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Pathophysiology
Succeed in your pathophysiology text with this 9th edition of
Porth’s
Pathophysiology:ConceptsofAlteredHealthStates
.Captivatingand
easy-tounderstand, thisprovenbookprovidescomprehensive, nursing-
focused coverage designed to help you grasp both the physical and
psychological aspectsof alteredhealth.
Features
•
NEW!Advanced3Dnarratedanimations
address themost
clinically relevant anddifficult tounderstanddisorders (one for each
system) and the twomost essential systemsdisorders.
•
NEW!
Fourteenengaging, unit-opening
case studies
put a real face
onpathophysiologyand focuson relating the clinical presentation
to theunderlyingpathophysiology.
•
NEW!
The
revampedartprogram
featuresover 600 illustrations
that areeither new, or havebeenextensivelymodifiedandnew
clinicalmanifestationfigures for selecteddisorders.
•
NEW!
Chapter-ending
reviewexercises
reinforce student’s
understandingof chapter content.
•
NEW! Student-friendlypresentation
includes concepts that
buildononeanother,wordsdefinedas content is presented, and
concepts fromphysiology, biochemistry, physics, andother sciences
reviewedalong theway.
•
NEW!
“Chunked”
content encourages students topauseand
review salient points using theeasily-identified section-opening
Objectives and section-endingSummaries.
•
NEW! KeyConceptsBoxes
help readers retainandutilize
text informationbyprovidingamechanism to incorporate text
information intoa larger conceptual unit, asopposed tomemorizing
a stringof relatedandunrelated facts.
•
NEW!
Helpful listsof common suffixes andprefixes, normal
laboratoryvalues inboth conventional andSI units, anda
comprehensiveglossaryareprovided for quick reference.
• Prepareyour students for clinical practicewith theunparalleled
coverageof diseaseprocesses thatmake this text themost
comprehensivepathophysiology text available.
• Increaseyour students’ understandingof key conceptswith the
updatedand revised full-color art program that illustrates the
clinicalmanifestationsof diseases anddiseaseprocesses.
• Helpyour studentfind the information theyneed fastwith
thebook’s consistent presentationof eachdiseasewith
pathophysiology, clinicalmanifestations, andevaluationand
treatment.
Table of Contents
Unit1:
ConceptsofHealthand
Disease
Unit2:
Cell FunctionandGrowth
Unit3:
Disordersof Integrative
Function
Unit4:
Infection, Inflammation, and
Immunity
Unit5:
DisordersofNeural Functions
Unit6:
DisordersofSpecial Sensory
function
Unit7:
Disordersof the
Hematopoietics system
Unit8:
DisordersofCardiovascular
Function
Unit9:
Disordersof Respiratory
Function
Unit10:
Disordersof Renal Function
andFluids&Electrolytes
Unit11:
DisordersofGastrointestinal
Function
Unit12:
Disordersof Endocrine
Function
Unit13:
DisordersofGenitourinary
andReproductiveFunction
Abridged tofit…
Porth’sPathophysiology:ConceptsofAlteredHealthStates,
NinthEdition, International Edition
SheilaGrossman
978-1-4511-4599-1 •October2013 •Hardbound •8.375” x10.875” • 1280pp. •637 Illus. •88Tables
978-1-4511-4600-4 •NorthAmericanEdition:Available inUS,Canada,Australia,NewZealand, PuertoRicoandUSVirgin Islandsonly
StudyGuide forPorth’sPathophysiology:
ConceptsofAlteredHealthStates,NinthEdition
SheilaGrossman
978-1-4511-8272-9 •September2013 •Softbound •8.375”x10.875” •416pp.