Medical-surgical Nursing Demystified

(^590) Index
androgens, 333
anemia, 177–179
aplastic anemia (pancytopenia), 179–181
iron deficiency anemia, 181–183
pernicious anemia, 183–185
anesthesia, 482
nausea from, 490
postanesthesia care, 483–484
anesthesiologists, 481
angina, 7–11
angiography, cardiac, 72–73
angiography, cerebral, 256
angiotensin-converting enzyme, 421
inhibitors, 28, 37
angiotensinogen, 421
ankylosing spondylitis (AS), 149–151
anorexia nervosa, 465–467
ANP (atrial natriuretic peptide), 421
anterior pituitary glands, 333
antidiuretic hormone (ADH), 421
diabetes insipidus, 345–346
syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone
secretion (SIADH), 346–348
antinuclear antibodies (ANA) test, 167
anxiety, 453–456
panic disorder, 456–458
aortic aneurysm, 4–6
aortic insufficiency (AI), 62–63
aortic valve, 1, 3
aplastic anemia (pancytopenia), 179–181
appendicitis, 286–287
appendicular skeleton, 262
appendix, 285
ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome),
87–91
arterial blood gas (ABG), 79–80, 136–137
arterial stents, 301–304
arteriosclerosis and atherosclerosis, 4, 7, 11, 18
arthritis
ankylosing spondylitis (AS), 149–151
osteoarthritis, 271–273
rheumatoid arthritis, 155–157
arthrogram, 278
arthroscopy, 278
AS (ankylosing spondylitis), 149–151
asbestosis, 91–93
assessing pain, 537
AST (aspartate transaminase) test, 327
asthma, 93–96
astrocytoma, 222
asystole, 56–58
atelectasis, 96–98, 128
atherectomy, 20
atherosclerosis and arteriosclerosis, 4, 7, 11, 18
atonic seizures, 253
atopic asthma, 93
atria, 1, 3
atrial fibrillation (AF), 53–56
atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), 421
atrioventricular (AV) node, 3
atrioventricular (AV) valves, 1, 3
axial skeleton, 262
B
B-cells, 144–145
β-hCG test, 529
bacterial infection. Seeinfection
bacterial meningitis, 234–236
basal cell carcinomas, 405, 406
basal ganglia, 211
basilar skull fractures, 213
Bell’s palsy, 218–219
benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH), 375–377
beta cells (pancreatic), insulin from, 358, 363
beta subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin test,
529
bile, 285
bilirubin test, 328
biopsy, 128, 278
bone marrow, 203–204
liver, 325–326
lung, 139–140
musculoskeletal, 278
skin, 414
women’s health, 529
bipolar disorder, 461–463
bladder, 375
cancer of, 377–379
testing for tumors (cystoscopy), 394
x-ray of (KUB study), 394
x-ray of (voiding cystogram), 396–398
bleeding from gastrointestinal tract, 304–306
bleeding time, 205
blood, oxygenation of, 3
blood acid-base balance, 422
metabolic acidosis, 438–440
metabolic alkalosis, 440–441
blood calcium level test, 365
blood chemistry, 77–78
blood clots. See alsocoagulation
myocardial infarction (MI) from, 11
peripheral arterial disease (PAD) from, 18
pulmonary embolism from, 127