Pathophysiological phenomena in nursing
Subtitle: human responses to illness
By: Virginia Carrieri-Kohlman, Ada M. Lindsey, Claudia M. West.
Contributors: Carrieri-Kohlman, Virginia.; Lindsey, Ada M.; West, Claudia M.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Saunders
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 459
Subjects: Nursing; Physiology, Pathological; Stress (Physiology)
Description: xii, 459 p. : 27 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1. Conceptual approach; title: Ch. 2. Altered thermoregulation; title: Ch. 3. Anorexia; title: Ch. 4. Protein-calorie malnutrition; title: Ch. 5. Circadian rhythm disorders; title: Ch. 6. Urinary incontinence; title: Ch. 7. Addiction; title: Ch. 8. Dementia; title: Ch. 9. Acute confusion; title: Ch. 10. Dyspnea; title: Ch. 11. Fatigue; title: Ch. 12. Pain; title: Ch. 13. Nausea, vomiting, and retching; title: Ch. 14. Stress response; title: Ch. 15. Alterations in immunocompetence; title: Ch. 16. Infection; title: Ch. 17. Impaired wound healing; title: Ch. 18. Altered clotting; title: Ch. 19. Impaired sleep; title: Ch. 20. Skeletal muscle atrophy; title: Ch. 21. Ischemia.