Managing Chronic Disorders

**Managing Chronic Disorders** provides practical, authoritative guidance on day-to-day management of more than 100 chronic disorders and includes over 300 reproducible patient-teaching aids. Part 1 presents complete information on each disorder, including causes, pathophysiology, assessment findings, diagnosis, treatment, special considerations, patient-teaching points, and a list of applicable patient-teaching aids. Management of acute exacerbations is covered for selected disorders. Part 2 contains over 100 patient-teaching aids that health care providers can photocopy and give to patients. A bound-in CD-ROM contains the patient-teaching aids from the book, plus over 200 additional teaching aids covering self-care, nutrition, health promotion, medication administration, 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."--Jacket 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