Full Description
This book has been written keeping in mind the modern-day nursing students, who would like crisp and clear working knowledge of pathology and genetics, which will enable them in delivering better patient care. All the disease processes have been described in brief yet wholesome manner and in simple language. This book will pave the way for the basic pathogenesis of all diseases and help students in the long run.
Designed keeping in mind the curriculum prescribed by the INC
Topics presented in points and small paragraphs for quicker learning
Exam-oriented multiple-choice, short-answer and long-answer type questions provided
All appropriate recent trends included
In this edition " Stem cell therapy" which marks a new era in the healthcare has been included
Contents
PART 1
Pathology
1 PATHOLOGY-INTRODUCTION AND BASIC TECHNIQUES.................................3
2 CELLULAR ADAPTATIONS, CELL INJURY, AND CELL DEATH......................11
3 ACUTE AND CHRONIC INFLAMMATION.....................................31
4 HEALING, REGENERATION, AND REPAIR....................................................52
5 HEMODYNAMIC DISTURBANCES AND THROMBOSIS.........................................64
6 CELLULAR GROWTH AND NEOPLASIA.............................................83
7 INFECTIONS............................................97
8 RESPIRATORY TRACT............................122
9 BLOOD VESSELS AND HEART...............139
10 THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT..........162
11 DISEASES OF THE HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM AND PANCREAS......................179
12 MALE GENITAL TRACT..........................200
13 FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM....................207
14 THE KIDNEY AND LOWER URINARY TRACT...................................219
15 THE BREAST.........................................242
16 THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.........250
17 MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM................262
18 BASIC HEMATOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES........................................281
19 DISORDERS OF RED BLOOD CELLS......294
20 DISORDERS OF WHITE BLOOD CELLS....................................................305
21 HEMOSTASIS AND DISORDERS OF COAGULATION.....................................310
22 BONE MARROW EXAMINATION...........317
23 BLOOD BANKING.................................321
24 BLOOD CHEMISTRY..............................328
25 SEROLOGICAL TESTS............................333
26 BLOOD CULTURE.................................340
27 CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION......................................343
28 PLEURAL AND PERITONEAL FLUID EXAMINATION......................................347
29 GASTRIC AND DUODENAL CONTENTS EXAMINATION......................................350
30 SEMEN EXAMINATION..........................353
31 URINE EXAMINATION...........................356
32 CYTOLOGY............................................362
33 STOOL EXAMINATION..........................366
PART 2
Genetics
34 GENETICS.............................................370
35 MATERNAL, PRENATAL, AND GENETIC INFLUENCES ON DEVELOPMENT OF DEFECTS AND DISEASES.......................398
36 GENETIC TESTING IN NEONATES AND CHILDREN....................................409
37 GENETIC CONDITIONS OF ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS................413
38 SERVICES RELATED TO GENETICS........422
INDEX..........................................................433
