Ebook: Applied Basic Science for Basic Surgical Training

Front Cover; Applied Basic Science for Basic Surgical Training; Copyright Page; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; CONTENTS; Section One: GENERAL PATHOLOGYAND MICROBIOLOGY; Chapter 1. Cellular injury; MORPHOLOGY OF CELL INJURY; CAUSATIVE AGENTS OF CELL DAMAGE TRAUMA; MECHANISMS OF CELL DAMAGE; CELL DEATH; CELL RENEWAL; HEALING; HEALING OF SPECIFIC TISSUES; Chapter 2. Inflammation; ACUTE INFLAMMATION; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; Chapter 3. Thrombosis, embolism andinfarction; THROMBOSIS; EMBOLISM; NON-THROMBOEMBOLIC VASCULARINSUFFICIENCY; ISCHAEMIA, INFARCTION AND GANGRENE.;This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. It has been written to encompass the basic anatomy, physiology and pathology required by the syllabus of the UK Royal Colleges and the Intercollegiate Surgical Curriculum Project. For this Second Edition many of the chapters have been updated, especially the chapters on immunology, basic microbiology, the endocrine and locomotor systems and the breast. An attempt has been made throughout to indicate the clinical relevance of the facts and the reason for learning them. There are several new cont.