Essentials of Pathophysiology: Concepts of Altered Health States 3rd Edition by Carol Porth describes important ideas of disease processes and altered health states. This text is ideal for both discrete and integrated pathophysiology courses.
The third edition continues to build on the extremely profitable art program and the 'Understanding' characteristic and has an much more sturdy digital support ancillary program to make each school and student learning simpler and extra successful. In line with the writer, a serious emphasis in the preparation of this handbook was to relate normal physique functioning to the physiologic changes that occur in disease manufacturing and as a result of disease, as well as the physique's skill to compensate for these changes.
The approach used by the author, integrates the entire points of the individual cells and organs of the human body into a total purposeful entire that can be used to elucidate both the physical and psychological aspects of altered health. The aims of the book are extremely worthy and they are achieved. The audience is undergraduate students in the health professions and is particularly suited for nursing students.
The book is split into 44 chapters and consists of an extensive glossary of terms pertinent to physiology, selected laboratory parameters, and Internet links. The material is logically offered as ideas which build upon each other with frequent examples built-in throughout. Shade-coded summaries assist the reader deal with the key issues and specially designed icons highlight patient populations including children, the elderly and pregnant women.
A CD-ROM that facilitates interactive learning is included with the book. The CD-ROM includes review questions for the material on the cell cycle, congestive heart failure, hypertension, the immune system, nerve synapse, and stroke. Also included with the book and CD-ROM is access to a free companion Web site with a student resource center and a faculty resource center.
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