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Pathophysiology of Disease

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This is an excellent pathophysiology book available in the market. I am right now preparing for my step 2 but I wish I would have used this book for my step 1. I have a decent score on my step 1 and I have taken the exam recently and I think if somebody masters this book they can rock the exam. This book gives excellent information regarding many diseases. I am trying to study this book right now with CMDT, which is also by the same author. Because CMDT is a very concise text book of IM it doesn't explain all the pathophysiology for a disease but this book has all the answers about the pathophysiology of a disease. And I think its a worth buying book for all the medical students, if you study this book little by little during preclinical years it will help you very much understand the IM in the clinical years. I was surprize to find some infornation which I was craving for since few years of my med school. You will even find pathophysilogy of very rare syndromes, as for example I was amazed when I read about X linked Hypophosphatemic rickets. If you are like me who wants to have explanation behind everything, get this book today, you wan't be disappointed.

This incredible blend of Physiological and Pathological concepts beautifully integrates the two subjects. This book highlights the important concepts in various student friendly ways, utilising tables and diagrams that corresponds with the essential information given in the text. It is excellent for review and preparing for exams.

This incredible blend of Physiological and Pathological concepts beautifully integrates the two subjects. This book highlights the important concepts in various student friendly ways, utilising tables and diagrams that corresponds with the essential information given in the text. It is excellent for review and preparing for exams.

Very concise informative book. I wish I would have had it for my first year of PA school. It's very easy to read!

Hi there first of all I would like to say that I am from Brazil, Recife, Pernambuco. I went to a university called UPE, FESP which is in the north east part of Brazil. I bought this book because I thought that it would complement BRS pathology
But it really didnt so as I thought that it would;
I mean it does but its like discussing too much one some points so its just not really a good book for the USMLE step1 prep; I was actually led to think that because of something I had read on the first aid book that said that 
Really did not like the book at all for the usmle prep. Although you can see that its a very well made book and they put their hearts into making it but its just not good enough for the boards.
Its not serving me any good I barely opened it since I bought it and I got their latest edition it was sort of a waste of money for me I think that this book might be of value for the students at UCSF that are taking classes on introduction to medicine or something like that
But for the usmle? Forget it!!!
Its really confusing, and there are no simple index for a particular disease, meaning If you look for something in specific it will be related with some many things that you wont see it right there; there wont be simple diseases listed there for you to look at like that
Every time I go look for something its not there or its in contest with something else makes you loose so much time looking at it to find it Its a very good book but not to be used as a complement to BRS pathology unless youre taking the class.
Hope that this was of help to some of you
Dr.Claudio A.G.Monteiro Filho.

I found the book vague and unclear. It was recommended as a "reference" book for a graduate level pathophysiology course and it was the first book I returned. There are several other books on pathophysiology that are on the market for about the same price or a bit more that are MUCH more thorough and useful for undergraduate, graduate or medical student reference. I would NOT recommend this book for anyone looking at any type of indepth medical information.

The book came not in a very good condition, it had several bent pages, and even the book's backcover was folded. For a person who likes keeping a bookshelf with books in a great condition, it isn't a good option.