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Quick access to 200 medical-surgical conditions and procedures, includes full color illustrations, summary tables, lab values and more.

Designed for portability, this Clinical Companion provides at-a-glance access to key information on more than 200 medical-surgical conditions and procedures. Completely updated content mirrors the revisions in the latest edition of Lewis’s Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems. Organized alphabetically for quick reference, it includes a variety of full-color illustrations and summary tables, as well as a handy reference appendix with laboratory values, Spanish translations of key phrases, and other information commonly used in nursing practice.

Key Features
- Part One: Disorders offers practical information in a consistent format: Definitions and Descriptions, Pathophysiology, Clinical Manifestations, Complications, Diagnostic Studies, Interprofessional Care and Drug Therapy, and Nursing Management.
- Treatments and Procedures section summarizes need-to-know content about common medical-surgical treatments and procedures such as basic life support, enteral nutrition, and artificial airway management.
- Patient and caregiver teaching content is highlighted with a special icon to identify appropriate information to share with patients and caregivers about the care of various conditions.
- Cross-references to the main text direct you to more in-depth information.
- Handy reference appendix contains information frequently used in nursing practice, including laboratory values, commonly used formulas, Spanish translations of key phrases, and much more.

New to This Edition
- Updated content reflects the revisions and updates in the Lewis's Medical-Surgical Nursing, 12th Edition text.

Content licensed from printed edition ISBN-13: 9780323792431
Content licensed from printed edition ISBN-10: 032379243X

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Author(s): Debra Hagler, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, CNE, CHSE, ANEF, FAAN, Mariann M. Harding, PhD, RN, CNE, FAADN, Jeffrey Kwong, DNP, MPH, AGPCNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN and Courtney Reinisch, RN, DNP, FNP-BC
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences Company

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- A new section discussing the unique anesthetic considerations in cats and their clinical applications
- The latest information on local anesthesia drugs and techniques
- Expanded coverage of post-anesthetic care, monitoring and analgesic considerations

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