Perianesthesia Patient Care for Uncommon Diseases E-book: Perianesthesia Patient Care for Uncommon Diseases E-book

by Joseph A. Joyce CRNA, BS

Overview

This portable handbook provides comprehensive, clinically relevant information on nearly 100 uncommon diseases. It places all the information you need for expert care in a concise, easy-to-use format, right at your fingertips. This new title contains knowledge of these disorders that is crucial to ensuring safe and effective patient care and anesthesia administration.

• Consistent, easy-to-use format includes definition, incidence, etiology, signs and symptoms, medical management, complications, and anesthesia implications for each disease to help you find what you need quickly.
• With its small size, this book is perfect for reference in the operating room and PACU environment.
• Summary tables and boxes throughout the book quickly outline important information to help you easily find information.
• Written by an experienced clinical expert, this reference includes the most current and accurate information available.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780323079365
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	01/04/2008
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	448
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Staff Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Moses Cone Health System, Wesley Long Community Hospital, Greensboro, NC, USA

Table of Contents

• Achalasia• Achondroplasia (Dwarfism)• Acromegaly• Acute Leukemia• Acute Porphyria• Ankylosing Spondylosis• Arnold-Chiari Malformation• Arthrogryposis• Autonomic Hyperreflexia• Barrett’s Esophagus• Bartter Syndrome• Becker’s Dystrophy• Behçet’s Disease• Beta Thalassemia• Budd-Chiari Syndrome• Choanal Atresia• Churg-Strauss Syndrome• Cor Pulmonale• Cronkite-Canada Syndrome• Cystic Fibrosis• Cystic Hygroma• Denervated (Transplanted) Heart• Dermatomyositis• DiGeorge Syndrome• Duchenne’s Dystrophy• Eaton-Lambert Myasthenic Syndrome• Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome• Eisenmenger’s Syndrome• Encephalocele• Epidermolysis Bullosa• Fabry’s Disease• Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy• Fanconi’s Syndrome• Felty’s Syndrome• Fibrous Dysplasia• Friedreich’s Ataxia• Galactosemia• Gardner Syndrome• Gaucher Disease• Goodpasture’s Syndrome• Guillain-Barré Syndrome• Homocystinuria• Huntington’s Chorea• Hydatid Disease• Hydatidiform Mole• Hydrocephalus• Incontinentia Pigmenti• Kearns-Sayre Syndrome• Klippel-Feil Syndrome• Long QT Syndrome• Lown-Ganong-Levine Syndrome• Ludwig’s Angina• Lymphangioleiomyomatosis• Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis• Malignant Atrophic Papulosis• Mallory-Weiss Tear• Marfan Syndrome• Mastocytosis• Myasthenia Gravis• Narcolepsy• Nephrotic Syndrome• Neurofibromatosis• Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome• Osler-Weber-Rendu Syndrome• Osteogenesis Imperfecta• Osteomalacia• Paget’s Disease of the Bone• Pemphigoid/Pemphigus• Polyarteritis Nodosa• Portal Hypertension• Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis• Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistula• Pulmonary Hemosiderosis• Pyelonephritis• Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis• Sarcoidosis• Scleroderma• Shy-Drager Syndrome• Sjögren’s Syndrome• Stevens-Johnson Syndrome• Sturge-Weber Syndrome• Sydenham’s Chorea• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus• Tyrosinemia• Von Willebrand Disease• Wegener’s Granulomatosis• Williams Syndrome• Wilson’s Disease• Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome• Zenker’s Diverticulum• Zollinger-Ellison SyndromeAppendixesA: Antineoplastic Disease Chemotherapy Drugs B: Illegal DrugsC: Normal Pulmonary Function Test and Arterial Blood Gas ValuesD: Treatment of AnaphylaxisE: Anesthesia Drugs Metabolized By the LiverF: Anesthesia Drugs Significantly Protein BoundReferencesIndex

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Kathleen M. Woodruff, RN, MS, CRNP(Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing)
Description: This is a manual of comprehensive relevant clinical information on over 90 uncommon diseases meant to assist the anesthesia professional in providing the highest quality care for patients with these diseases.
Purpose: The purpose is to present a brief overview of each uncommon disease, essentially a quick reference for the care of a patient with an uncommon disease. A central goal is to help practitioners provide the highest level of care for patients with uncommon conditions. Ultimately, the author hopes to raise awareness and to encourage investigation in this area of medicine.
Audience: The book is written for perianesthesia care professionals. The author is an expert in the field with years of experience as a clinician, teacher, and mentor.
Features: For each disease, the book presents a brief overview, incidence, disease etiology, signs and symptoms, medical management, complications, and anesthesia implications. The information is alphabetized and formatted for easy retrieval, often presented in bulleted lists for quick reference. Many relevant pictures and tables are provided.
Assessment: This book provides important information about patients who previously would not have been considered acceptable surgical/anesthesia risks. It is a valuable working reference for perianesthesia care professionals.