Includes index.

Contents: A: Acquired immunodefeciency Syndrome (HIV) -- Acute respiratory distress syndrome -- Addison's disease (primary adrenocortal insufficienciency) -- Alzheimer's disease -- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- Anaphylaxis -- Anemia -- Anemia aplastic -- Anemia, iron-deficiency -- Anemia, megaloblastic (vitamin B12 and folic acid deficiency) -- Anemia, sickle cell -- Aneurysm, aortic -- Aneurysm intracranial -- Angina pectoris -- Aortic stenosis -- Appendicitis -- Arterial embolism and arterial thrombosis -- Arteriosclerosis and atherosclerosis -- Arthritis, rheumatoid -- Asthma -- Asthma: Status asthmaticus -- B: Back pain, low -- Bell's palsy -- Benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostatectomy -- Bone tumors -- Bowel obstruction, large -- Bowel obstruction, small -- Brain abcess -- Brain tumors -- Bronchitis, chronic -- Buerger's disease (thromboangitis obliterans) -- Burn injury -- C: Cancer of the bladder -- Cancer of the breast -- Cancer of the cervix -- Cancer of the colon and rectum (colorectal cancer) -- Cancer of the endometrium -- Cancer of the esophagus -- Cancer of the kidneys (renal tumors) -- Cancer of the larynx -- Cancer of the liver -- Cancer of the lung (bronchogenic carcinoma) -- Cancer of the oral cavity -- Cancer of the ovary -- Cancer of the pancreas -- Cancer of the prostate -- Cancer of the skin (malignant melanoma) -- Cancer of the stomach (gastric cancer) -- Cancer of the testis -- Cancer of the thyroid -- Cancer of the vagina -- Cancer of the vulva -- Cardiac arrest -- Caediomyopathies -- Cataract -- Cerebral vascular accident (ischemic stroke) -- Cholelithiasis (and cholecystitis) -- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) -- Cirrhosis, hepatic -- Constipation -- Contact dermatitis -- Coronary atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease -- Cushings syndrome -- Cystitis (lower urinary tract infection) -- D: Diabetes insipidus -- Diabetes mellitus -- Diabetic ketoacidosis -- Diarrhea -- Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy -- Diverticular disorders -- E: Emphysema, pulmonary -- Empyema -- Endocarditis, infective -- Endocardiatis, rheumatic -- Endometriosis -- Epididymis -- Epilepsies -- Epistaxis -- (nosebleed) -- Esophageal varices, bleeding -- F: Fractures -- G: Gastritis -- Glaucoma -- Glomerulonephritis, acute -- Glomerulonephritis, chronic -- Gout - Guillain-barre syndrome (polyradiculoneuritis) -- H: Headache -- Head injury (brain injury) -- Heart failure (cor pulmonale) -- Hemophilia -- Hepatic encephalopathy and hepatic coma -- Hepatic failure, fulminant -- Hepatitis, viral: Types A, B, C, D, E, and G -- Hiatal hernia -- Hodgkins disease -- Hyperglycemic hyperosmolar nonketotic syndrome (HHNKS) -- Hypertension (and hypertensive crisis) -- Hyperthyroidism (graves' disease) -- Hypoglycemia (insulin reaction) -- Hypoparathyroidism -- Hypopituitarism -- Hypothyroidism and myxedema -- I: Idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura -- Impetigo -- Increased intracranial pressure -- Influenza -- K: Kaposi's sarcoma -- L: Leukemia -- Leukemia, lymphocytic, acute -- Leukemia, lymphocytic, chronic -- Leukemia, myeloid, acute -- Leukemia, myelogenous, chronic -- Lung abscess -- Lymphedema and elephantiasis -- M: Mastoiditis and mastoid surgery -- Meniere's disease -- Menningitis -- Mitral regurgitation (insufficiency) -- Mitral stenosis -- Mitral valve prolapse -- Multiple myeloma -- Multiple sclerosis -- Muscular dystrophies -- Musculoskeletal trauma (contusions, strains, sprains, and joint dislocations) -- Myasthenia gravis -- Myocardial infarction -- Myocarditis -- N: Nephrotic syndrome -- O: Obesity, morbid -- Osteoarthritis (degenerative joint disease) -- osteomalacia -- Osteomyelitis -- Osteoporosis -- Otitis media, acute -- Otitis media, chronic -- P: Pancreatitis, acute -- Pancreatitis, chronic -- Parkinson's disease -- Pelvic infection (pelvic inflammatory disease) -- Pemphigus -- Peptic ulcer -- Pericarditis (cardiac tamponade) -- Perioperative nursing management -- Peripheral arterial occulsive disease -- Peritonitis -- Pharyngitis, acute -- Pharyngitis, chronic -- Pheochromocytoma -- Pituitary tumors -- Pleural effusion -- Pleurisy -- Pneumonia -- Pneumothorax and hemothorax -- Polycythemia -- Prostatitis -- Pruritus -- Psoriasis -- pulmonary edema, acute -- Pulmonary embolism -- Pulmonary heart disease (cor pulmonale) -- Pulmonary hypertension -- Pyelonephritis, acute -- Pyelonephritis, chronic -- R: Raynaud's disease -- Regional enteritis (crohn's disease) -- Renal failure, acute -- Renal failure, chronic (end-stage renal disease) -- S: Seborrheic dermatoses -- Shock, cardiogenic -- Shock, hypovolemic -- Shock, septic -- Spinal cord injury -- Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion -- Systematic lupus erythematosus -- T: Thrombocytopenia -- Thyroiditis, acute -- Thyroiditis, chronic (hashimoto's thyroiditis) -- Thyroid storm (thyrotoxic crisis) -- Toxic epidermal necrolysis and stevens-johnson syndrome -- Transient ischemic attack -- Trigeminal neuralgia (tic douloureux) -- Tuberculosis, pulmonary -- U: Ulcerative colitis -- Unconscious patient -- Urolithiasis -- V: Vein disorders.