Atlas of Pathophysiology - Couverture rigide

Anatomical Chart Company

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1605471526 ISBN 13 : 9781605471525

Editeur : Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2009

Synopsis

Featuring 450 large full-color illustrations, this comprehensive atlas shows how more than 200 disorders can disrupt the human body's equilibrium. It is designed to help healthcare professionals visualize disease processes, understand the rationales for clinical interventions, and explain to patients how diseases develop and progress.
Introductory chapters illustrate basic pathophysiologic concepts including cells, cancer, infection, genetics, and fluids and electrolytes. Twelve chapters organized by body system cover all major diseases, with illustrations, charts, and brief text on causes, pathophysiology, signs, symptoms, diagnostic tests, and treatment.
This Third Edition includes eight new disease entries and updated information throughout. A new icon, Complications, highlights the typical progression of untreated disease.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

"The ACC Atlas of Pathophysiology, Third Edition", is a full-color, comprehensive atlas that shows - in 450 brilliant Anatomical Chart Company illustrations - how more than 200 disorders can disrupt the human body's equilibrium. Brief textual information and charts cover causes, pathophysiology, signs, symptoms, diagnostic test results, and treatment options. The atlas also includes highly illustrated introductory chapters on basic concepts in pathophysiology: cellular homeostasis and the disease process, cancer, infection, genetic disorders, fluid and electrolyte disorders, and more. It is designed to help health care professionals understand the rationales for prevention and therapy and to act as a teaching tool for explaining to patients how diseases develop and progress.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1605471526
• ISBN 13: 9781605471525
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 464
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible