Clinical Pathophysiology Made Ridiculously Simple 1st Edition

For those of you who are in school for healthcare, this book does a fantastic job of breaking down complicated topics for pathophysiology. I take it everywhere I go. They give great examples, charts, and some mnemonics. I tell anyone I know who is in school for medicine to buy it. It has really helped me to understand organ system topics.

This book is an invaluable tool for medical students who need things put succinctly. I couldn’t have made it through without it, to be totally candid.

I am a nursing student who learns things by understanding them on a deep level (causes, patterns, connections) rather than by memorizing isolated fragments. So this book is excellent for someone like me.Unlike the assigned textbook for pathophysiology, this book begins its survey of the clinical problems that can affect each body system with a "big picture" preview--and always in the simplest, clearest language possible. Here, for instance, is how the pulmonary system chapter begins: "What problems could affect the alveolar sac and/or airways? 1. The sac is already filled with something other than air. 2. The sac does not open adequately. 3. The sac is unable to expire adequately due to either obstruction of the airways or decreased elastic recoil of the sac itself." The rest of the chapter simply fills in the details of these three possibilities.Moreover, the book is filled with extremely useful devices for remembering and organizing the information presented. There are on virtually every page very clear diagrams, pictures, or formulas that capture a central concept in a memorable figure. For instance, a figure depicting the renal system, with blood supply, nephron, and collecting system (ureter, etc) uses little pointing hands to show the classification of kinds of acute renal failure: prerenal, intrinsic, and postrenal. Second, the book has many helpful mnemonics. For instance, "aldosteRoNe causes Reabsorption of Na (sodium)."Finally, the book provides detailed but wonderfully clear and simple explanations of virtually every pathophysiological problem, including many of the major diagnostics for distinguishing them. Moreover, it frequently uses questions in the text to give the reader a chance to think about the problem. For instance, in discussing hyperthryroidism, the author points out the two main mechanisms: "The thyroid over-secretes thyroid hormone (primary) or the pituitary over-stimulates the thyroid to secrete thyroid hormone (secondary). One needs only one lab value to distinguish between primary and secondary hyperthyroidism. Which one? Think about negative feedback. If the thyroid itself secretes lots of hormone 'without being told to,' this would increase negative feedback on the pituitary. So in primary hyperthyroidism TSH will be low."Plainly, one cannot come to this book without an adequate background in basic anatomy and physiology. Nor does the book presume to provide detailed coverage of everything, as Guyton and Hall do. But it is the best short overview of pathophysiology I have ever seen, and it helped me tremendously in understanding and therefore thinking critically about clinical problems.

The information itself in this book was helpful, however, I found myself reading it less and less. I think it has to do with the format of the book, or how the material is laid out. Sometimes the font or the page layout helps our brain process the information better, this book wasn't it but I don't want to rate this book as bad because it might just be a personal thing. If you are not OCD :) and don't care about that stuff, you'll probably find this book very useful.

My CNO told me to buy this book, she had received it as a gift from one of her mentors when she was studying for her MSN. This author wrote himself a book to break down physiology into plain terms, basically as a study aid. I‘ve been a practicing RN for nearly two decades, and now as an APRN student, I am using this book to cross reference and as a study aid, and I love it! Highly recommend!

If you are taking patho or a student in the medical looking for quick easy ways to break down complex information from your textbook this is it. The page layout is not nice and pretty but the information is written in a way to easily understand.I purchased the Pathophysiology Made Incredibly Easy (Incredibly Easy Series) and compared it to this book. The incredibly easy book looks pretty but is not as densely written. In my opinion misses the deeper explanations of how things work in the body. I retuned the incredibly easy book and kept this one. I feel I will be using this book as a reference for a long time. SO happy I made this purchase.Most of the bad reviews are from years ago and are not about the actual book. They are about shipping and the book coming damaged ect.

This book is genuinely a good find. It has very simple yet detailed - thorough explanations that provide an exceptional learning experience. Highly recommended

I like the easy to grasp style the book is written. Definitely for beginners but good for recap as well. The included diagrams help solidify the concepts behind the written text.The book arrived damaged as per photos, doesn't affect me but if it was a gift purchase I would be a bit disappointed. The packaging was just a satchel and should have probably been wrapped around in cardboard.

The best book to keep in order the storm of mnemonic notions in the medical student's head! Definitely a lovingly readable book.

fantastic book for biomed and med students. beautifully simple and easy to remember

Ich bin durch einen amerikanischen Med. Studenten auf diese Buchreihe aufmerksam geworden.Er hat sie mir damals wärmstens ans Herz gelegt und was soll ich sagen - das einzig Negativeist die fehlende deutsche Übersetzung. (wobei das Englische hier nun wirklich keinen überfordern wird!)Natürlich hab auch ich mich durch die üblichen Buchwerke mühselig durchgearbeitet und wer kennt das typische Szenario nicht?Es steht mal wieder eine Prüfung an, die Zeit ist knapp bemessen und die Standardwerke erdrücken einen mit einer schier unfassbaren Informationsflut (teils ja auch Irrelevantes), was das Durcharbeiten meist erheblich verlangsamt!Leider hab ich mir dieses Buch erst nach der Prüfung zugelegt. Mit den knapp 200 Seiten ist es ein echtes Leichtgewicht unterden ganzen Fachbüchern. Die pathologischen Prozesse werden hier ja nahezu kinderleicht dargestellt und sind wirklich sehr, sehrlesenswert geschrieben, so dass sich der Stoff relativ rasch verinnerlichen lässt. Für zusaätzliche Infos schlägt man dann ebenein anderes Fachwerk auf, aber das ist man als Med. Student sowieso schon gewohnt, dass man aus mehreren Quellen seine Infos bezieht;)Abschließend kann ich das Buch hier voll und ganz empfehlen. Es wäre bestimmt ein absoluter Kassenschlager, wenn es denn einedeutsche Fassung von dem Werk geben würde.