate a patient, define the presenting condition, and effectively treat the condition.
In this valuable book medical educators Donna and Steven Finando merge the Eastern philosophy centered on qi—the energy source found within us—and Western medicine’s advances in physiology to present an effective approach to locating the source of muscle pain and treating it. They begin by explaining the nature of muscles and trigger points and the phenomenology of qi, examining it from the perspective of myofascial syndromes, making it more accessible for health professionals.
Trigger Point Therapy for Myofascial Pain is broken down for easy reference with detailed illustrations—first by the body part, then by muscle groups. The book discusses:
• techniques for building your skills in muscle palpation
• common pain patterns—and pressure point stimulations to relieve them
• evaluation and palpation techniques for reducing trigger points (and alleviating pain) in clinically significant musculature
• stretching exercises to perform after applying pressure to prevent further injury
Both accessible and easy-to-use, this manual will help you evaluate a patient, define the presenting condition, and effectively treat the condition.
Medication Administration Made Incredibly Easy!
Learning how to administer medications doesn’t have to be complicated...or dull. Medication Administration Made Incredibly Easy! presents the basics in an easy-to-understand manner, while leavening the presentation with plenty of gentle humor.
The book makes it straightforward to learn and retain this information with memory joggers, fun-filled illustrations, and quick quizzes to reinforce the material covered. Medication Administration Made Incredibly Easy! features:
• hundreds of helpful tips as well as tips, charts, and step-by-step guidelines
• facts and advice on drug administration methods and routes, dosage considerations, drug interactions, and adverse effects
• information on legal and ethical issues in drug administration
• tips for avoiding medication administration errors
• guidance on injection and infusion techniques
• discussion of specific routes for chemotherapy and parenteral nutrition
From topical administration to specialized routes such as epidurals and intraperitoneal infusion, Medication Administration Made Incredibly Easy! enables you to master medication administration and reduce the chances of errors in a fun, user-friendly guide.
The book makes it straightforward to learn and retain this information with memory joggers, fun-filled illustrations, and quick quizzes to reinforce the material covered. Medication Administration Made Incredibly Easy! features:
• hundreds of helpful tips as well as tips, charts, and step-by-step guidelines
• facts and advice on drug administration methods and routes, dosage considerations, drug interactions, and adverse effects
• information on legal and ethical issues in drug administration
• tips for avoiding medication administration errors
• guidance on injection and infusion techniques
• discussion of specific routes for chemotherapy and parenteral nutrition
From topical administration to specialized routes such as epidurals and intraperitoneal infusion, Medication Administration Made Incredibly Easy! enables you to master medication administration and reduce the chances of errors in a fun, user-friendly guide.
Lexi-Comp's Geriatric Dosage Handbook, 11/e
Most healthcare professionals are faced with the challenge of administering the appropriate use of medications in older adults. As the population of the elderly grows in the US, this guide can help medical professionals provide more effective care for their patients. In it’s 11th edition, Lexi-Comp’s Geriatric Dosage Handbook features newly improved medications that can be a handy resource for anyone who manages geriatric patients.
This complete resource contains geriatric-sensitive drug information throughout each drug monograph, including extensive information on drug interactions and drug dosing in the elderly and adults, as well as in patients with renal/hepatic impairment.
It features page number cross-references that direct clinicians to additional information fast and proficiently. There are U.S. drug, brand drug, and generic drug name indexes plus international brand name indexes that include trade names for 76 countries, and sections that are alphabetically organized making it as easy to use. This edition also includes:
• 24 new drug monographs
• medication safety issues: new field of information in drug monographs
• extensively updated appendix tables and disease management discussions
• geriatric-sensitive drug monographs
• complete drug interaction information
• complete adult and geriatric dosing
• special geriatric considerations information
For the majority of drugs, precise dosing guidelines for generic patients have not been established and most references do not specifically address the use of medications in older adults. However, this guide has new information from current texts and clinical experiences, emphasizing choices of medication, dosing, and changes in the physical, psychological, and emotional changes that come with aging.
