chapter 6 Care of the patient with a gallbladder, liver, biliary tract, or exocrine pancreatic disorder Barbara Lauritsen Christensen Objectives 1. Discuss nursing interventions for the diagnostic examinations of patients with…
chapter 16 Care of the patient with HIV/AIDS Craig E. Nielsen Objectives 1. Describe the agent that causes HIV disease. 2. Provide the definition of AIDS given in January 1993 by the…
chapter 1 Introduction to anatomy and physiology Barbara Lauritsen Christensen and M. Christine Neff Objectives 1. Define the difference between anatomy and physiology. 2. Define the term anatomical position. 3. List and define…
PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is a pathologic term for excessive connective tissue in the lungs that hampers lung recoil and lung deflation during expiration. The disorder is more commonly…
PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS Approximately 99% of calcium in the body is bound to bones and teeth. The remaining 1% is found in the serum. Serum calcium exists in an ionized form,…
PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS Homeostatic alteration in water and sodium is frequently encountered in patients with cancer (Fojo, 2005), and hyponatremia (see Chapter 29) occurs more frequently than hypernatremia (Murphy-Ende, 2006a). Sodium,…
PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS Magnesium plays a fundamental role in many functions of the cell, including energy transfer, storage, and use; insulin release; protein, carbohydrate, and fat metabolism; maintenance of normal cell…
Malnutrition and cachexia continue to complicate the course of disease and treatment in patients with cancer. Agreement exists in the literature and among clinicians that malnutrition is a common problem….
PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS Cancer chemotherapy has advanced significantly over the past several decades. However, the use of these agents has been limited by significant cardiac toxicities, including, arrhythmias, ischemia, hypertension, myocarditis,…
PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS The term tumor lysis syndrome (TLS) is used to describe the clinical consequences of serum accumulation of excessive cell lysis products. When cells die, the internal components are…
