Crash Course病理学
2002-12
Oversea Publishing House
Daniel J. O'Connor
373
DON'T PANIG!Crash Course is here-the perfect set of course notes that you have, until now, only dreamt of. Have those late nights prevented you from making early morning lectures? Did the sun streaming into the lecture room kill your concentration? If you haven't managed to produce a set of comprehensive notes, then, with Crash Course, there's no need to worry. As thousands of students will tell you, Crash Course will help you get through your exams, and act as a quick and reliable reference throughout your course. These new and improved editions have been updated to include the latest research and the current best practice in disease management.Written by students, for students, under faculty supervision, Crash Course is written in a note form that is easily absorbed. You can use this book either as a revision aid or a supplement to course textbooks. Built-in features have been designed to maximize access to information and to help you retain it: ·Comprehension Check Boxes test your understanding of the topic you have just read ·Hints and -17ps Boxes draw attention to key content and give you advice on how to remember the concepts ·Extensive use of colour artwork helps you to understand the more complex material and to retain factual information ·The self-assessment section enables you to test your knowledge with exam-format questions This text first takes you through the fundamental principles of pathology covering cancer, tissue damage, infectious disease and inherited disease. Advances in our understanding of the molecular basis of disease and clinical applications of biotechnology are also considered. Part II looks at pathology applied to specific organ systems and presents the disorders of each systems with aconsistent approach taking incidence, aetiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, management and prognosis in turn. The aim has been to focus pathology into a comprehensive coverage of all the features of pathology that medical students need to know for their examinations. Multiple-choice,short-answer and essay questions make up Part III and allow you to assess your progress and test your exam performance after you have studied this text.
PrefaceAcknowledgementsDedicationPart I: Principles of Pathology 1.Introduction to Pathology Disease Pathology How pathology is covered in this book 2.Cancer Definitions and nomenclature Molecular basis of cancer Tumour growth Carcinogenic agents Host defences against cancer Clinical cancer pathology 3.Inflammation, Tissue Damage,and Repair Inflammation Acute inflammation Chemical mediators of inflammation Chronic inflammation Tissue necrosis 4.Infectious Disease General principles of infection Categories of infectious agent Mechanisms of pathogenicity Inflammatory responses to infectionPart II-Systemic Pathology 5.Pathology of the Nervous System Disorders of the central nervous system Disorders of the peripheral nervous system Disorders of the autonomic nervous system Pathology of the Cardiovascular System Congenital abnormalities of the heart Atherosclerosis, hypertension,and ischaemic heafft disease Disorders of the heart valves Diseases of the myocardium Diseases of the pericardium Aneurysms Inflammatory and neoplastic vascular disease Diseases of the veins and lymphatics 7.Pathology of the Respiratory System Disorders of the upper respiratory tract Disorders of the lungs Disorders of the pleura 8.Pathology of the Gastrointestinal System Disorders of the upper gastrointestinal tract Disorders of the stomach General aspects of hepatic damage Disorders of the liver and biliary tract Disorders of the exocrine pancreas Disorders of the intestine Disorders of the peritoneum 9.Pathology of the Kidney and Urinary Tract Abnormalities of kidney structure Diseases of the glomerulus Glomerular lesions in systemic disease Diseases of the tubules and interstitium Diseases of the renal blood vessels Neoplastic disease of the kidney Disorders of the urinary tract 10.Pathology of the Endocrine System Disorders of the pituitary Thyroid disorders Graves' disease Parathyroid disorders Disorders of the adrenal gland Disorders of the endocrine pancreas 11.Pathology of the Reproductive Systems 12.Pathology of the Musculoskeletal 13.Pathology of the Blood and Immune Systems 14.Pathology of the SkinPart III:Self-assessmentIndex
