Textbook of Pathology and Genetics for Nurses

PART 1

Pathology

1 PATHOLOGY-INTRODUCTION AND BASIC TECHNIQUES.................................3

2 CELLULAR ADAPTATIONS, CELL INJURY, AND CELL DEATH......................11

3 ACUTE AND CHRONIC INFLAMMATION.....................................31

4 HEALING, REGENERATION, AND REPAIR....................................................52

5 HEMODYNAMIC DISTURBANCES AND THROMBOSIS.........................................64

6 CELLULAR GROWTH AND NEOPLASIA.............................................83

7 INFECTIONS............................................97

8 RESPIRATORY TRACT............................122

9 BLOOD VESSELS AND HEART...............139

10 THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT..........162

11 DISEASES OF THE HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM AND PANCREAS......................179

12 MALE GENITAL TRACT..........................200

13 FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM....................207

14 THE KIDNEY AND LOWER URINARY TRACT...................................219

15 THE BREAST.........................................242

16 THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.........250

17 MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM................262

18 BASIC HEMATOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES........................................281

19 DISORDERS OF RED BLOOD CELLS......294

20 DISORDERS OF WHITE BLOOD CELLS....................................................305

21 HEMOSTASIS AND DISORDERS OF COAGULATION.....................................310

22 BONE MARROW EXAMINATION...........317

23 BLOOD BANKING.................................321

24 BLOOD CHEMISTRY..............................328

25 SEROLOGICAL TESTS............................333

26 BLOOD CULTURE.................................340

27 CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION......................................343

28 PLEURAL AND PERITONEAL FLUID EXAMINATION......................................347

29 GASTRIC AND DUODENAL CONTENTS EXAMINATION......................................350

30 SEMEN EXAMINATION..........................353

31 URINE EXAMINATION...........................356

32 CYTOLOGY............................................362

33 STOOL EXAMINATION..........................366

PART 2

Genetics

34 GENETICS.............................................370

35 MATERNAL, PRENATAL, AND GENETIC INFLUENCES ON DEVELOPMENT OF DEFECTS AND DISEASES.......................398

36 GENETIC TESTING IN NEONATES AND CHILDREN....................................409

37 GENETIC CONDITIONS OF ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS................413

38 SERVICES RELATED TO GENETICS........422

INDEX..........................................................433