Nursing Clinics of North AmericaSeale, D.D.& Beaver, B.M. (1992) Pathophysiology of Lung Cancer. Nursing Clinics of North America, 27(3), 603-613.Seale, D.D.& Beaver, B.M. (1992). Pathophysiology of lung cancer. Nursing Clinics of North America, 27(3), 603-613....
B, Transverse thin-section computed tomographic scan of a 76-year-old man, 21 days after symptom onset, showing bilateral and peripheral predominant consolidation, ground-glass with reticulation, and bronchodilatation. C, Pathological manifestations of lung tissue in a patient with severe pneumonia ...
Single pneumonia affects one lung wing and double pneumonia both lung wings; triple pneumonia is pneumonia in both lungs that was already cured, but it recurred Perihilar pneumonia affects the part of a lung around the hilus Basilar pneumonia affects the bottom parts of the lung. Bronchiolitis ...
Explain what a pneumothorax is and why the lung collapsed. Explain what pathological changes the histological analysis would be expected to show in a patient with lung cancer. In detail, explain the terms 'primary adrenal insufficiency' and 'secondary adrenal ...
Other less common locations include lung, bone, brain, pleura, and lymph nodes [19]. The most frequent cancers associated with GISTs are gastrointestinal carcinomas, followed by extra-intestinal tumors. These include lymphoma/leukemia, as well as carcinomas of the prostate, breast, kidney, lung,...
[61] discussed in a widespread manner how zinc is an important metal as a possible preventive and therapeutic agent in pancreatic, prostate, and breast cancer in humans. As summary of this part, the body zinc level in humans as well as zinc intake with nutrition, are receiving increasing ...
1) clinical manifestations vary depending on size and where lodges; 2) large may block pulmonary artery and obstruct flow to lungs; 3) lung not infarcted due to collateral blood flow from bronchial arteries; 4) cyanosis and shortness of breath due to inadequate oxygenation of blood. ...
[42]. It has been shown that patients with inoperable non-small cell lung cancer had at least 5 % weight loss and almost 80 % an elevated CRP levels [43]. In patients without weight loss, those who displayed evidence of a systemic inflammatory response reported more fatigue (P< 0.05) [...
The understanding of hyponatremic disorders requires a knowledge of normal water balance and how this relates to the maintenance of normal sodium concentrations despite large variations of water intake. This chapter thus reviews the physiology of water homeostasis and describes the components of the nor...