Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology: Essentials for Clinical Practice

Editor: Nancy C. Tkacs PhD RN

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

Dimensions: 8.5 x 1.5 x 10.75 inches

ISBN-10: 826177077

ISBN-13: 978-0826177070

Publication Date: March 31, 2020

Print Length: 840 pages

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This advanced physiology and pathophysiology text is specifically designed for future healthcare providers who will diagnose, manage, and prescribe. Focusing on practical applications of physiology, it facilitates in-depth understanding of important pathophysiological concepts as they relate to major disorders commonly seen in clinical practice and includes comprehensive pediatric and geriatric considerations.

The author team, including experienced clinicians and educators such as nurses and nurse practitioners, physician assistants, doctors of pharmacy, physicians, and basic scientists, has produced a text that carefully details and richly illustrates the cellular structure and function of each organ system and mechanisms of associated major clinical disorders. Uniquely interweaving aspects of organ function during healthy states with disease-associated changes, the text emphasizes and extends the basic science foundation to practical clinical applications.

The text promotes a deep understanding of cellular function in health and disease that provides the bedrock knowledge required to master pharmacology for prescriptive practice. Equally important, the solid foundation of applied pathophysiological mechanisms offered in this text prepares the student clinician to care for patients with a broad variety of disorders.

This resource not only provides a deep dive into pathophysiology but also examines why patients often present with particular symptoms, the rationale for ordering specific diagnostic tests and interpretation of results, and common management strategies that proceed from the underlying pathophysiology.