Seizure Disorders
CHAPTER 54 Seizure Disorders Henry Cohen, MS, PharmD, FCCM, BCPP, CGP • Samantha M. Smalley, PharmD, BCPS Seizures are the clinical manifestations of excessive and hypersynchronous, usually self-limiting, abnormal…
Sarcoidosis
CHAPTER 75 Sarcoidosis Michele McDermott, DNP, RN, FNP-BC Sarcoidosis is a multisystem disorder of unknown etiology that is characterized pathologically by the presence of nonnecrotizing granulomatous lesions. It generally…
Nephrotic and Nephritic Renal Disease
CHAPTER 28 Nephrotic and Nephritic Renal Disease Hillary Wall, PharmD Glomerular disease is the third largest cause of chronic renal insufficiency in the United States. The U.S. Renal Data…
Peptic Ulcer Disease
CHAPTER 25 Peptic Ulcer Disease Michelle Santomassino, DNP, RN, FNP-C A peptic ulcer is a defect in the gastric or duodenal wall that extends through the muscularis mucosa and…
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
CHAPTER 23 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Catherine M. Concert, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, AOCNP, NE-BC, CGRN Ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD) are chronic inflammatory diseases of the bowel and…
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
CHAPTER 20 Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Michelle Santomassino, DNP, RN, FNP-C Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is such a common problem that it affects 10% to 20% of the Western world…
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
CHAPTER 3 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Robert V. DiGregorio, PharmD, BCACP • Lucille R. Ferrara, EdD, RN, MBA, FNP-BC, FNAP Health promotion and disease prevention have often been…
Acute Kidney Injury
UNIT VI: GENITOURINARY CONDITIONS CHAPTER 26 Acute Kidney Injury Karina Muzykovsky, PharmD, BCPS • Kimberly M. Sarosky, MS, PharmD, BCPS DEFINITIONS Acute kidney injury/impairment (AKI), formerly known as…
Stroke, Transient Ischemic Attacks, and Carotid Stenosis
CHAPTER 55 Stroke, Transient Ischemic Attacks, and Carotid Stenosis Scott J. Saccomano, PhD, GNP-BC, RN Stroke is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States (Miniño, Murphy,…
Gallbladder
CHAPTER 19 Gallbladder Catherine M. Concert, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, AOCNP, NE-BC, CGRN The most common type of gallbladder condition is the development of gallstones (cholelithiasis). Gallstones are formed from…
