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Understanding Pathophysiology
Make difficult pathophysiology concepts come to life! Filled with vibrant illustrations, simplified language, and detailed online content Understanding Pathophysiology, 7th Edition delivers the most accurate information on treatments, manifestations, and mechanisms of disease across the lifespan. This new edition is fully revised and includes coverage of rare diseases and epigenetics to you with a thorough understanding of conditions affecting the human body. Plus, with over 30 new 3D animations on the companion Evolve site, quick check boxes at the end of each chapter, and disease progression algorithms, this text helps you engage with the fundamental knowledge you need to succeed in nursing school and in practice.
Student resources include animations, review questions, answers to the Quick Check boxes (featured in the text), chapter summary reviews, and case study with answers for select chapters. Algorithms throughout the text clarify disease progression. Did You Know boxes highlight new developments in biologic research, diagnostic studies, preventive care, treatments, and more. Quick Check boxes tests your retention of important chapter concepts. Risk Factor boxes alert you to important safety considerations associated with specific diseases. Summary Review sections provide fast, efficient review of chapter content. Geriatric Considerations boxes and Pediatric Considerations boxes highlight key considerations for these demographics in relevant chapters. Consistent presentation helps you to better distinguish pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, and evaluation and treatment for each disease. Glossary of approximately 1,000 terms familiarizes you with the most difficult or important terminology related to pathophysiology. NEW! Chapters on Alterations in Immunity and Obesity and Disorders of Nutrition feature the latest coverage of these hot topics. NEW! Additional coverage of rare diseases and epigenetics gives you a comprehensive understanding of conditions and cell growths that affect the human body. NEW! Streamlined content and illustrations ensures content is at an appropriate level for undergraduate students. NEW! More than 1000 illustrations in the text and 30+ new 3D animations on companion Evolve site bring difficult concepts to life for a new perspective on disease processes.1176 pages, Paperback
Published April 11, 2018
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August 9, 2024
Very educational, but not a lot of spice. Wouldn’t recommend.
June 2, 2013
Overly complicated. Made simple Patho concepts much more difficult than necessary.
January 31, 2011
Not a good text-book if you want to understand Pathophysiology
May 27, 2011
A complete waste of money. It should not be a required text as it did not help me at all in my pathophysiology class. The explanations for the diseases were short but unclear. It did not help me gain a better understanding of the pathologies I learned.
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May 27, 2010Meaty. This is like digesting a huge turkey without any gravy.
November 13, 2010
Not my most favorite of textbooks. Very confusing at times....but I got through it.
December 8, 2010
This textbook took a complex subject and made it more confusing. I found myself referencing my much-better anatomy and physiology book when I needed clarification.
June 26, 2024
Goodness gracious it took me longer to find this book on goodreads than to actually complete the class in which it was required to get. Overall in terms of textbooks, I really do enjoy how it’s written. Before I hated my life because of how busy school was, I would actually sift through chapters that I wasn’t required to be read because it is super informational. If you have this book you basically don’t need webmd anymore because you can just look it up here.
My school unfortunately made me pay extra since I had to rent it for my first semester and then buy it for the second. At the time i was definitely frustrated, but now I’m thankful that I do own the book so when things are less hectic I can go back to reading it.
I will say that it is a bit intimidating to read at first (especially since I had zero knowledge of any sort of medical jargon when I first started the class.) If you're like me, you'll probably end up spending and additional 20 minutes per page looking up words and what they mean. Lots of pictures and diagrams which is quite nice (but sometimes a little gross).
Worst case scenario you won’t ever use this after your class and you can just show off the fact that you have a 20 pound textbook.
Cice this is for you and you only
My school unfortunately made me pay extra since I had to rent it for my first semester and then buy it for the second. At the time i was definitely frustrated, but now I’m thankful that I do own the book so when things are less hectic I can go back to reading it.
I will say that it is a bit intimidating to read at first (especially since I had zero knowledge of any sort of medical jargon when I first started the class.) If you're like me, you'll probably end up spending and additional 20 minutes per page looking up words and what they mean. Lots of pictures and diagrams which is quite nice (but sometimes a little gross).
