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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
W B Saunders Co
Publication date
January 9, 2008
Pages
864
Binding
Paperback
Edition
4 pap/psc
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781455735594
ISBN-10
1455735590
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Out of Print
Original list price
$49.37
Other format details
medical
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
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- Enrichment boxes show how information relating to a disease or system applies to everyday life.
- ICD-9-CM codes are included for each disease entry, offering practice in looking up codes in an ICD-9-CM reference.
- Current medical information on the most commonly encountered clinical disorders is condensed and simplified for easier application.
- Full-color illustrations reinforce the text and clarify key information.
- A consistent format for disease entries follows the real-life progression of a patient's care and treatment, with this format:.
- Description
- Symptoms and Signs
- Patient Screening (Unique!)
- Etiology
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Prognosis
- Prevention
- Patient Teaching.
- Appendix on pharmacology includes a chart format in which commonly prescribed drugs are listed by group and includes the drug name, intended therapeutic objective, side effects, and general comments.
- Alerts provide safety precautions and advice for dealing with the common diseases presented in a physician's office.
- Review challenges reinforce content and help students see where they may need additional study.
- Real-life challenges provide actual cases with questions, relating chapter content to a real-world case.
- Orderly Function A&P reviews of specific body systems now include clearer descriptions and more illustrations, helping students compare systems in normal and disease states.
- Coverage of Avian Flu describes how diseases emerge from the animal to the human world, and prepares medical assistants for the potential dangers of this disease.
- Key Terms include pronunciations and are broken down into prefixes, roots and suffixes.
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4 pap/psc edition from W B Saunders Co (January 9, 2008)
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About: Enrichment boxes show how information relating to a disease or system applies to everyday life.
About: Enrichment boxes show how information relating to a disease or system applies to everyday life.
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