The Lexi-Comp’s Geriatric Dosage Handbook, 11/e is an easy-to-follow guide for healthcare professionals to use as a reference when monitoring the parameters and prescribing medications in older adults.
This complete resource contains geriatric-sensitive drug information throughout each drug monograph, including extensive information on drug interactions and drug dosing in the elderly and adults, as well as in patients with renal/hepatic impairment.
It features page number cross-references that direct clinicians to additional information fast and proficiently. There are U.S. drug, brand drug, and generic drug name indexes plus international brand name indexes that include trade names for 76 countries, and sections that are alphabetically organized making it as easy to use. This edition also includes:
• 24 new drug monographs
• medication safety issues: new field of information in drug monographs
• extensively updated appendix tables and disease management discussions
• geriatric-sensitive drug monographs
• complete drug interaction information
• complete adult and geriatric dosing
• special geriatric considerations information
For the majority of drugs, precise dosing guidelines for generic patients have not been established and most references do not specifically address the use of medications in older adults. However, this guide has new information from current texts and clinical experiences, emphasizing choices of medication, dosing, and changes in the physical, psychological, and emotional changes that come with aging.
The Lexi-Comp’s Geriatric Dosage Handbook, 11/e is an easy-to-follow guide for healthcare professionals to use as a reference when monitoring the parameters and prescribing medications in older adults.
Lange Essentials of Emergency Medicine
Here is a handbook that meets the need for a portable quick reference to conditions seen in emergency medicine. This guide draws on the trusted Current Emergency Diagnosis & Treatment, 6/e, distilling its authoritative content into a handy format and size you can use effectively on the job.
Lange Current Essentials of Emergency Medicine covers 500 common or important diseases, disorders, or symptoms, conveniently putting each one on its own page. The pages provide bulleted points under three main headings: essentials of diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and treatment. Each page also features a clinical pearl to aid you in diagnosis. Conditions are alphabetized within the book’s 29 sections, which cover general categories of illness: emergencies involving cardiac disorders, infectious diseases, shock, chest trauma, vertebral and spinal injuries, and the like.
What’s more, each page features its own accompanying memorable clinical “pearl,” a brief, pithy comment that makes a particular diagnostic issue or guideline memorable. (For subarachnoid hemorrhage: “Assume any headache associated with syncope is a subarachnoid hemorrhage.” For multiple myeloma: “Check albumen and protein in fracture workups in patients with a history of minimal injury.”)
In Lange Current Essentials of Emergency Medicine you’ll learn:
• why you shouldn’t delay treatment of a patient suspected of experiencing a thyroid storm
• how to tell if a pregnant patient is suffering from gestational hypertension or preeclampsia
• what test is considered the gold standard for diagnosing aortic disruption
• how to detect compartment syndrome in patients with altered consciousness
• what treatments to implement for contact dermatitis
• what the most important factor is for preventing infection in cases of dog bite
• how to detect chemical injury to the airway in a smoke-inhalation patient
• when to watch for symptoms of liver injury in a case of acetaminophen overdose
You’ll find just about an emergency situation you’re likely to encounter covered in this book. It describes how to diagnose highly common conditions, while watching for rare disorders or serious complications that can occur. From bone fractures to cardiac conditions, from poisoning to injuries from biological or chemical terrorism, Lange Current Essentials of Emergency Medicine puts the answers you need right at your fingertips.
Lange Current Essentials of Emergency Medicine covers 500 common or important diseases, disorders, or symptoms, conveniently putting each one on its own page. The pages provide bulleted points under three main headings: essentials of diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and treatment. Each page also features a clinical pearl to aid you in diagnosis. Conditions are alphabetized within the book’s 29 sections, which cover general categories of illness: emergencies involving cardiac disorders, infectious diseases, shock, chest trauma, vertebral and spinal injuries, and the like.
What’s more, each page features its own accompanying memorable clinical “pearl,” a brief, pithy comment that makes a particular diagnostic issue or guideline memorable. (For subarachnoid hemorrhage: “Assume any headache associated with syncope is a subarachnoid hemorrhage.” For multiple myeloma: “Check albumen and protein in fracture workups in patients with a history of minimal injury.”)
