Professional Guide to Pathophysiology

Stressed and confused about pathophysiology? Time to develop your mastery! The newly updated Professional Guide to Diseases, 11th Edition, is the go-to comprehensive guide that explains more than 600 disorders across all body systems—from causes, symptoms, and diagnosis to treatment and special considerations.

The ideal on-the-unit reference, certification exam review, or backup to classroom materials, this is the expert-at-your-side support that both new and experienced nurses cannot do without.

Empower your pathology knowledge with this foundational, irreplaceable reference:

• NEW content on both normal physiology and disease states
• NEW updates on rare diseases
• Easy-to-follow template that makes finding vital information quick and easy
• Illustrations, algorithms, text boxes, and tables that help reinforce pathophysiological processes and anatomy, demonstrating and clarifying difficult concepts
• Offers current top-level findings on:
  • Foundational knowledge—normal cellular physiology, followed by the pathologic deviations of disease
  • Cancer, infection, and fluid and electrolytes
  • Genetics—cellular/DNA components and functions, as well as tests, treatments, and care considerations for genetic abnormalities
  • Diseases particular to each body system—chapters organized by body system
  • Less common disorders
• Disease entriesoffering the pathophysiologic foundations behind focused assessments, with causes, signs and symptoms, complications, diagnostic tests, treatment, and special considerations

• Expert guidance and practical insights on providing effective care for routine conditions, plus information on bioterrorism agents, and complementary and alternative therapies
• Additional content on more than 50 life-threatening disorders

• Concise, detailed explanations of all major diseases that reinforce and clarify classroom teachings
• Easy-to-read, easy-to-retain information that translates easily from student text to must-have professional reference, offering students and new nurses the self-assurance to offer high-level care
• Chapter features emphasizing important concepts and differences among patient populations, for assessments and treatments: Elderly Tip, Pediatric Tip, Clinical Alert, Life-Threatening Disorder, and Confirming Diagnosis

About the Clinical Editor

Laura M. Willis, DNP, APRN-CNP, CMSRN, is a Family Nurse Practitioner at Mercy Health Physicians in
Cincinnati, Ohio.