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Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 17th edition 2 volume set
Authors:
Anthony S. Fauci, MD, National Institute of Health, Betheseda, MD. ,Dennis L. Kasper, MD, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA., Eugene Braunwald, MD, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA., Stephen L. Hauser, MD, University of California, San Francisco, CA., Dan L. Longo, MD, National Institute of Health, Betheseda, MD., J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL. , and Joseph Loscalzo, MD, PhD, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA.
Pages: 2754  Hard Cover
ISBN:
978-0071476911
McGraw Hill   2008
List Price:  $219.00

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Table of Contents:

  • Contributors
     

    Preface

     

    Part 1
     

    Introduction to Clinical Medicine

     

    1
    The Practice of Medicine

    The Editors

     

    2
    Global Issues in Medicine

    Jim Yong Kim / Paul Farmer

     

    3
    Decision-Making in Clinical Medicine

    Daniel B. Mark

     

    4
    Screening and Prevention of Diseases

    Gary J. Martin

     

    5
    Principles of Clinical Pharmacology

    Dan M. Roden

     

    6
    Women’s Health

    Andrea Dunaif

     

    7
    Medical Disorders during Pregnancy

    Robert L. Barbieri / John T. Repke

     

    8
    Medical Evaluation of the Surgical Patient

    Wei C. Lau / Kim A. Eagle


     

    9
    Geriatric Medicine

    Lisa B. Caruso / Rebecca A. Silliman

     

    10
    Complementary and Alternative Medicine

    Stephen E. Straus

     

    11
    Palliative and End-of-Life Care

    Ezekiel J. Emanuel / Joshua Hauser / Linda L. Emanuel

     

    e1
    The Safety and Quality of Health Care

    David W. Bates

     

    e2
    Economic Considerations in the Practice of Medicine

    David Meltzer

     

    e3
    Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care
    Joseph R. Betancourt / David Blumenthal

     

    e4
    Ethical Issues in Clinical Medicine

    Bernard Lo


     

    Part 2
     

    Cardinal Manifestations and Presentation of Diseases

     

    Section 1
     

    Pain

     

    12
    Pain: Pathophysiology and Management

    Howard L. Fields / Joseph B. Martin

     

    13
    Chest Discomfort

    Thomas H. Lee

     

    14
    Abdominal Pain

    William Silen

     

    15
    Headache

    Peter J. Goadsby / Neil H. Raskin

     

    16
    Back and Neck Pain

    John W. Engstrom

     

    Section 2
     

    Alterations in Body Temperature

     

    17
    Fever and Hyperthermia

    Charles A. Dinarello / Reuven Porat

     

    18
    Fever and Rash

    Elaine T. Kaye / Kenneth M. Kaye

     

    e5
    Atlas of Rashes Associated with Fever

    Elaine T. Kaye / Kenneth M. Kaye

     

    19
    Fever of Unknown Origin

    Jeffery A. Gelfand / Michael V. Callahan

     

    20
    Hypothermia and Frostbite

    Daniel F. Danzl

     

    Section 3
     

    Nervous System Dysfunction

     

    21
    Syncope

    Mark D. Carlson

     

    22
    Dizziness and Vertigo

    Robert B. Daroff

     

    23
    Weakness and Paralysis

    Michael J. Aminoff

     

    24
    Gait and Balance Disorders

    Lewis Sudarsky

     

    25
    Numbness, Tingling, and Sensory Loss

    Michael J. Aminoff / Arthur K.Asbury

     

    26
    Confusion and Delirium

    S. Andrew Josephson / Bruce L. Miller

     

    e6
    Memory Loss

    Thomas D. Bird / Bruce L. Miller


     

    27
    Aphasia, Memory Loss, and Other Focal Cerebral Disorders

    M.-Marsel Mesulam

     

    28
    Sleep Disorders

    Charles A. Czeisler / John W. Winkleman / Gary S. Richardson


     

    Section 4
     

    Disorders of Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat

     

    29
    Disorders of the Eye

    Jonathan C. Horton

     

    30
    Disorders of Smell, Taste, and Hearing

    Anil K. Lalwani

     

