Current, reliable, and packed with vital information ... Professional Guide to Pathophysiology, 3rd edition, is every practitioner's dream to simplified disease management. With its crystal-clear text and stunning anatomical illustrations, you'll be able to easily visualize and understand the way diseases develop, manifest, and progress as well as how they can be prevented and successfully blocked. Learn what patient signs and symptoms signify, why certain tests are in order, and why specific treatments simply work.
• Complete coverage of over 400 disorders across all body systems
• Succinct summary of 100 less common disorders
• All illustrations and photo's now vividly colorized
• Prevention sidebars covering health promotion and disease prevention
• Latest findings and treatments on such disorders as swine flu, cancer, diabetes and pressure ulcers
• Helpful graphic icons highlighting clinical alerts, disease blocks, genetic links, multisystem disorders and life threatening disorders