Appraising Clinical Practice Guidelines
CHAPTER 6 Appraising Clinical Practice Guidelines Jason T. Slyer, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, CHFN, FNAP Primary care providers make clinical decisions on a daily basis. These decisions are often made…
Palliative Care
CHAPTER 5 Palliative Care Eve S. Faber, MD • Jessica Stetz, MD Palliative care is an approach to care that focuses on quality of life for patients and families…
Dementia and Delirium
UNIT X: NEUROLOGIC CONDITIONS CHAPTER 48 Dementia and Delirium Scott J. Saccomano, PhD, GNP-BC, RN Dementia, a syndrome of deterioration of cognition in alert persons that results in their…
Pancreatitis: Acute and Chronic
CHAPTER 24 Pancreatitis: Acute and Chronic Evangelia Davanos, PharmD, BCNSP, CNSC • Ashley Steinberg, MD Pancreatitis, an inflammatory disease of the pancreas, may be classified as acute or chronic….
Valvular Heart Disease
CHAPTER 13 Valvular Heart Disease Kenneth Ong, MD Valvular heart disease affects 2.5% of the population in the United States with an equal gender distribution, but is found more…
