General Pathology for Veterinary Nurses

by Brooks, Harriet

• ISBN13: 9781405155908
• ISBN10: 1405155906
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-02-15
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

This is one of the first books on general pathology designed specifically for veterinary nurses and veterinary nursing students.

Author Biography

Harriet Brooks is a veterinary surgeon, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a lecturer in anatomic veterinary pathology at the Royal Veterinary College. She has worked in mixed general practice and in academia, specialising in pathology since 1997. Harriet has several years' experience teaching pathology to veterinary nursing students, and is currently module leader and principal tutor for the pathology module for trainee nurses at the College.

Table of Contents

About This Book	p. v
Dedication	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. x
Introduction to Veterinary Pathology	p. 1
What is pathology?	p. 2
Who 'does' pathology?	p. 3
Pathology as an academic subject	p. 9
Aetiology	p. 11
Introduction	p. 12
Aetiology - the study of the causes of disease	p. 13
Cell Injury	p. 23
Lesions - structural and functional changes	p. 24
Definitions of cell response or injury following harmful stimulus	p. 24
Cellular degeneration	p. 26
Cell death - necrosis	p. 30
Extracellular changes	p. 35
Inflammation	p. 41
What is inflammation?	p. 42
Acute inflammation	p. 43
Chronic inflammation	p. 55
Pathology and the Immune System	p. 65
The normal immune system	p. 66
Diseases of the immune system	p. 84
Tissue Repair	p. 97
Definition of tissue repair or healing	p. 98
Tissue repair - general and specific examples	p. 103
Healing in various tissues	p. 108
Healing regulation and control	p. 109
What can impair, prevent or alter healing?	p. 109
Circulatory Disorders	p. 113
The normal circulatory system	p. 114
Oedema	p. 122
Impaired blood supply to tissues	p. 127
Clotting (coagulation) of blood	p. 132
Shock	p. 145
Disorders of Cell/Tissue Growth	p. 153
Atrophy, hypertrophy, hyperplasia and metaplasia	p. 154
Neoplasia	p. 157
Glossary	p. 189
Answers to Test Yourself Questions	p. 215
Further Reading	p. 237
Index	p. 239
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