Table of Contents

Contributors and consultants

Foreword

PART I CENTRAL CONCEPTS

• CELLS, HOMEOSTASIS, AND DISEASE
• CANCER
• INFECTION
• GENETICS
• FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES
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  PART II DISORDERS
  
• CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS
• RESPIRATORY DISORDERS
• NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS
• GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS
• MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS
• HEMATOLOGIC DISORDERS
• IMMUNOLOGIC DISORDERS
• ENDOCRINE DISORDERS
• REPRODUCTIVE DISORDERS
• RENAL DISORDERS
• SKIN DISORDERS
• SENSORY DISORDERS
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  APPENDIX
  
  TYPES OF CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS
  
  Glossary
  
  Selected references
  
  Index