Thoroughly revised to reflect the most recent advances in the field, this guide stands as the major comprehensive reference on surgical physiology for trainees and practicing general surgeons offers many rewritten segments and additional clinical information, as well as new chapters on mechanical support of the failing heart, the application of molecular biology to surgical care, pathophysiology and treatment of secondary hypertension, pituitary dysfunction, and the pathophysiology of shock addresses all the major systems of the body commonly encountered in general surgery including the...