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McGraw Hill / Medical
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9780071477437
9780071477437

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Publication date
2009
Issue number
17
Cover
paperback
Pages count
1264
Dimensions (mm)
122 x 211
Weight (g)
1059
  • Contributors
    Preface
    Acknowledgments
    SECTION 1:: CARE OF THE HOSPITALIZED PATIENT
    1. Initial Evaluation and Admission Orders for the General Medicine Patient
    2. Electrolytes/Acid-Base Balance
    3. Diagnostic Imaging in Internal Medicine
    4. Procedures Commonly Performed by Internists
    5. Principles of Critical Care Medicine
    6. Pain and Its Management
    7. Assessment of Nutritional Status
    8. Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition
    9. Transfusion and Pheresis Therapy
    10. Palliative and End-of-Life Care
    SECTION 2:: MEDICAL EMERGENCIES
    11. Cardiovascular Collapse and Sudden Death
    12. Shock
    13. Sepsis and Septic Shock
    14. Acute Pulmonary Edema
    15. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
    16. Respiratory Failure
    17. Confusion, Stupor, and Coma
    18. Stroke
    19. Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
    20. Increased Intracranial Pressure and Head Trauma
    21. Spinal Cord Compression
    22. Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy
    23. Status Epilepticus
    24. Diabetic Ketoacidosisa and Hyperosmolar Coma
    25. Hypoglycemia
    26. Infectious Disease Emergencies
    27. Oncologic Emergencies
    28. Anaphylaxis
    29. Bites, Venoms, Stings, and Marine Poisonings
    30. Hypothermia and Frostbite
    31. Poisoning and Drug Overdose
    32. Bioterrorism
    SECTION 3:: COMMON PATIENT PRESENTATIONS
    33. Chest Pain
    34. Abdominal Pain
    35. Headache
    36. Back and Neck Pain
    37. Fever, Hyperthermia, Chills, and Rash
    38. Pain and Swelling of Joints
    39. Syncope
    40.Dizziness and Vertigo
    41. Acute Visual Loss and Double Vision
    42. Weakness and Paralysis
    43. Tremor and Movement Disorders
    44. Aphasias and Related Disorders
    45. Sleep Disorders
    46. Dyspnea
    47. Cough and Hemoptysis
    48. Cyanosis
    49. Edema
    50. Nausea, Vomiting, and Indigestion
    51. Weight Loss
    52. Dysphagia
    53. Diarrhea, Constipation, and Malabsorption
    54. Gastrointestinal Bleeding
    55. Jaundice and Evaluation of Liver Function
    56. Ascites
    57. Azottemia and Urinary Abnormalities
    58. Anemia and Polycythemia
    59. Lymphadenopathy and Splenomegaly
    60. Generalized Fatigue
    SECTION 4:: OPHTHALMOLOGY AND OTOLARYNGOLOGY
    61. Common Disorders of Vision and Hearing
    62. Sinusitis, Pharyngitis, Otitis, and Other Upper Respiratory Infections
    SECTION 5:: DERMATOLOGY
    63. General Examination of the Skin
    64. Common Skin Conditions
    SECTION 6:: HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY
    65. Examination of Blood Smears and Bone Marrow
    66. Red Blood Cell Disorders
    67. Leukocytosis and Leukopenia
    68. Bleeding and Thrombotic Disorders
    69. Cancer Chemotherapy
    70. Myeloid Leukemias, Myelodysplasia, and Myeloproliferative Syndromes
    71. Lymphoid Malignancies
    72. Skin Cancer
    73. Head and Neck Cancer
    74. Lung Cancer
    75. Breast Cancer
    76. Tumors of the Gastrointestinal Tract
    77. Genitourinary Tract Cancer
    78. Gynecologic Cancer
    79. Prostate Hyperplasia and Carcinoma
    80. Cancer of Unknown Primary Site
    81. Paraneoplastic Endocrine Syndromes
    82. Neurologic Paraneoplastic Syndromes
    SECTION 7:: INFECTIOUS DISEASES
    83. Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases
    84. Antibacterial Therapy
    85. Health Care-Associated Infections
    86. Infections in the Immunocompromised Host
    87. Infective Endocarditis
    88. Intraabdominal Infections
    89. Infectious Diarrheas
    90. Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Reproductive Tract Infections
    91. Infections of the Skin, Soft Tissues, Joints, and Bones
    92. Pneumococcal Infections
    93. Staphylococcal Infections
    94. Streptococcal/Enterococcal Infections, Diphtheria, and Other Infections Caused by Corynebacteria and Related Species
    95. Meningococcal and Listerial Infections
    96. Infections Caused by Haemophilus, Bordetella, Moraxella, and HACEK Group Organisms
    97. Diseases Caused by Gram-Negative Enteric Bacteria, Pseudomonas, and Legionella
    98. Infections Caused by Miscellaneous Gram-Negative Bacilli
    99. Anaerobic Infections
    100. Nocardiosis and Actinomycosis
    101. Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Infections
    102. Lyme Disease adn Other Nonsyphilitic Spirochetal Infections
    103. Rickettsial Diseases
    104. Mycoplasma Infections
    105. Chlamydial Infections
    106. Herpesvirus Infections
    107. Cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr Virus Infections
