Pathophysiology: Functional Alterations in Human Health » (1st Edition)

This pathophysiology text offers a unique conceptual approach that facilitates learning by viewing pathophysiology as health care professionals do. Students will learn about general mechanisms of disease or alterations in human function—such as immune alterations or altered nutrition—and apply these processes to specific conditions.

Chapters focus on fifteen core concepts of altered human function, selected by analyzing and clustering health conditions with high prevalence, incidence, and severity. Unlike a traditional systems-based approach, this novel approach shows how most diseases involve multiple body systems.

A bound-in CD-ROM includes animations and an interactive game. Faculty resources include lesson plans, PowerPoint slides, additional case studies, and student assignment worksheets.

Chapter 1: Introduction to Pathophysiology

Chapter 2: Basic Alterations in Cells and Tissues

Chapter 3: Inflammation and Tissue Repair

Chapter 4: Altered Immunity

Chapter 5: Infection

Chapter 6: Genetic and Developmental Disorders

Chapter 7: Altered Cellular Proliferation and Differentiation

Chapter 8: Altered Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid and Base Balance

Chapter 9: Altered Neuronal Transmission

Chapter 10: Altered Sensory Function and Pain Perception

Chapter 11: Altered Hormonal and Metabolic Processes

Chapter 12: Altered Ventilation and Diffusion

Chapter 13: Altered Perfusion

Chapter 14: Altered Nutrition

Chapter 15: Altered Elimination

Chapter 16: Degenerative Changes in Aging

Chapter 17: Combining Complex Pathophysiologic Concepts: Diabetes Mellitus