    31
    Pharyngitis, Sinusitis, Otitis, and Other Upper Respiratory Infections

    Michael A. Rubin / Ralph Gonzales / Merle A. Sande

     

    32
    Oral Manifestations of Disease

    Samuel C. Durso

     

    e7
    Atlas of Oral Manifestations of Disease

    Samuel C. Durso / Janet A. Yellowitz

     

    Section 5
     

    Alterations in Circulatory and Respiratory Functions


     

    33
    Dyspnea and Pulmonary Edema


    Richard M. Schwartzstein

     

    34
    Cough and Hemoptysis

    Steven E. Weinberger / David A. Lipson

     

    35
    Hypoxia and Cyanosis

    Eugene Braunwald

     

    36
    Edema

    Eugene Braunwald / Joseph Loscalzo

     

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    Approach to the Patient with a Heart Murmur

    Patrick O’Gara / Eugene Braunwald

     

    37
    Palpitations

    Joseph Loscalzo


     

    Section 6
     

    Alterations in Gastrointestinal Function

     

    38
    Dysphagia

    Raj K. Goyal

     

    39
    Nausea, Vomiting, and Indigestion

    William L. Hasler

     

    40
    Diarrhea and Constipation

    Michael Camilleri / Joseph A. Murray

     

    41
    Weight Loss

    Carol M. Reife

     

    42
    Gastrointestinal Bleeding

    Loren Laine

     

    43
    Jaundice

    Daniel S. Pratt / Marshall M. Kaplan

     

    44
    Abdominal Swelling and Ascites

    Robert M. Glickman / Roshini Rajapaksa

     

    Section 7
     

    Alterations in Renal and Urinary Tract Function

     

    45
    Azotemia and Urinary Abnormalities
    Bradley M. Denker / Barry M. Brenner

     

    e9
    Atlas of Urinary Sediments and Renal Biopsies

    Agnes B. Fogo / Eric G. Neilsen

     

    46
    Fluid and Electrolyte Disturbances

    Gary G. Singer / Barry M. Brenner

     

    47
    Hypercalcemia and Hypocalcemia
    Sundeep Khosla

     

    48
    Acidosis and Alkalosis

    Thomas B. DuBose, Jr.

     

    Section 8
     

    Alterations in Sexual Function and Reproduction

     

    49
    Sexual Dysfunction

    Kevin T. McVary

     

    50
    Hirsutism and Virilization

    David A. Ehrmann

     

    51
    Menstrual Disorders and Pelvic Pain

    Janet E. Hall

     

    Section 9
    Alterations in the Skin

     

    52
    Approach to the Patient with a Skin Disorder

    Thomas J. Lawley / Kim B. Yancey

     

    53
    Eczema, Psoriasis, Cutaneous Infections, Acne, and Other Common Skin Disorders

    Calvin O. McCall / Thomas J. Lawley

     

    54
    Skin Manifestations of Internal Disease
    Jean L. Bolognia / Irwin M. Braverman

     

    55
    Immunologically Mediated Skin Diseases

    Kim B. Yancey / Thomas J. Lawley

     

    56
    Cutaneous Drug Reactions
    Jean-Claude Roujeau / Robert S. Stern / Bruce C. Wintroub


     

    57
    Photosensitivity and Other Reactions to Light

    David R. Bickers


     

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    Atlas of Skin Manifestations of Internal Disease

    Thomas J. Lawley / Stephen Templeton


     

    Section 10
     

    Hematologic Alterations


     

    58
    Anemia and Polycythemia

    John W. Adamson / Dan L. Longo

     

    59
    Bleeding and Thrombosis

    Barbara A. Konkle

     

    60
    Enlargement of Lymph Nodes and Spleen

    Patrick H. Henry / Dan L. Longo

     

    61
    Disorders of Granulocytes and Monocytes

    Steven M. Holland /John I. Gallin

     

    e11
    Atlas of Hematology and Analysis of Peripheral Blood Smears

    Dan L. Longo

     

    Part 3
    Genetics and Disease

     

    62
    Principles of Human Genetics

    J. Larry Jameson / Peter Kopp

     

    63
    Chromosome Disorders

    Terry Hassold / Stuart Schwartz

     

