Essentials of Human Diseases and Conditions
- 7th Edition - August 22, 2020
- Imprint: Saunders
- Authors: Margaret Schell Frazier, Tracie Fuqua
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 1 2 6 7 - 5
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 4 9 6 9 - 5
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Request a sales quoteEnhance your patient care with a basic knowledge of pathology and disease! Essentials of Human Diseases and Conditions, 7th Edition is an invaluable handbook for healthcare providers in any healthcare setting. It profiles hundreds of diseases and disorders in a way that is easy to understand and easy to use, following the progression of a patient’s experience from signs and symptoms to screening, diagnosis, treatment options, and patient education. This edition adds new coverage of the opioid crisis, cancer treatment, and other emerging issues. From noted educators Margaret Schell Frazier and Tracie Fuqua, this reference prepares you for success in the classroom, on board exams, and as a medical assistant or health professional.
- More than 500 vibrant illustrations and detailed photos clarify difficult concepts and depict medical conditions.
- Critical thinking and real-life application is promoted through Challenge scenarios with questions, Critical Thinking questions (in the print book and on the Evolve website), and Enrichment boxes.
- Student workbook includes a wealth of exercises to reinforce your understanding of important concepts from the text. Available separately.
- ICD-10 codes with each disease are included for practice in locating the appropriate insurance codes.
- Clear, approachable writing style makes it easier to learn and understand the material.
- Alert boxes provide clinical tips, including safety precautions and best practices.
- Concise, consistent monograph-style presentation describes hundreds of medical diseases and conditions.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors and reviewers
- Acknowledgments
- Dedication
- Preface
- List of Tables
- List of Illustrations
- 1. Mechanisms of disease, diagnosis, and treatment
- Pathology at first glance
- Mechanisms of disease
- Patient teaching
- Conclusion
- Review challenge
- Internet assignments
- Critical thinking
- 2. Developmental, congenital, and childhood diseases and disorders
- Developmental and congenital disorders
- Childhood diseases
- Review challenge
- Real-life challenge: Asthma
- Questions
- Real-life challenge: Patent ductus arteriosus
- Questions
- Internet assignments
- 3. Immunologic diseases and conditions
- Orderly function of the immune system
- Immunodeficiency diseases
- Autoimmune diseases
- Review challenge
- Real-life challenge: Pernicious anemia
- Questions
- Real-life challenge: Rheumatoid arthritis
- Questions
- Real life challenge: Ankylosing spondylitis
- Internet assignments
- Critical thinking
- 4. Diseases and conditions of the endocrine system
- Orderly function of the endocrine system
- Review challenge
- Real-life challenge: Hypothyroidism
- Questions
- Real-life challenge: Diabetes mellitus
- Questions
- Internet assignments
- Critical thinking
- 5. Diseases and disorders of the eye and ear
- Disorders of the eye
- Disorders of the ear
- Review challenge
- Real-life challenge: Acute angle-closure glaucoma
- Questions
- Real-life challenge: Otitis media
- Questions
- Real-life challenge: Sensorineural hearing loss
- Questions
- Internet assignments
- Critical thinking
- 6. Diseases and conditions of the integumentary system
- Orderly functioning of the integumentary system
- Review challenge
- Real-life challenge: Shingles
- Questions
- Real-life challenge: Malignant melanoma
- Questions
- Real-life challenge: Rosacea
- Questions
- Internet assignments
- Critical thinking
- 7. Diseases and conditions of the musculoskeletal system
- The musculoskeletal system
- Review challenge
- Real-life challenge: Osteoporosis
- Questions
- Real-life challenge: Lyme disease
- Questions
- Real-life challenge: Fibromyalgia
- Internet assignments
- Critical thinking
- 8. Diseases and conditions of the digestive system
- Orderly function of the digestive system
- Disorderly function of the digestive system
- Review challenge
- Real-life challenge: Cholelithiasis
- Questions
- Real-life challenge: Ulcers
- Questions
- Internet assignments
- Critical thinking
- 9. Diseases and conditions of the respiratory system
- Orderly function of the respiratory system
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Review challenge
- Real-life challenge: Sinusitis
- Questions
- Real-life challenge: Acute bronchitis
- Questions
- Real-life challenge: Epistaxis
- Questions
- Internet assignments
- Critical thinking
- 10. Diseases and conditions of the circulatory system
- Orderly function of the circulatory system
- Review challenge
- Real-life challenge: Essential hypertension
- Questions
- Real-life challenge: Anemia
- Questions
- Real-life challenge: Abdominal aortic aneurysms
- Questions
- Internet assignments
- Critical thinking
- 11. Diseases and conditions of the urinary system
- Orderly function of the urinary system
- Disorderly function of the urinary system
- Review challenge
- Real-life challenge: Cystitis
- Questions
- Real-life challenge: Renal calculus
- Questions
- Internet assignments
- Critical thinking
- 12. Diseases and conditions of the reproductive system
- The normally functioning reproductive systems
- Abnormally functioning reproductive systems
- Review challenge
- Real-life challenge: Benign prostatic hyperplasia
- Questions
- Real-life challenge: Endometriosis
- Questions
- Internet assignments
- Critical thinking
- 13. Neurologic diseases and conditions
- Orderly function of the nervous system
- Disorderly function of the nervous system
- Review challenge
- Real-life challenge: Epilepsy
- Questions
- Real-life challenge: Transient ischemic attack
- Questions
- Internet assignments
- Critical thinking
- 14. Mental disorders
- Mental wellness and mental illness
- Review challenge
- Real-life challenge: Alzheimer disease
- Questions
- Real-life challenge: Sleep apnea
- Questions
- Internet assignments
- Critical thinking
- 15. Disorders and conditions resulting from trauma
- Trauma
- Review challenge
- Real-life challenge: Heat exhaustion
- Questions
- Real-life challenge: Intimate partner violence
- Questions
- Internet assignments
- Critical thinking
- Appendix I: Common laboratory and diagnostic tests
- Appendix II: Pharmacology
- Glossary
- Index
- Edition: 7
- Published: August 22, 2020
- Imprint: Saunders
- No. of pages: 848
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323712675
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323749695
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Margaret Schell Frazier
Affiliations and expertise
Formerly-Department Chair, Health and Human Services Division, Program Chair, Medical Assisting Program, Ivy Tech State College, Fort Wayne, INTF
Tracie Fuqua
Tracie Fuqua is the program director and instructor in Medical Assisting at Wallace State Community College in Alabama. She has been in education for more than two decades and is passionate about teaching students to provide quality patient care. Tracie is active in local, state, and national organizations, including the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA). She serves as lead item writer for Elsevier’s HESI practice and exit exams for Medical Assisting in addition to taking over as lead author of Essentials of Human Diseases and Conditions.
Affiliations and expertise
Former Program Director and Instructor, Medical Assisting Program Chair, Wallace State Community College, Hanceville, Alabama