Managing chronic disorders

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Title Statements

Full title :Managing chronic disorders.

Summary

Provides practical guidance on day-to-day management of more than 100 chronic disorders and includes over 300 reproducible patient-teaching aids. This book presents information on each disorder, including causes, pathophysiology, assessment findings, diagnosis, treatment, special considerations, patient-teaching points, and more.

"This book contains:100 of the most challenging chronic disorders in alphabetical order for quick access to facts; causes and pathophysiology listed first to enhance your understanding; assessment findings and normal and abnormal diagnostic test results to help you focus on specifics; close up - flowcharts and illustrations that demystify disease progression; treatments and special considerations to guide your care; collaborative management - details the functions of each member of the interdisciplinary team; acute episode - provides pathophysiology and care guidelines for acute exacerbations; key teaching points - vital information to review with your patient; 100 patient-teaching aids ready to be copied and distributed; and hundreds more patient-teaching aids on the accompanying CD-ROM."--BOOK JACKET.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:c2006.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Place of Publication:Philadelphia
Language:eng
Publication Date:c2006.

The Physical Object

Description:x, 469 p. : : ill. ; : 23 cm +

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1582554420, 9781582554426
oclc:on1306236182
LC Classification:RT120.C45
Dewey Decimal:616/.044

Subjects

Chronic Disease -- nursing Chronic diseases -- Handbooks, manuals,… Chronic diseases -- Nursing Guides et manuels Handbook Handbooks and manuals Maladies chroniques -- Guides, manuels,… Patient Education as Topic -- methods