    64
    The Practice of Genetics in Clinical Medicine

    Susan Miesfeldt / J. Larry Jameson

     

    65
    Gene Therapy in Clinical Medicine
    Katherine A. High

     

    Part 4
     

    Regenerative Medicine

     

    66
    Stem Cell Biology

    Minoru S. H. Ko

     

    67
    Applications of Stem Cell Biology in Clinical Medicine

    Jack A. Kessler

     

    68
    Hematopoietic Stem Cells

    David T. Scadden / Dan L. Longo

     

    69
    Tissue Engineering

    Jennifer Anderson /Joseph P. Vacanti

     

    Part 5
     

    Nutrition

     

    70
    Nutritional Requirements and Dietary Assessment

    Johanna Dwyer

     

    71
    Vitamin and Trace Mineral Deficiency and Excess

    Robert M. Russell / Paolo M. Suter


     

    72
    Malnutrition and Nutritional Assessment

    Douglas C. Heimburger

     

    73
    Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition Therapy

    Bruce R. Bistrian / David F. Driscoll

     

    74
    Biology of Obesity

    Jeffrey S. Flier / Eleftheria Maratos-Flier

     

    75
    Evaluation and Management of Obesity

    Robert F. Kushner

     

    76
    Eating Disorders

    B. Timothy Walsh


     

    Part 6
     

    Oncology and Hematology

     

    Section 1
     

    Neoplastic Disorders

     

    77
    Approach to the Patient with Cancer

    Dan L. Longo

     

    78
    Prevention and Early Detection of Cancer

    Otis W. Brawley / Barnett S. Kramer

     

    79
    Cancer Genetics

    Pat J. Morin / Jeffrey M. Trent / Francis S. Collins / Bert Vogelstein

     

    80
    Cancer Cell Biology and Angiogenesis

    Robert G. Fenton / Dan L. Longo

     

    81
    Principles of Cancer Treatment

    Edward A. Sausville / Dan L. Longo

     

    82
    Infections in Patients with Cancer

    Robert Finberg

     

    83
    Cancer of the Skin


    Arthur J. Sober / Hensin Tsao / Carl V. Washington

     

    84
    Head and Neck Cancer


    Everett E. Vokes

     

    85
    Neoplasms of the Lung


    John D. Minna / Joan H. Schiller

     

    86
    Breast Cancer

    Marc E. Lippman

     

    87
    Gastrointestinal Tract Center

    Robert J. Mayer

     

    88
    Tumors of the Liver and Biliary Tree

    Brian I. Carr


     

    89
    Pancreatic Cancer

    Yu Jo Chua / David Cunningham

     

    90
    Bladder and Renal Cell Carcinomas

    Howard I. Scher / Robert J. Motzer


     

    91
    Benign and Malignant Diseases of the Prostate

    Howard I. Scher

     

    92
    Testicular Cancer

    Robert J. Motzer / George J. Bosl

     

    93
    Gynecologic Malignancies

    Robert C. Young

     

    94
    Soft Tissue and Bone Sarcomas and Bone Metastases

    Shreyaskumar R. Patel / Robert S. Benjamin

     

    95
    Carcinoma of Unknown Primary

    Gauri R. Varadhachary /James L. Abbruzzese

     

    96
    Paraneoplastic Syndromes: Endocrinologic/Hematologic

    J. Larry Jameson / Bruce E. Johnson

     

    97
    Paraneoplastic Neurologic Syndromes

    Joseph Dalmau / Myrna R. Rosenfeld

     

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    Thymoma

    Dan L. Longo

     

    e13
    Late Consequences of Cancer and Its Treatment

    Michael C. Perry / Dan L. Longo


     

    Section 2
     

    Hematopoietic Disorders

     

    98
    Iron Deficiency and Other Hypoproliferative Anemias

    John W. Adamson

     

    99
    Disorders of Hemoglobin

    Edward J. Benz

     

    100
    Megaloblastic Anemia

    A. Victor Hoffbrand

     

    101
    Hemolytic Anemias and Anemias due to Acute Blood Loss

    Lucio Luzzatto

     

    102
    Aplastic Anemia, Myelodysplasia, and Related Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes

    Neal S. Young

     

