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Everything you must find out about Pathophysiology… at a Glance!
From the publishers of the market-leading at a Glance sequence, and from the authors of the winning Fundamentals of utilized Pathophysiology textbook comes the precise revision consultant for all of the key illnesses and stipulations that nursing and healthcare scholars must be conscious of. Combining extraordinary illustrations with obtainable and informative textual content, this booklet is ideal for all nursing and healthcare scholars, and someone who's searching for an summary of pathophysiology.
Pathophysiology for Nurses at a Glance covers all of the key ailments and ailment tactics affecting each one physique procedure, and key ideas encountered from the beginning of the pre-registration nursing or healthcare course.
Key features:
- Superbly illustrated, with complete color illustrations throughout
- Written in particular for nursing and healthcare scholars with all of the info they need
- Self-assessment questions supplied for every chapter
Pathophysiology for Nurses at a Glance is perfect for nursing and healthcare scholars in addition to certified practitioners, delivering a complete but obtainable evaluate of human pathophysiology.
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The best way to prevent meningitis is by ensuring vaccinations are up to date. Children in the UK should receive the available vaccines as part of the childhood vaccination programme. 1). They protect the brain by housing a fluid‐filled space, and they function as a framework for blood vessels. The meninges have three layers: the dura mater, the arachnoid mater and the pia mater. The arachnoid mater is attached to the pia mater by arachnoid trabeculae, which are web‐like matrices of connective tissue.
Other causes of shock include, poor cardiac output as is the case in massive myocardial infarction, ruptured aortic valve or massive pulmonary embolism, septic shock and acute pancreatitis, leading to a fall in vascular resistance and high transection of the spine or a high spinal anaesthetic. A healthy adult can endure the loss of half a litre from a circulation of approximately five litres without adverse effect; larger v�olumes and rapid loss, however, result in progressively greater problems.
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