Pathophysiology The Essentials 4/E 2014
Author(s): Helmut Rennke MD , Bradley M Denker MD
◾Edition: Fourth
◾Product Format: Softbound
◾ISBN: 9781451173383
◾Trim Size: 6 x 9
◾Pages: 392
◾Pub Date: Aug 19, 2013
◾Weight: 1.0
This text offers medical students a case-based approach to learning the mechanisms of renal disease. Each chapter covers a disease, beginning with a patient case and followed by a discussion of the pathophysiology of the disease. Issues of differential diagnosis and therapy are linked to pathophysiologic mechanisms. Short questions interspersed throughout the text require students to apply their knowledge. Detailed answers to the questions are included.
Chapter-opening Case Presentation (with summary and case discussion at end of chapter)
Chapter-opening objectives
Integrated open-ended questions within text (with detailed answers at the end of the chapter)
End-of-chaptersummaries
Suggested readings
Interactive online questions
New to this edition:
◾Full-color artwork and design
◾New color photomicrographs of clinical conditions
◾Additional end-of-chapter summaries
◾Up-to-date information based on new medical findings