CHAPTER 16 Common Endocrine Disorders: Diseases of the Adrenal, Thyroid, and Parathyroid Glands Margaret Donat, MD THE ADRENAL GLANDS The adrenal glands are very small organs with complex…
CHAPTER 67 Prostatic Hyperplasia and Male Genital Cancers Renee McLeod-Sordjan, DNP, FNP-BC, Acute Care-BC The clinical recognition and evaluation of male genitourinary cancer requiring referral from primary care to…
UNIT XII: REPRODUCTIVE CONDITIONS CHAPTER 63 Breast Cancer: Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment Una T. Hopkins, DNP, RN, FNP-BC The primary care provider (PCP) is the first line of proactive…
CHAPTER 43 Low Back Pain Stephen A. Ferrara, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, FAANP Low back pain (LBP) is one of the leading reasons for primary care visits. The prognosis of…
UNIT IV: ENDOCRINE CONDITIONS CHAPTER 15 Diabetes Mellitus Carol Green-Hernandez, PhD, ARNP, FNP-BC, FNS • Rochelle F. Rubin, PharmD, BCPS Diabetes mellitus is a disorder of endocrine function that…
CHAPTER 21 Gastroenterologic Cancers Catherine M. Concert, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, AOCNP, NE-BC, CGRN Cancers of the gastrointestinal (GI) system (Figure 21.1) are malignancies that include the esophagus, stomach, small…
CHAPTER 35 Myeloproliferative and Myelodysplastic Disorders in Primary Care Sarah M. Colson, MSN, APRN, NP-C Myeloproliferative disorders (MPDs), also identified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as myeloproliferative neoplasms…
CHAPTER 12 Peripheral Vascular Diseases Jason T. Slyer, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, CHFN, FNAP • Nancy E. Iankowitz, DNP, RN, FNP-BC Peripheral vascular diseases (PVDs) encompass a variety of vascular…
CHAPTER 10 Heart Failure Judy Cheng, PharmD, MPH, BCPS, FCCP • Jason T. Slyer, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, CHFN, FNAP Heart failure is a public health problem of enormous and…
