Renal Pathophysiology The Essentials
Author(s): Helmut G Rennke MD , Bradley M Denker MD
Format: Book
Edition: Third
ISBN/ISSN: 9780781799959
2010
Description
This text offers medical students a case-based approach to learning mechanisms of renal disease. Each chapter covers a disease and begins with a patient case, followed by discussion of the pathophysiology of the disease. Issues of differential diagnosis and therapy are linked to pathophysiologic mechanisms. Short questions interspersed in the text require students to apply their knowledge, and detailed answers to the questions are given. This edition includes a full-color insert and an appendix of normal lab values.
Features
--NEW! 8-page full-color insert included in text
--NEW! A companion website features fully searchable text
--Cases provided at the beginning of each chapter
--Differential diagnoses and therapy emphasized throughout
--Objectives, summaries, case discussions, recall questions and answers and suggested readings included in each chapter
--Short questions interspersed throughout text to promote understanding of material