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Renal Physiology: Mosby Physiology Monograph Series (Mosby's Physiology Monograph) |  | Authors: Bruce M. Koeppen MD PhD, Bruce A. Stanton PhD
Publisher: Mosby
Category: Book
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 54135
Media: Paperback
Edition: 4
Pages: 248
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.5 x 0.4
ISBN: 0323034470
Dewey Decimal Number: 612.463
EAN: 9780323034470
ASIN: 0323034470
Publication Date: September 5, 2006
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Product Description
This volume in the Mosby Physiology Monograph Series explains the fundamentals of renal physiology in a clear and concise manner. It provides you with a basic understanding of normal kidney function at the cellular and molecular level. Attractively illustrated with clear 2-color diagrams, this volume also facilitates study with learning objectives, overview boxes, chapter summaries, and clinical cases with questions and explained answers. Plus, online access via STUDENT CONSULT makes this an even more powerful learning resource.
- Stay current with clear, accurate, and up-to-the-minute coverage of the physiology of normal renal function focusing on the needs of the student.
- Bridge the gap between normal function and disease with pathophysiology content throughout the book.
- Master the material more easily with learning objectives, overview boxes, key words and concepts, chapter summaries, and clinical cases with questions and explained answers.
- Understand complex concepts by examining more than 250 clear, 2-color diagrams.
- Apply what you've learned to real-life clinical situations using featured clinical commentaries.
- Includes STUDENT CONSULT access at no additional charge, enabling you to consult the book online, anywhere you go · perform quick searches · add your own notes and bookmarks · follow Integration Links to related bonus content from other STUDENT CONSULT titles-to help you see the connections between diverse disciplines · and more!
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 Very confusing textbook May 20, 2009
Matthew Klein
I do not recommend this book at all. It is very poorly written, very confusing, and does not do a adequate job of explaining the complex mechanisms of the kidney. Go find a different textbook.
WORST RENAL PHYSIOLOGY BOOK I HAVE EVER READ April 30, 2009
wee
Worst renal physio book i ever read. FULL OF ERRORS that are essential to understanding physio. Whoever gave the book 5 stars is smoking crack/ isn't a med student/ or most likely is one of the authors/ a fake reviewer.
DO NOT bUY THIS BOOK!!!!! I thought it would be okay and i would pick up on the errors but they are seriously terrible
 Unreadable April 29, 2009
Med Student
The first four chapters of this book provide an 'okay' review of renal water and sodium balance. The organization is acceptable, and the figures and their descriptions are informative. Then at chapter 5 the book begins to die, struggles through chapter 9 and then finishes with chapter 10 which returns to the 'okay' quality of the first chapters. What kills this book is the poor quality of the writing.
Which ever author wrote chapters 5 through 9 doesn't understand that a paragraph requires structure and a direction. Most of these chapters are poorly constructed statement sentences which lack any flow or continuity except that they all talk about the kidney. Then in chapter 7 the writer discovers connecting phrases. However they are not used correctly. Words like "thus" and "therefore" are not logical conclusions from previous statements. As a student this is especially frustrating because the only way to learn the information is to memorize (as opposed to learning by understanding). Another problem with the writing in this book is that it uses excessively complex sentence construction, even in when the concepts are clear, simple, and concise to begin with. In total the poor writing found in the majority of this books make it impossible to read and learn from.
The only potentially redeeming qualities of this book are questions found at the end of each chapter and the cases found in the appendix. However, because I am only a student I cant attest to accuracy of the answers provided (In truth I can't comment on the accuracy of any part of the book).
 Good Physiology October 29, 2008
Richard Carpenter (WV)
Book does a good job in explaining the main physiological points. Structure of book is around different functions (NaCl Transport) rather than speaking to specific renal structures and describing those functions. Does not have a good description of renal structure, but definitely enough to understand the physiology.
Awful. April 18, 2008
Med school mom
This book has been hands-down the worst explanation of renal physiology I've ever seen. Rather than discussing the "big picture" and then drilling down into the details, showing how they fit into the scheme of things, it goes straight to the details, which are very confusing. The lack of color is also a problem, since there are shaded boxes which could mean either extra details or a clinical scenario - there's no distinction between the two. I got more out of (gasp) Rhoades and Tanner, and finally understood what was going on in Costanzo (the "big" text, not the BRS).
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