Author: Edward F. Goljan; and Editor: Rapid Review Series (12 books so far)
Publisher: Elsevier Saunders – 771 pages
Book Review by: Nano Khilnani
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This book provides, through its 26 chapters, extensive coverage of various diseases and disorders and the changes they cause in the various organs and other parts of the human body. It enumerates various types and groups of diseases and disorders, how to test for them, their causes and their effects. To give you an overview of material found in this very valuable text, these are the chapters you will find in it:
• Diagnostic Testing
• Cell Injury
• Inflammation and Repair
• Immunopathology
• Water, Electrolyte, Acid-Base and Hemodynamic Disorders
• Genetic and Developmental Disorders
• Environmental Pathology
• Nutritional Disorders
• Neoplasia
• Vascular Disorders
• Heart Disorders
• Red Blood Cell Disorders
• White Blood Cell Disorders
• Lymphoid Tissue Disorders
• Hemostasis Disorders
• Immunohematology Disorders
• Upper and Lower Respiratory Disorders
• Gastrointestinal Disorders
• Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Disorders
• Kidney Disorders
• Lower Urinary Tract and Male Reproductive Disorders
• Female Reproductive Disorders and Breast Disorders
• Endocrine Disorders
• Musculoskeletal and Soft Tissue Disorders
• Skin Disorders
• Nervous System and Special Sensory Disorders
The author has chosen to present the materials primarily in enumerative or bullet-point format, rather than in discussion format, since this is basically a review book. This type of presentation presumes that the student already has an understanding of the basic principles of pathology.
The book uses numerous graphic aids to enable you the student to understand the material more easily. You will find in this book colorful boxes, charts, drawings, illustrations, photos, tables and other means to look at the available data presented herein. A column is provided in the right margin that contains comments and additional notes.
• Edward F. Goljan, MD is a professor in the Department of Pathology in the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences at the College of Osteopathic Medicine in Tulsa, Oklahoma