    103
    Polycythemia Vera and Other Myeloproliferative Diseases

    Jerry L. Spivak

     

    104
    Acute and Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

    Meir Wetzler /John C. Byrd / Clara D. Bloomfield

     

    105
    Malignancies of Lymphoid Cells

    Dan L. Longo

     

    106
    Plasma Cell Disorders

    Nikhil C. Munshi / Dan L. Longo / Kenneth C. Anderson

     

    107
    Transfusion Biology and Therapy

    Jeffery S. Dzieczkowski / Kenneth C. Anderson


     

    108
    Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation

    Frederick R. Applebaum

     

    Section 3
     

    Disorders of Hemostasis

     

    109
    Disorders of Platelets and Vessel Wall

    Barbara A. Konkle

     

    110
    Coagulation Disorders

    Valder Arruda / Katherine High

     

    111
    Thrombosis Venous

    F.R. Rosendaal / H.R. Büller

     

    112
    Antiplatelet, Anticoagulant, and Fibrinolytic Drugs

    Jeffery L. Weitz
     

    Part 7
     

    Infectious Diseases

     

    Section 1
     

    Basic Considerations in Infectious Diseases

     

    113
    Introduction to Infectious Diseases: Host-Pathogen Interactions

    Lawrence C. Madoff / Dennis L. Kasper

     

    114
    Molecular Mechanisms of Microbial Pathogenesis

    Gerald B. Pier

     

    115
    Approach to the Acutely Ill Infected Febrile Patient

    Tamar F. Barlam / Dennis L. Kasper

     

    116
    Immunization Principles and Vaccine Use

    Gerald T. Keusch / Kenneth J. Bart / Mark Miller

     

    117
    Health Advice for International Travel

    J.S. Keystone / P.E. Kozarsky

     

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    Laboratory Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases

    Alexander J. McAdam / Andrew B. Onderdonk

     

    Section 2
     

    Clinical Syndromes: Community-Acquired Infections

     

    118
    Infective Endocarditis

    Adolf W. Karchmer

     

    119
    Infections of the Skin, Muscle, and Soft Tissues

    Dennis L. Stevens

     

    120
    Osteomyelitis

    Jeffrey Parsonnet

     

    121
    Intraabdominal Infections and Abscesses

    Miriam J. Baron / Dennis L. Kasper

     

    122
    Acute Infectious Diarrheal Diseases and Bacterial Food Poisoning

    Joan R. Butterton / Stephen B. Calderwood

     

    123
    Clostridium difficile-Associated Disease, Including Pseudomembranous Colitis

    Dale N. Gerding / Stuart Johnson

     

    124
    Sexually Transmitted Infections: Overview and Clinical Approach

    King K. Holmes

     

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    Infectious Complications of Bites and Burns

    Lawrence C. Madoff / Florencia Pereyra

     

    Section 3
     

    Clinical Syndromes: Nosocomial Infections

     

    125
    Health Care-Associated Infections

    Robert A. Weinstein

     

    126
    Infections in Transplant Recipients

    Robert Finberg /Joyce Fingeroth


     

    Section 4
     

    Approach to Therapy for Bacterial Diseases

     

    127
    Treatment and Prophylaxis of Bacterial Infections

    Gordon L. Archer / Ronald E. Polk

     

    Section 5
     

    Diseases Caused by Gram-Positive Bacteria

     

    128
    Pneumococcal Infections

    Daniel M. Musher

     

    129
    Staphylococcal Infections

    Franklin D. Lowy

     

    130
    Strepococcal and Enterococcal Infections

    Michael R. Wessels

     

    131
    Diphtheria and Other Infections Caused by Corynebacteria and Related Species

    William R. Bishai / Jack R. Murphy

     

    132
    Infections Caused by Listeria monocytogenes

    Elizabeth L. Hohmann / Daniel A. Portnoy

     

    133
    Tetanus

    Elias Abrutyn

     

    134
    Botulism

    Elias Abrutyn

     

    135
    Gas Gangrene and Other Clostridial Infections

    Dennis L. Kasper /Lawrence C. Madoff


     

    Section 6
     

    Diseases Caused by Gram-Negative Bacteria

     

