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The ultimate, case-based guide for learning and teaching the art of diagnostic reasoning for acute and critical care nurse practitioners
A Doody's Core Title for 2020!
Written by experienced nurse practitioners working in acute and critical care settings,and endorsed by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), Acute & Critical Care Nurse Practitioner:Cases in Diagnostic Reasoning presents a wide range of acute and critical care patient cases focusing on diagnosis and management. This authoritative book is designed to help nurse practitioners and students learn how to proceed from a broad differential diagnosis to a specific management plan through expert analysis of patient data. While reconstructing the
Table of Contents
Contributors
Acknowledgements
Preface: How to Use the Book
Case Listing by Diagnosis
Case Listing by Symptom
Diagnostic Reasoning: An Overview
Cases 1-71
Index
Case 1: Acute Liver Failure: Acetaminophen toxicity
Case 2: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
Case 3: Acute Severe Asthma
Case 4: Adrenal Insufficiency
Case 5: Anemia: Of chronic disease
Case 6: Anemia: Of unknown etiology
Case 7: Aortic Dissection (type A): Marfan syndrome
Case 8: Aortic Dissection (type A): Post heart transplant
Case 9: Aortic Stenosis
Case 10: Aspergillosis
Case 11: Bowel Obstruction - Small Bowel (Part 1); Acute Kidney Injury (Part 2)
Case 12: Brain Tumor: Glioblastoma
Case 13: Cancer: Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder
Case 14: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Case 15: Cardiac Amyloidosis
Case 16: Cardiac Tamponade: Post cardiac surgery
Case 17: Cardiogenic Shock
Case 18: Cardiomyopathy: Hypertrophic obstructive
Case 19: Cardiomyopathy: Ischemic
Case 20: Chest Trauma: Flail chest
Case 21: Choledocholithiasis: Post laparoscopic surgery
Case 22: Colorectal Surgery: Post-operative complication
Case 23: Costochondritis
Case 24: Diabetes Insipidus: Post-operative
Case 25: Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Case 26: Drug Induced Long-QT Syndrome
Case 27: Encephalitis: Anti-N-methyl D-aspartate (NMDA)
Case 28: Endocarditis: Tricuspid valve
Case 29: Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
Case 30: Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Portal hypertension
Case 31: Heart Failure: Post-operative acute on chronic
Case 32: Heart Failure: Preserved ejection fraction
Case 33: Hepatorenal Syndrome
Case 34: Hernia: Inguinal
Case 35: Hypertensive crisis: Renal artery stenosis
Case 36: Idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura
Case 37: Ileostomy: Large volume output
Case 38: Leukemia: Acute myeloid
Case 39: Lupus: Systemic lupus erythematosus
Case 40: Meningitis
Case 41: Meningitis: Bacterial
Case 42: Migraine
Case 43: Multiple Myeloma
Case 44: Myocardial Infarction: Non ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI)
Case 45: Myocardial Infarction: ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and Plavix resistance
Case 46: Myxedema Coma
Case 47: Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
Case 48: Nicotine Poisoning
Case 49: Osteomylitis
Case 50: Pancreatic Cancer
Case 51: Pancreatitis Associated with ECMO
Case 52: Pericarditis: Constrictive cardiomyopathy
Case 53: Pericarditis: Post-operative CABG
Case 54: Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)
Case 55: Peripheral Venous Disease (PVD)
Case 56: Pneumonia: Aspiration due to end-stage dementia
Case 57: Pneumonia: COPD exacerbation
Case 58: Pneumonia: Eosinophilia
Case 59: Pneumothorax
Case 60: Pulmonary Edema: Flash
Case 61: Pulmonary Embolus
Case 62: Sepsis: Bile leak post-operative liver transplantation
Case 63: Sepsis: Perirectal abscess
Case 64: Septic Joint
Case 65: Septic Shock
Case 66: Sleep Apnea and Heart Failure (acute on chronic)
Case 67: Status Epilepticus: Nonconvulsive after traumatic brain injury
Case 68: Stroke: Hemorrhagic
Case 69: Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Ruptured berry aneurysm
Case 70: Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): TBI with malignant intracranial hypertension
Case 71: Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)
