Clinical Handbook for Brunner & Suddarth’s Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing, 14th Edition — A concise, portable companion to the 14th edition of Brunner & Suddarth’s foundational medical-surgical nursing text. This handbook provides quick-access guide

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A
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
(HIV Infection) ............................................................ 1
Acute Coronary Syndrome and Myocardial
Infarction ................................................................... 17
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome ............................... 22
Addison’s Disease (Adrenocortical Insufficiency) ............. 25
Alzheimer’s Disease .......................................................... 28
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis .......................................... 33
Anaphylaxis....................................................................... 35
Anemia .............................................................................. 37
Anemia, Aplastic ..............................................................41
Anemia, Iron Deficiency ................................................... 43
Anemia, Megaloblastic (Vitamin B12 and Folic
Acid Deficiency) ........................................................ 45
Anemia, Sickle Cell .........................................................48
Aneurysm, Aortic .............................................................. 54
Aneurysm, Intracranial ...................................................... 57
Angina Pectoris ................................................................. 62
Aortic Insufficiency (Regurgitation).................................. 66
Aortic Stenosis .................................................................. 68
Appendicitis ...................................................................... 69
Arterial Embolism and Arterial Thrombosis ..................... 71
Arteriosclerosis and Atherosclerosis ................................. 73
Arthritis, Rheumatoid ........................................................ 74
Asthma .............................................................................. 80
Asthma: Status Asthmaticus .............................................. 82

B
Back Pain, Low ................................................................. 85
Bell’s Palsy ........................................................................ 88
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and Prostatectomy .............. 90
Bone Tumors ............................................................................. 92


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Bowel Obstruction, Large ................................................. 96
Bowel Obstruction, Small ................................................. 97
Brain Abscess ................................................................... 99
Brain Tumors .......................................................................... 100
Bronchiectasis ................................................................. 104
Bronchitis, Chronic ......................................................... 105
Buerger’s Disease (Thromboangiitis Obliterans)............. 106
Burn Injury ..................................................................... 108

C
Cancer ............................................................................. 121
Cancer of the Bladder ..................................................... 136
Cancer of the Breast ........................................................ 138
Cancer of the Cervix...................................................... 147
Cancer of the Colon and Rectum
(Colorectal Cancer) ................................................ 151
Cancer of the Endometrium ............................................... 158
Cancer of the Esophagus ................................................. 159
Cancer of the Kidneys (Renal Tumors) .............................. 161
Cancer of the Larynx ...................................................... 164
Cancer of the Liver ......................................................... 171
Cancer of the Lung (Bronchogenic Carcinoma) ............. 175
Cancer of the Oral Cavity and Pharynx .......................... 178
Cancer of the Ovary ........................................................ 180
Cancer of the Pancreas .................................................... 181
Cancer of the Prostate ..................................................... 184
Cancer of the Skin (Malignant Melanoma) .................... 191
Cancer of the Stomach (Gastric Cancer)......................... 196
Cancer of the Testis ............................................................... 200
Cancer of the Thyroid ..................................................... 202
Cancer of the Vagina ............................................................. 203
Cancer of the Vulva ........................................................ 204
Cardiac Arrest ................................................................. 207
Cardiomyopathies ........................................................... 208
Cataract .......................................................................... 213
Cerebral Vascular Accident (Ischemic Stroke) ............... 214
Cholelithiasis (and Cholecystitis) ................................. 225
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) .......... 231
Cirrhosis, Hepatic ........................................................... 235
Constipation .................................................................... 238
Contact Dermatitis .......................................................... 240
Coronary Atherosclerosis and CAD................................ 241