Pathology

Author: Blue Imagination
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: The book is divided into two parts—Pathological Anatomy and Pathophysiology—with a total of 20 chapters and 500,000 words. Chapters 1 to 4 are the general part of Pathological Anatomy, explaining the common patterns of disease occurrence, such as the adaptation, injury, and repair of cells and tissues, local circulatory disorders, inflammation, and the causes and pathological changes of tumors. Chapters 5 to 10 discuss the special patterns of common and frequently occurring clinical diseases in various systems, such as hypertension and hepatitis. Chapter 11 introduces the etiology, pathogenesis, and pathological characteristics of common infectious and parasitic diseases. Chapter 12 covers the etiology and pathological features of common sexually transmitted diseases. The second part is Pathophysiology, explaining the causes, pathogenesis, and corresponding functional and metabolic changes in the body that occur with conditions such as edema, hypoxia, shock, respiratory failure, heart failure, hepatic encephalopathy, and renal failure. This book is widely applicable and can serve as a teaching material for nursing professionals, as well as a reference for other medical disciplines and clinical workers.