    108. Influenza and Other Viral Respiratory Diseases
    109. Rubeola, Rubella, Mumps, and Parvovirus Infections
    110. Enteroviral Infections
    111. Insect- and Animal-Borne Viral Infections
    112. HIV Infection and AIDS
    113. Fungal Infections
    114. Pneumocystis Infections
    115. Protozoal Infections
    116. Helminthis Infections and Ectoparasite Infestations
    SECTION 8:: CARDIOLOGY
    117. Physical Examination of the Heart
    118. Electrocardiography
    119. Noninvasive Examination of the Heart
    120. Congenital Heart Disease in the Adult
    121. Valvular Heart Disease
    122. Cardiomyopathies and Myocarditis
    123. Pericardial Disease
    124. Hypertension
    125. Metabolic Syndrome
    126. ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI)
    127. Unstable Angina and Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction
    128. Chronic Stable Angina
    129. Bradyarrhythmias
    130. Tachyarrhythmias
    131. Congestive Heart Failure and Cor Pulmonale
    132. Diseases of the Aorta
    133. Peripheral Vascular Disease
    134. Pulmonary Hypertension
    SECTION 9:: PULMONARY
    135. Respiratory Function and Pulmonary Diagnostic Procedures
    136. Asthma
    137. Environmental Lung Diseases
    138. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
    139. Pneumonia and Lung Abscess
    140. Pulmonary Thromboembolism and Deep-Vein Thrombosis
    141. Interstitial Lung Disease
    142. Diseases of the Pleura and Mediastinum
    143. Disorders of Ventilation
    144. Sleep Apnea
    SECTION 10:: NEPHROLOGY
    145. Approach to the Patient with Renal Disease
    146. Acute Renal Failure
    147. Chronic Kidney Disease and Uremia
    148. Dialysis
    149. Renal Transplantation
    150. Glomerular Diseases
    151. Renal Tubular Disease
    152. Urinary Tract Infections
    153. Renovascular Disease
    154. Nephrolithiasis
    155. Urinary Tract Obstruction
    SECTION 11:: GASTROENTEROLOGY
    156. Peptic Ulcer and Related Disorders
    157. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
    158. Colonic and Anorectal Diseases
    159. Cholelithiasis, Cholecystitis, and Cholangitis
    160. Pancreatitis
    161. Acute Hepatitis
    162. Chronic Hepatitis
    163. Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Liver Disease
    164. Portal Hypertension
    SECTION 12:: ALLERGY, CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY, AND RHEUMATOLOGY
    165. Diseases of Immediate Type Hypersensitivity
    166. Primary Immune Deficiency Diseases
    167. SLE, RA, and Other Connective Tissue Diseases
    168. Vasculitis
    169. Ankylosing Spondylitis
    170. Psoriatic Arthritis
    171. Reactive Arthritis
    172. Osteoarthritis
    173. Gout, Pseudogout, and Related Diseases
    174. Other Musculoskeletal Disorders
    175. Sarcoidosis
    176. Amyloidosis
    SECTION 13:: ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM
    177. Disorders of the Anterior Pituitary and Hypothalamus
    178. Diabetes Insipidus and SIADH
    179. Thyroid Gland Disorders
    180. Adrenal Gland Disorders
    181. Obesity
    182. Diabetes Mellitus
    183. Disorders of the Male Reproductive System
    184. Disorders of the Female Reproductive System
    185. Hypercalcemia and Hypocalcemia
    186. Osteoporosis and Osteomalacia
    187. Hypercholesterolemia and Hypertriglyceridemia
    188. Hemochromatosis, Porphyrias, and Wilsons Disease
    SECTION 14:: NEUROLOGY
    189. The Neurologic Examination
    190. Neuroimaging
    191. Seizures and Epilepsy
    192. Alzheimers Disease and Other Dementias
    193. Parkinsons Disease
    194. Ataxic Disorders
    195. ALS and Other Motor Neuron Diseases
    196. Autonomic Nervous System Disorders
    197. Trigeminal Neuralgia, Bells Palsy, and Other Cranial Nerve Disorders
    198. Spinal Cord Diseases
    199. Tumors of the Nervous System
    200. Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
    201. Acute Meningitis and Encephalitis
    202. Chronic Meningitis
    203. Peripheral Neuropathies, Including Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS)
    204. Myasthenia Gravis (MG)
    205. Muscle Diseases
    SECTION 15:: PSYCHIATRIC AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
    206. Psychiatric Disorders
    207. Psychiatric Medications
    208. Eating Disorders
    209. Alcoholism
    210. Narcotic Abuse
    SECTION 16:: DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH MAINTENANCE
    211. Routine Disease Screening
    212. Immunization and Advice to Travelers
    213. Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
    214. Prevention and Early Detection of Cancer
    215. Smoking Cessation
    216. Womens Health
    SECTION 17:: ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS
    217. Adverse Drug Reactions
    LABORATORY VALUES
    218. Laboratory Values of Clinical Importance
    Index

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