Worst case scenario you won’t ever use this after your class and you can just show off the fact that you have a 20 pound textbook.
Cice this is for you and you only
December 19, 2011
Overall a fairly decent textbook, but I would have enjoyed more pictures of disease processes so i can better recognize them in the clinical setting. For the most part I liked the order of the chapters as they went through the various body systems; but I think the renal chapters could have been explored a little earlier in the textbook than they actually were, perhaps between the endocrine and cardiovascular chapters. Having a better grasp on the renal system would have greatly enhanced my understanding of the cardiovascular and respiratory chapters, especially concerning the different types of heart failure and how they are treated, particularly CHF.
The book goes through each body system with a review chapter of basic anatomy and physiology of the system, followed by a chapter on alterations of function (the "patho" part), and then a chapter of alterations of function as pertaining to children. At the end of every chapter there is a HUGE reference list provided for further study of any particularly interesting or confusing topics.
I read EVERY word of this book in 3 months and have walked away with a greatly enhanced understanding of the human body. The textbook does a good job of explaining things in a way that most people can understand. However, i **DO NOT** recommend this book for the person who doesn't already have a good grasp on NORMAL physiology (and anatomy). It assumes the reader already has a good foundation of A&P, without this foundation it goes without saying that it would be impossible to understand the "alterations" of normal A&P. The chapters on normal A&P at the beginning of each system are meant as a review/refresher only as these chapters are short.
I will keep this book throughout my early nursing career as a reference! :) This class ruled by life for 3 months, but did truly enjoy it and I am glad i gave it my all. I feel much more confident as a result.
The book goes through each body system with a review chapter of basic anatomy and physiology of the system, followed by a chapter on alterations of function (the "patho" part), and then a chapter of alterations of function as pertaining to children. At the end of every chapter there is a HUGE reference list provided for further study of any particularly interesting or confusing topics.
I read EVERY word of this book in 3 months and have walked away with a greatly enhanced understanding of the human body. The textbook does a good job of explaining things in a way that most people can understand. However, i **DO NOT** recommend this book for the person who doesn't already have a good grasp on NORMAL physiology (and anatomy). It assumes the reader already has a good foundation of A&P, without this foundation it goes without saying that it would be impossible to understand the "alterations" of normal A&P. The chapters on normal A&P at the beginning of each system are meant as a review/refresher only as these chapters are short.
I will keep this book throughout my early nursing career as a reference! :) This class ruled by life for 3 months, but did truly enjoy it and I am glad i gave it my all. I feel much more confident as a result.
July 10, 2013
This is the worst textbook I had to read. Horrible explanation, too much unnecessary stuff that makes even more confused that you were before this class. HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!! I will sell this book as soon as I am done with the class and buy some other book. Seriously, this is the only biology textbook that I absolutely hate to read. Understanding PathophysiologyUnderstanding PathophysiologySue E. Huether
June 18, 2015
I mean, i guess it describe several diseases/disorders, so that's cool. Pretty cool images. Evolve resources for this one are HORRIBLE, so don't bother.
Gave me more questions than answers, so if that bothers you, then don't read it
Gave me more questions than answers, so if that bothers you, then don't read it
January 29, 2009
WOW! I got this book when I went to an EKG class in December.LOVE this stuff!!!
January 14, 2011
I'm so glad to be finished with this class. The subject matter was fascinating but, I'm still happy to have it behind me.
December 7, 2010
Not my favorite class. And this book was more in depth than I needed.
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November 14, 2024For the record, this is not being read for fun! :)
July 13, 2012
Six weeks into school and the first finals are finished.
August 8, 2013
Read for nursing school medsurg class. A good patho book but it goes wayyyy into detail which makes it a bit hard to read and not as helpful for nursing school.
May 12, 2015
Woohoo finally done!
May 8, 2024
read for bio669
February 21, 2024
Made me cry
January 11, 2010
I will forever keep this text book as a reference.
May 18, 2014
A well written and interesting textbook.
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