The new edition of this reorganized text emphasizes practicality and includes expeditious features that enable both students and practitioners to find authoritative answers fast. With "Approach to Patients" chapters that focus on evaluation and work-up, complete descriptions of disease-specific entities with highlighted "Indications for Referrals" and "Indications for Hospitalization," and a rapid-access guide summarizing key facts, this authoritative textbook has been streamlined and referenced for quick access to information. Includes 120 evidence-based algorithms that detail step-by-step patient management.

Contents:

Part I: Principles of Medical Practice

1. Section I Humanism and Ethics
   1. Introduction to Internal Medicine as a Discipline
   2. Clinical Medicine, Clinical Ethics and Physicians' Professionalism

2. Section II Basic Mechanisms of Health and Disease
   3. The Genome Project and Molecular DiagnosisLeslie G. Biesecker, Barbara B. Biesecker, and Francis S. Collins
   4. Normal Cell Growth and Differentiation
   5. Principles of the Immune Response
   6. Inflammation: Cells, Cytokines, and Other Mediators
   7. Mechanisms of Hormone Action
   8. Principles of Nutrition
   9. Principles of the Renal Regulation of Fluids and Electrolytes
   10. Pulmonary Gas Exchange
   11. Vascular Biology
   12. Disorders of Lipid Metabolism
   13. Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis
   14. Some Functional Pathways in the Central Nervous System
   15. Biology and Genetics of Aging and Longevity
   16. Clinical Physiology of Aging
   17. Healthcare Implications of an Aging Society
   18. Host-Parasite Interaction
   19. Etiology of Malignant Disease
   20. Molecular and Cell Biology of Neoplasia
   21. Epidemiology of Malignant Disease
   22. Prevention of Neoplasia
   23. Transplantation Immunology

3. Section III Approach to Common Primary Care Issues
   24. The Periodic Health Evaluation
   25. Preoperative Medical Evaluation
   26. Immunizations
   27. Infectious Disease Prevention in the International Traveler
   28. Cancer Screening and Early Detection
   29. Epidemiology and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
   30. Systemic Hypertension
   31. Approaches to Hypercholesterolemia and Other Abnormal Lipid Profiles
   32. Approach to the Patient with Chest Pain (Cardiac and Non-Cardiac)
   33. Smoking and Smoking Cessation
   34. Approach to the Problem of Alcohol Abuse and Dependence
   35. Approach to the Problem of Substance Abuse
   36. Obesity
   37. Anorexia Nervosa and Eating Disorders
   38. Approach to the Patient with Unintentional Weight Loss
   39. Depression, Anxiety, and Other Psychiatric Disorders
   40. Care of the Dying Patient

4. Section IV Principles of Clinical Evaluation
   41. The Clinical Approach to the Patient
   42. Principles of Clinical Epidemiology
   43. Evidence-Based Medicine
   44. Computers in Support of Clinical Medicine
   45. Quality Improvement and Clinical Outcome Assessment
   46. Assessment of Physician Performance in the New Health Care Environment
   47. Medical Malpractice and Risk Management

5. Section V Related Medical Disciplines
   48. Adolescent Medicine
   49. Principles of Occupational Medicine
   50. Medical Ophthalmology
   51. Medical Otolaryngology
   52. Principles of Women's Medicine
   53. Sports Medicine
   54. Principles of Rehabilitation Medicine
   55. Principles of Clinical Pharmacology
   56. Alternative Medicine: Prevalence, cost, and utility

6. Section VI Selected Medical Emergencies
   57. General Principles in the Approach to the Patient With an Acute Emergency
   58. Animal Bites and Stings
   59. Near Drowning
   60. Treatment of Anaphylaxis
   61. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
   62. Hyperthermia and Hypothermia
   63. Ionizing Radiation Injuries

Part II: Cardiology

1. Section I Approach to the Patient with Cardiovascular Disorders
   64. Essential Features of the Cardiac History and Physical Examination
   65. Approach to the Patient with Chest Pain
   66. Approach to the Patient with Heart Failure
   67. Approach to the Patient with Cardiac Arrhythmias
   68. Approach to the Patient with Heart Murmurs
   69. Approach to the Patient with Syncope
   70. Approach to the Pregnant Patient with Heart Disease
   71. Approach to the Patient with Hypotension and Shock

2. Section II Disorders of the Cardiovascular System
   72. Coronary Artery Disease
   73. Acute Myocardial Infarction
   74. Myocardial Diseases
   75. Tumors of the Heart
   76. Cardiac Arrhythmias
   77. Valvular Heart Disease
   78. Congenital Heart Disease in the Adult
   79. Pericardial Diseases
   80. Pulmonary Hypertension and Cor Pulmonale
   81. Vascular Medicine
   82. Genetics of the Cardiovascular System

3. Section III Diagnostic and Therapeutic Modalities in Cardiovascular Diseases
   83. Cardiovascular Radiology
   84. Electrocardiography, Exercise Stress Testing, Ambulatory Monitoring
   85. Echocardiography
   86. Radionuclide and Magnetic Resonance Techniques
   87. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Catheterization
   88. Electrophysiologic Testing
   89. Principles of Cardiac Conditioning and Rehabilitation
   90. Clinical Pharmacology of Cardiovascular Drugs
   91. Use of Anticoagulant Drugs
   92. Principles and Applications of Cardiac Surgery

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