Contents Part I: Introduction -- A life-course perspective for women's health care / Calvin J. Hobel and Joseph C. Gambone -- Clinical approach to the patient / Joseph C. Gambone -- Female reproductive anatomy and embryology / Joseph C. Gambone -- Female reprodutive physiology / Joseph C. Gambone. Part II: Obstetrics -- Endocrinology of pregnancy and parturition / Joseph C. Gambone and Calvin …
Contents The development and anatomy of the female sexual organs and pelvis -- Gynaecological history, examination and investigations -- Hormonal control of the menstrual cycle and hormonal disorders -- Disorders of menstrual bleeding -- Implantation and early pregnancy -- Contraception -- Sub-fertility -- The menopause and post reproductive health -- Genitourinary problems -- Urogynaecology an…
Contents Fundamentals -- Infection control-- Medication administration -- Intravascular therapy -- Cardiovascular care -- Pulmonary care -- Neurologic care -- Gastrointestinal care -- Renal and urologic care -- Musculoskeletal care -- Skin care -- Endocrine and hematologic care. Abstract Procedures and Protocols is designed to help nurses react to clinical situations appropriately with littl…
Contents Section 1: General principles. What is pharmacology? -- How drugs act: general principles -- How drugs act: molecular aspects -- How drugs act: cellular aspects excitation, contraction and secretion -- Biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy -- Cell proliferation, apoptosis, repair and regeneration -- Cellular mechanisms: host defence -- Method and measurement in pharmacology -- Absorption…
Contents V. 1. Organization, support and movement and control systems of the human body -- v. 2. Maintenance and continuity of the human body. Abstract The authors maintained a balance between structure and function and continue to emphasize the correlations between normal physiology and pathophysiology, normal anatomy and pathology, and homeostasis and homeostatic imbalances. The acclaimed il…