Sourcebook for Medical Speech Pathology

by Golper, Lee Ann C., Ph.D.

• ISBN13: 9781565938618
• ISBN10: 1565938615
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Spiral Bound
• Copyright: 1997-11-01
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

Updated and revised edition of an invaluable reference text of terminology and medical procedures in speech pathology. Includes new terminology, abbreviations, and diagnostic tests. Terminology is well-organized and clearly presented according to the specialty area in which it is likely to be encountered. Includes current information on documentation procedures consistent with new models of service delivery.TEXTBOOK

Table of Contents

FOREWORD	vii	(2)
Robert T. Wertz, Ph.D.
PREFACE	ix	(4)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	xiii
Chapter 1 Medical Speech Pathology	1	(32)
Chapter 2 Communicating Information and Record-Keeping	33	(30)
Chapter 3 Vital Signs and the Physical Examination	63	(48)
Chapter 4 Mental Status and the Neurological Examination	111	(54)
Chapter 5 Nutrition, Hydration, and Swallowing	165	(38)
Chapter 6 Infectious Diseases and Infection Controls	203	(20)
Chapter 7 Cardiac, Pulmonary, and Hematologic Functions	223	(50)
Chapter 8 Imaging Studies and Radiologic Oncology	273	(22)
Chapter 9 Neurologic and Psychiatric Disorders	295	(44)
Chapter 10 Acute and Critical Illnesses	339	(14)
Chapter 11 Oncology and Chemotherapy	353	(22)
Chapter 12 Surgeries and Other Procedures	375	(30)
Appendix A Anatomical Figures	405	(10)
Appendix B Terminology and Abbreviations Used in Rehabilitation Medicine	415	(6)
Appendix C Selected Normal Laboratory Values and Ranges	421	(6)
General Text and Appendix References	427	(2)
Index	429