CHAPTER 1. Initial Evaluation and Admission Orders for the General Medicine Patient
CHAPTER 2. Electrolytes/Acid-Base Balance
CHAPTER 3. Diagnostic Imaging in Internal Medicine
CHAPTER 4. Procedures Commonly Performed by Internists
CHAPTER 5. Principles of Critical Care Medicine
CHAPTER 6. Pain and Its Management
CHAPTER 7. Assessment of Nutritional Status
CHAPTER 8. Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition
CHAPTER 9. Transfusion and Pheresis Therapy
CHAPTER 10. Palliative and End-of-Life Care
CHAPTER 11. Cardiovascular Collapse and Sudden Death
CHAPTER 13. Sepsis and Septic Shock
CHAPTER 14. Acute Pulmonary Edema
CHAPTER 15. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
CHAPTER 16. Respiratory Failure
CHAPTER 17. Confusion, Stupor, and Coma
CHAPTER 19. Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
CHAPTER 20. Increased Intracranial Pressure and Head Trauma
CHAPTER 21. Spinal Cord Compression
CHAPTER 22. Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy
CHAPTER 23. Status Epilepticus
CHAPTER 24. Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hyperosmolar Coma
CHAPTER 26. Infectious Disease Emergencies
CHAPTER 27. Oncologic Emergencies
CHAPTER 29. Bites, Venoms, Stings, and Marine Poisonings
CHAPTER 30. Hypothermia and Frostbite
CHAPTER 32. Poisoning and Drug Overdose
CHAPTER 34. Fever, Hyperthermia, and Rash
CHAPTER 35. Generalized Fatigue
CHAPTER 41. Cough and Hemoptysis
CHAPTER 44. Nausea, Vomiting, and Indigestion
CHAPTER 46. Diarrhea, Constipation, and Malabsorption
CHAPTER 47. Gastrointestinal Bleeding
CHAPTER 48. Jaundice and Evaluation of Liver Function
CHAPTER 50. Lymphadenopathy and Splenomegaly
CHAPTER 51. Anemia and Polycythemia
CHAPTER 52. Azotemia and Urinary Abnormalities
CHAPTER 53. Pain and Swelling of Joints
CHAPTER 54. Back and Neck Pain
CHAPTER 57. Dizziness and Vertigo
CHAPTER 58. Acute Visual Loss and Double Vision
CHAPTER 59. Weakness and Paralysis
CHAPTER 60. Tremor and Movement Disorders
CHAPTER 63. Common Disorders of Vision and Hearing
CHAPTER 64. Sinusitis, Pharyngitis, Otitis, and Other Upper Respiratory Tract Infections
CHAPTER 65. General Examination of the Skin
CHAPTER 66. Common Skin Conditions
CHAPTER 67. Examination of Blood Smears and Bone Marrow
CHAPTER 68. Red Blood Cell Disorders
CHAPTER 69. Leukocytosis and Leukopenia
CHAPTER 70. Bleeding and Thrombotic Disorders
CHAPTER 71. Cancer Chemotherapy
CHAPTER 72. Myeloid Leukemias, Myelodysplasia, and Myeloproliferative Syndromes
CHAPTER 73. Lymphoid Malignancies
CHAPTER 75. Head and Neck Cancer
CHAPTER 78. Tumors of the Gastrointestinal Tract
CHAPTER 79. Genitourinary Tract Cancer
CHAPTER 80. Gynecologic Cancer
CHAPTER 81. Prostate Hyperplasia and Carcinoma
CHAPTER 82. Cancer of Unknown Primary Site
CHAPTER 83. Paraneoplastic Endocrine Syndromes
CHAPTER 84. Neurologic Paraneoplastic Syndromes
CHAPTER 85. Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases
CHAPTER 86. Antibacterial Therapy
CHAPTER 87. Health Care–Associated Infections
CHAPTER 88. Infections in the Immunocompromised Host
CHAPTER 89. Infective Endocarditis
CHAPTER 90. Intraabdominal Infections
CHAPTER 91. Infectious Diarrheas
CHAPTER 92. Sexually Transmitted and Reproductive Tract Infections
CHAPTER 93. Infections of the Skin, Soft Tissues, Joints, and Bones
CHAPTER 94. Pneumococcal Infections
CHAPTER 95. Staphylococcal Infections
CHAPTER 97. Meningococcal and Listerial Infections
CHAPTER 98. Infections Caused by Haemophilus, Bordetella, Moraxella, and HACEK Group Organisms
CHAPTER 99. Diseases Caused by Gram-Negative Enteric Bacteria, Pseudomonas, and Legionella
CHAPTER 100. Infections Caused by Miscellaneous Gram-Negative Bacilli
CHAPTER 101. Anaerobic Infections
CHAPTER 102. Nocardiosis and Actinomycosis
CHAPTER 103. Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Infections
Chapter 104. Lyme Disease and Other Nonsyphilitic Spirochetal Infections
CHAPTER 105. Rickettsial Diseases
CHAPTER 106. Mycoplasma Infections
CHAPTER 107. Chlamydial Infections
CHAPTER 108. Herpesvirus Infections
CHAPTER 109. Cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr Virus Infections
CHAPTER 110. Influenza and Other Viral Respiratory Diseases
