Description

Get familiar with the basic ideas of pathophysiology and keep updated on the latest scientific findings, drugs, and diseases.

Our guide is full of specific and detailed information that will be key to passing your exam. Concepts and principles aren't simply named or described in passing but explain in detail.

If you are as yet picking up Nursing, Pathophysiology will assist you with acing complex subjects in minutes with unique components found all through the content to make it straightforward and recollect key focuses and data

Inside this guide, you will learn:

• Pathophysiology basics - cellular structure; how cells reproduce, age, and die; adaptive cell changes; the concept of homeostasis and how it affects the body; the causes of disease; and the disease development process

• Infection, cancer, and genetics - the body's defense mechanisms against infection, types of infective microorganisms and how they invade the body, common infectious disease pathophysiology, classifications of cancer, warning signs of cancer, the cancer metastasis process, the role of genes and chromosomes, how cells divide, and genetic abnormalities

• Cancer as it affects individual body systems - cardiovascular, respiratory, neurologic, gastrointestinal, endocrine, renal system, hematologic, immune, integumentary, sensory, and reproductive system.

This unique pathophysiology study guide is laid out in a logical and organized fashion so that one section naturally flows from the one preceding it. Because it's written with an eye for both technical accuracy and accessibility, you will not have to worry about getting lost in dense academic language.