In Lange Current Essentials of Emergency Medicine you’ll learn:
• why you shouldn’t delay treatment of a patient suspected of experiencing a thyroid storm
• how to tell if a pregnant patient is suffering from gestational hypertension or preeclampsia
• what test is considered the gold standard for diagnosing aortic disruption
• how to detect compartment syndrome in patients with altered consciousness
• what treatments to implement for contact dermatitis
• what the most important factor is for preventing infection in cases of dog bite
• how to detect chemical injury to the airway in a smoke-inhalation patient
• when to watch for symptoms of liver injury in a case of acetaminophen overdose
You’ll find just about an emergency situation you’re likely to encounter covered in this book. It describes how to diagnose highly common conditions, while watching for rare disorders or serious complications that can occur. From bone fractures to cardiac conditions, from poisoning to injuries from biological or chemical terrorism, Lange Current Essentials of Emergency Medicine puts the answers you need right at your fingertips.
McGraw-Hill's Quick and Easy Medical Spanish
Communicating with a patient who does not speak the same language can be quite difficult when attempting to treat them. This can present problems and place the patient at risk. Luckily, with McGraw-Hill’s Quick and Easy Medical Spanish, medical professionals can master most of the Spanish vocabulary and grammar basics needed to communicate with Spanish-speaking patients.
All the situations in this guide relate to common scenarios that take place in the hospital or physician’s office. Each lesson presents vocabulary relevant to the situation at hand, opening the door to new and different circumstances that will steadily add to one’s language experience.
An overview of Spanish pronunciation and grammar is followed by 11 chapters organized in six steps, which include: dialog with general comprehension questions, vocabulary practice, grammar in use, speaking exercises, written exercises, and role-playing exercises.
This bilingual presentation presents fast and effective ways to help incorporate new vocabulary and structures. Medical professionals can learn how to introduce themselves, interview patients, ask for telephone numbers, addresses, medical insurance, social security numbers, and much more.
Discover ways to say medical phrases in Spanish such as: Are you allergic to any medicine? Have you had operations? Do you have problems sleeping? Are your eating habits healthy? McGraw-Hill’s Quick and Easy Medical Spanish provides:
• more than 1,000 key Spanish words and phrases, presented bilingually
• real-life dialogs based on common medical situations
• role-playing exercises to reinforce skills and instill confidence
Fully integrated, this hands-on workbook/audio CD package helps individuals through the four language skills: reading, writing, speaking, and listening. It also features a plethora of sample dialogs, and role-playing exercises and is highly efficient for beginners, as well as those brushing up on the Spanish language.
All the situations in this guide relate to common scenarios that take place in the hospital or physician’s office. Each lesson presents vocabulary relevant to the situation at hand, opening the door to new and different circumstances that will steadily add to one’s language experience.
An overview of Spanish pronunciation and grammar is followed by 11 chapters organized in six steps, which include: dialog with general comprehension questions, vocabulary practice, grammar in use, speaking exercises, written exercises, and role-playing exercises.
This bilingual presentation presents fast and effective ways to help incorporate new vocabulary and structures. Medical professionals can learn how to introduce themselves, interview patients, ask for telephone numbers, addresses, medical insurance, social security numbers, and much more.
Discover ways to say medical phrases in Spanish such as: Are you allergic to any medicine? Have you had operations? Do you have problems sleeping? Are your eating habits healthy? McGraw-Hill’s Quick and Easy Medical Spanish provides:
• more than 1,000 key Spanish words and phrases, presented bilingually
• real-life dialogs based on common medical situations
• role-playing exercises to reinforce skills and instill confidence
Fully integrated, this hands-on workbook/audio CD package helps individuals through the four language skills: reading, writing, speaking, and listening. It also features a plethora of sample dialogs, and role-playing exercises and is highly efficient for beginners, as well as those brushing up on the Spanish language.
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