KEY FEATURES:
– Accessible presentation in which the understanding is constructed from the basic concepts to the most advanced concepts, with the definition of key terms as the work progresses.
– Sequential and block content that allows students to stay focused on the most important information and helps them review the highlights efficiently.
– Case studies that open each of the different units and put a real and practical face to the pathophysiology.
– About 1000 full-color images detail the clinical manifestations of diseases and pathological processes.
– Each chapter opens with learning objectives and closes with summaries of what has been learned, along with review exercises.
– Understanding boxes that divide the physiological processes sequentially, which provides an idea of the many options that exist for the disease to interrupt the processes.
– Boxes with key ideas and concepts.
– Review exercises at the end of each chapter, which test student retention and identify areas for further study.
– References for quick and efficient access to normal laboratory values.
– Full glossary.
– Animations narrated and in 3D (online) that help to master the most complicated and relevant clinical aspects and thus understand the diseases.
– NEW! Updated with the many technological advances that allow health care providers to diagnose earlier and more accurately.
– NEW! “Conceptual domain alerts” in which they explain topics that students may find confusing.
– NEW! Tables with pediatric considerations and geriatric considerations in each chapter specifying how the content of the chapter is applied to these two special populations.
– NEW! Extension of the content on nutrition; sleep disorders; pediatrics; gerontology; and mood disorders.
– NEW! Advances in medical care are presented through the inclusion of international studies, guidelines of the World Health Organization, updated standards and health variants of various populations.
– NEW! eBook included with the acquisition of the printed work.