CHAPTER 111. Rubeola, Rubella, Mumps, and Parvovirus Infections
CHAPTER 112. Enteroviral Infections
CHAPTER 113. Insect- and Animal-Borne Viral Infections
CHAPTER 114. HIV Infection and AIDS
CHAPTER 115. Fungal Infections
CHAPTER 116. Pneumocystis Infections
CHAPTER 117. Protozoal Infections
CHAPTER 118. Helminthic Infections and Ectoparasite Infestations
CHAPTER 119. Physical Examination of the Heart
CHAPTER 120. Electrocardiography
CHAPTER 121. Noninvasive Examination of the Heart
CHAPTER 122. Congenital Heart Disease in the Adult
CHAPTER 123. Valvular Heart Disease
CHAPTER 124. Cardiomyopathies and Myocarditis
CHAPTER 125. Pericardial Disease
CHAPTER 127. Metabolic Syndrome
CHAPTER 128. ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI)
CHAPTER 129. Unstable Angina and Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction
CHAPTER 130. Chronic Stable Angina
CHAPTER 133. Heart Failure and Cor Pulmonale
CHAPTER 134. Diseases of the Aorta
CHAPTER 135. Peripheral Vascular Disease
CHAPTER 136. Pulmonary Hypertension
CHAPTER 137. Respiratory Function and Pulmonary Diagnostic Procedures
CHAPTER 139. Environmental Lung Diseases
CHAPTER 140. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
CHAPTER 141. Pneumonia, Bronchiectasis, and Lung Abscess
CHAPTER 142. Pulmonary Thromboembolism and Deep-Vein Thrombosis
CHAPTER 143. Interstitial Lung Disease
CHAPTER 144. Diseases of the Pleura and Mediastinum
CHAPTER 145. Disorders of Ventilation
CHAPTER 147. Approach to the Patient With Renal Disease
CHAPTER 148. Acute Renal Failure
CHAPTER 149. Chronic Kidney Disease and Uremia
CHAPTER 151. Renal Transplantation
CHAPTER 152. Glomerular Diseases
CHAPTER 153. Renal Tubular Disease
CHAPTER 154. Urinary Tract Infections and Interstitial Cystitis
CHAPTER 155. Renovascular Disease
CHAPTER 157. Urinary Tract Obstruction
CHAPTER 158. Peptic Ulcer and Related Disorders
CHAPTER 159. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
CHAPTER 160. Colonic and Anorectal Diseases
CHAPTER 161. Cholelithiasis, Cholecystitis, and Cholangitis
CHAPTER 164. Chronic Hepatitis
CHAPTER 165. Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Liver Disease
CHAPTER 166. Portal Hypertension
CHAPTER 167. Diseases of Immediate-Type Hypersensitivity
CHAPTER 168. Primary Immune Deficiency Diseases
CHAPTER 169. SLE, RA, and Other Connective Tissue Diseases
CHAPTER 171. Ankylosing Spondylitis
CHAPTER 172. Psoriatic Arthritis
CHAPTER 173. Reactive Arthritis
CHAPTER 175. Gout, Pseudogout, and Related Diseases
CHAPTER 176. Other Musculoskeletal Disorders
CHAPTER 179. Disorders of the Anterior Pituitary and Hypothalamus
CHAPTER 180. Diabetes Insipidus and SIADH
CHAPTER 181. Thyroid Gland Disorders
CHAPTER 182. Adrenal Gland Disorders
CHAPTER 184. Diabetes Mellitus
CHAPTER 185. Disorders of the Male Reproductive System
CHAPTER 186. Disorders of the Female Reproductive System
CHAPTER 187. Hypercalcemia and Hypocalcemia
CHAPTER 188. Osteoporosis and Osteomalacia
CHAPTER 189. Hypercholesterolemia and Hypertriglyceridemia
CHAPTER 190. Hemochromatosis, Porphyrias, and Wilson’s Disease
CHAPTER 191. The Neurologic Examination
CHAPTER 193. Seizures and Epilepsy
CHAPTER 195. Parkinson’s Disease
CHAPTER 197. ALS and Other Motor Neuron Diseases
CHAPTER 198. Autonomic Nervous System Disorders
CHAPTER 199. Trigeminal Neuralgia, Bell’s Palsy, and Other Cranial Nerve Disorders
CHAPTER 200. Spinal Cord Diseases
CHAPTER 201. Tumors of the Nervous System
CHAPTER 202. Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
CHAPTER 203. Acute Meningitis and Encephalitis
CHAPTER 204. Chronic Meningitis
CHAPTER 205. Peripheral Neuropathies Including Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
CHAPTER 206. Myasthenia Gravis (MG)
CHAPTER 208. Psychiatric Disorders
CHAPTER 209. Psychiatric Medications
CHAPTER 213. Routine Disease Screening
CHAPTER 214. Immunization and Recommendations for Travelers
CHAPTER 215. Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
CHAPTER 216. Prevention and Early Detection of Cancer
CHAPTER 217. Smoking Cessation
CHAPTER 219. Adverse Drug Reactions
CHAPTER 220. Laboratory Values of Clinical Importance