Medical College of Virginia, Richmond. Review designed for medical students preparing for course exams or the USMLE Step 1. Includes case-based problems and questions with solutions and explanations. Emphasizes integrative and conceptual thinking. Organized by body system. Softcover.
Author(s): Linda S., Ph.D. Costanzo
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 315
COVER......Page 1
Contents......Page 2
1 Cellular and Autonomic Physiology......Page 4
Case 1-Permeability and Simple Diffusion......Page 5
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 7
Case 2-Osmolarity, Osmotic Pressure, and Osmosis......Page 10
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 12
Case 3-Nernst Equation and Equilibrium Potentials......Page 17
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 18
Case 4 Primary Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis......Page 24
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 26
Case 5 Epidural Anesthesia: Effect of Lidocaine on Nerve Action Potentials......Page 30
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 31
Case 6 Myasthenia Gravis: Neuromuscular Transmission......Page 33
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATI,ONS......Page 34
Case 7 Pheochromocytoma: Effects of Catecholamines......Page 36
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATlONS......Page 38
Case 8 Shy-Drager Syndrome: Central Autonomic Failure......Page 43
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 45
2) Cardiovascular Physiology......Page 48
Case 9 Essential Cardiovascular Calculations......Page 49
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 51
Case 10 Ventricular Pressure-Volume Loops......Page 58
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 60
Case 11 Responses to Changes in Posture......Page 64
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 65
Case 12 Cardiovascular Responses to Exercise......Page 68
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 70
Case 13 Renovascular Hypertension: The Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System......Page 74
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 76
Case 14 Hypovolemic Shock: Regulation of Blood Pressure......Page 79
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 81
Case 15 Primary Pulmonary Hypertension: Right Ventricular Failure......Page 86
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 88
Case 16 Myocardial Infarction: Left Ventricular Failure......Page 92
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 94
Case 17 Atrioventricular Conduction Block......Page 98
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 100
3) Respiratory Physiology......Page 102
Case 18 Essential Respiratory Calculations: Lung Volumes, Dead Space ,and Alveolar Ventilation......Page 103
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 105
Case 19 Essential Respiratory Calculations: Gases and Gas Exchange......Page 110
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 111
Case 20 Ascent to High Altitude......Page 116
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 117
Case 21 Asthma: Obstructive Lung Disease......Page 121
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 124
Case 22 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease......Page 131
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 134
Case 23 Interstitial Fibrosis: Restrictive Lung Disease......Page 139
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 142
Case 24 Carbon Monoxide Poisoning......Page 147
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 148
4) Renal and Acid-Base Physiology......Page 151
Case 25 Essential Calculations in Renal Physiology......Page 152
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 153
Case 26 Essential Calculations in Acid-Base Physiology......Page 160
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 162
Case 27 Glucosuria: Diabetes Mellitus......Page 166
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 169
Case 28 Hyperaldosteronism: Conn's Syndrome......Page 173
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 175
Case 29 Central Diabetes Insipidus......Page 181
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 183
Case 30 Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone......Page 189
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 191
Case 31 Metabolic Acidosis: Diabetic Ketoacidosis......Page 193
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 195
Case 32 Metabolic Acidosis: Diarrhea......Page 201
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 203
Case 33 Metabolic Alkalosis: Vomiting......Page 207
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 209
Case 34 Respiratory Acidosis: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease......Page 214
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 215
Case 35 Respiratory Alkalosis: Hysterical Hyperventilation......Page 218
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 219
5) Gastrointestinal Physiology......Page 221
Case 36 Malabsorption of Carbohydrates: Lactose Intolerance......Page 222
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 223
Case 37 Peptic Ulcer Disease: Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome......Page 226
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 228
Case 38 Secretory Diarrhea: Escherichia coli Infection......Page 232
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 234
Case 39 Bile Acid Deficiency: Ileal Resection......Page 238
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 239
6) Endocrine and Reproductive Physiology......Page 243
Case 40 Galactorrhea and Amenorrhea: Prolactinoma......Page 244
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 246
Case 41 Hyperthyroidism: Graves' Disease......Page 249
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 251
Case 42 Hypothyroidism: Autoimmune Thyroiditis......Page 256
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 258
Case 43 Adrenocortical Excess: Cushing's Syndrome......Page 261
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 263
Case 44 Adrenocortical Insufficiency: Addison's Disease......Page 267
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 269
Case 45 Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia: 21 ~-Hydroxylase Deficiency......Page 272
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 274
Case 46 Primary Hyperparathyroidism......Page 277
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 279
Case 47 Hypercalcemia of Malignancy......Page 282
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 284
Hyperglycemia: Type I Diabetes Mellitus......Page 287
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 289
Case 49 Primary Amenorrhea: Testicular Feminizing Syndrome......Page 292
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 293
Case 50 Male Hypogonadism: Kallmann's Syndrome......Page 296
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS......Page 297
Appendix 1......Page 299
Index......Page 300
Normal Values and Constants-Plasma, serum, or blood concentrations......Page 314
BACK COVER......Page 315
