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Stedman's medical dictionary for the health professions and nursing.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005.Edition: Illustrated 5th editionDescription: xxxii, 1597, 557 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm + 2 CD-ROMs (4 3/4 in)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0781744261
  • 9780781744263
  • 0781791634
  • 9780781791632
  • 078176212X
  • 9780781762120
Other title:
  • Medical dictionary for the health professions and nursing
Uniform titles:
  • Stedman's concise medical dictionary for the health professions
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 610/.3 22
NLM classification:
  • 2005 A-290
  • W 13
Contents:
Adverse drug effects during pregnancy -- Anatomy words (English and Latin) -- Arterial blood gas normal values -- Arteries of the human body -- Assessment guide : medications -- Biographic appendix -- Blood groups -- Body mass index table (high range) -- Body mass index table -- Canada's food guide to healthy eating -- Canadian recommended nutrition intakes -- Choosing the route of nutrition support in adults : a clinical decision algorithm -- Classic textbook method of blood gas interpretation -- Classification of overweight and obesity in adults according to BMI -- Classification and therapeutic uses of drugs -- Common abbreviations used in medication orders -- Common medical abbreviations and acronyms -- Common questions about infection surveillance, prevention, and control -- Common tests with descriptions -- Common types of drug preparations -- Commonly prescribed drugs and their applications -- Conversion factors between traditional and SI units -- Development milestones from birth to 5 years -- Diagnosis-related groups -- Dietary reference intakes : recommended intakes for individuals -- DuBois body surface area chart : estimating body surface area of adults and children -- Formulas for computing drug dosages -- Gauging healthy weight : the body mass index -- Glasgow coma scale -- Guideline for hand hygiene in healthcare setting.
Herbs : scientific names/common names, common names/scientific names -- Infection control and the dental office : a checklist -- Internation dietary guidelines -- Laboratory reference range values -- Laboratory tests -- Levels of Alzheimer disease -- Mechanical ventilation criteria in respiratory care -- Medical prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms -- Muscles of the human body -- NANDA -- Nerves of the human body -- NIC -- NOC -- Normal range of motion (in degrees) -- Overview of major nursing theories -- Overweight and obesity : health consequences -- Pain glossary -- Pain management techniques -- Poisonous plants -- Professional organizations -- Professional titles, degrees, and certificates -- Profiles of common medical conditions -- Radiographic anatomy and positioning -- Recommended immunizations -- Regulating IV flow rate -- Routes for administering drugs -- Spanish-English medical phrases -- Steps for implementation of NIC in a clinical practice setting -- Symbols -- Table of ligaments and tendons -- Temperature equivalents -- The food guide pyramid : a guide to daily food choices -- U.S. Department of State-affiliated overseas educational advisory centers, including offices of the Fulbright Commission -- Weights and measures -- West nomogram : estimating body surface area of infants and young children.
Summary: CD-ROM includes all the feature of the print edition plus audio pronunciations for over 48,000 entries to help to master any term.
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Texts - cam Texts - cam TNU, Faculty of Nursing and Health Science General stacks 610.3 STE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available does not include CD-ROMs FNHS25010057

Revised edition of: Stedman's concise medical dictionary for the health professions. 4th ed. 2001.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Adverse drug effects during pregnancy -- Anatomy words (English and Latin) -- Arterial blood gas normal values -- Arteries of the human body -- Assessment guide : medications -- Biographic appendix -- Blood groups -- Body mass index table (high range) -- Body mass index table -- Canada's food guide to healthy eating -- Canadian recommended nutrition intakes -- Choosing the route of nutrition support in adults : a clinical decision algorithm -- Classic textbook method of blood gas interpretation -- Classification of overweight and obesity in adults according to BMI -- Classification and therapeutic uses of drugs -- Common abbreviations used in medication orders -- Common medical abbreviations and acronyms -- Common questions about infection surveillance, prevention, and control -- Common tests with descriptions -- Common types of drug preparations -- Commonly prescribed drugs and their applications -- Conversion factors between traditional and SI units -- Development milestones from birth to 5 years -- Diagnosis-related groups -- Dietary reference intakes : recommended intakes for individuals -- DuBois body surface area chart : estimating body surface area of adults and children -- Formulas for computing drug dosages -- Gauging healthy weight : the body mass index -- Glasgow coma scale -- Guideline for hand hygiene in healthcare setting.

Herbs : scientific names/common names, common names/scientific names -- Infection control and the dental office : a checklist -- Internation dietary guidelines -- Laboratory reference range values -- Laboratory tests -- Levels of Alzheimer disease -- Mechanical ventilation criteria in respiratory care -- Medical prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms -- Muscles of the human body -- NANDA -- Nerves of the human body -- NIC -- NOC -- Normal range of motion (in degrees) -- Overview of major nursing theories -- Overweight and obesity : health consequences -- Pain glossary -- Pain management techniques -- Poisonous plants -- Professional organizations -- Professional titles, degrees, and certificates -- Profiles of common medical conditions -- Radiographic anatomy and positioning -- Recommended immunizations -- Regulating IV flow rate -- Routes for administering drugs -- Spanish-English medical phrases -- Steps for implementation of NIC in a clinical practice setting -- Symbols -- Table of ligaments and tendons -- Temperature equivalents -- The food guide pyramid : a guide to daily food choices -- U.S. Department of State-affiliated overseas educational advisory centers, including offices of the Fulbright Commission -- Weights and measures -- West nomogram : estimating body surface area of infants and young children.

CD-ROM includes all the feature of the print edition plus audio pronunciations for over 48,000 entries to help to master any term.

System requirement for accompanying CD-ROM: Windows 98, 2000/NT/XP.

System requirement for accompanying CD-ROM: Macintosh OS 8.5 or higher.

System requirement for accompanying DVD: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP.

System requirement for accompanying DVD: Mac OS 8.6-9.2, OS 10 with "classic environment."

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