    136
    Meningococcal Infections

    Lee M. Wetzler

     

    137
    Gonococcal Infections

    Sanjay Ram / Peter A. Rice

     

    138
    Moraxella Infections

    Daniel M. Musher

     

    139
    Haemophilus Infections

    Timothy F. Murphy

     

    140
    Infections Due to the HACEK Group and Miscellaneous Gram-Negative Bacteria

    Tamar F. Barlam / Dennis L. Kasper

     

    141
    Legionella Infection

    Miguel Sabria / Victor L. Yu

     

    142
    Pertussis and Other Bordetella Infections

    Scott A. Halperin

     

    143
    Diseases Caused by Gram-Negative Enteric Bacilli

    Thomas A. Russo / James R. Johnson

     

    144
    Helicobacter Pylori Infections

    John C. Atherton / Martin J. Blaser

     

    145
    Infections Due to Pseudomonas Species and Related Organisms

    Reuben Ramphal

     

    146
    Salmonellosis

    David A. Pegues / Samuel I. Miller

     

    147
    Shingellosis

    Philippe Sansonetti / Jean Bergounioux

     

    148
    Infections Due to Campylobacter and Related Species

    Martin J. Blaser

     

    149
    Cholera and Other Vibrioses

    Matthew K. Waldor / Gerald T. Keusch

     

    150
    Brucellosis

    Michael J. Corbel / Nicholas J. Beeching

     

    151
    Tularemia

    Richard F. Jacobs / Gordon E. Schutze

     

    152
    Plague and Other Yersnia Infections

    David T. Dennis / Grant L. Campbell

     

    153
    Bartonella Infections, Including Cat-Scratch Disease

    David H. Spach / Emily Darby

     

    154
    Donovanosis

    Gavin Hart

     

    Section 7
     

    Miscellaneous Bacterial Infections

     

    155
    Nocardiosis

    Gregory A. Filice

     

    156
    Actinomycosis

    Thomas A. Russo

     

    157
    Infections Due to Mixed Anaerobic Organisms

    Dennis L. Kasper / Ronit Cohen-Poradosu

     

    Section 8
     

    Mycobacterial Diseases

     

    158
    Tuberculosis

    Mario C. Raviglione / Richard J. O’Brien

     

    159
    Leprosy (Hansen’s Disease)

    Robert H. Gelber

     

    160
    Nontuberculous Mycobacteria

    C. Fordham von Reyn

     

    161
    Antimycobacterial Agents

    Richard J. Wallace / David E. Griffith

     

    Section 9
    Spirochetal Disease

     

    162
    Syphilis

    Sheila A. Lukehart

     

    163
    Endemic Treponematoses

    Sheila A. Lukehart

     

    164
    Leptospirosis

    Peter Speelman / Rudy Harkskeerl

     

    165
    Relapsing Fever

    David T. Dennis

     

    166
    Lyme Borreliosis

    Allen C. Steere
     

    Section 10
    Diseases Caused by Rickettsia, Mycoplasma, and Chlamydia

     

    167
    Rickettsial Diseases

    David H. Walker / J. Stephen Dumler / Thomas Marrie

     

    168
    Infections Due to Mycoplasmas

    William M. McCormack

     

    169
    Chlamydial Infections

    Walter E. Stamm

     

    Section 11
     

    Viral Diseases: General Considerations

     

    170
    Medical Virology

    Fred Wang /Elliott Kieff

     

    171
    Antiviral Chemotherapy, Excluding Antiretroviral Drugs

    Lindsey R. Baden / Raphael Dolin

     

    Section 12
     

    Infections Due to DNA Viruses


     

    172
    Herpes Simplex Viruses

    Lawrence Corey

     

    73
    Varicella-Zoster Virus Infections

    Richard J. Whitley

     

    174
    Epstein-Barr Virus Infections, Including Infectious Mononucleosis

    Jeffery I. Cohen

     

    175
    Cytomegalovirus and Human Herpesvirus Types 6, 7, and 8

    Martin S. Hirsch

     

    176
    Molluscum Contagiosum, Monkeypox and Other Poxviruses Excluding Smallpox Virus

    Fred Wang

     

    177
    Parvovirus Infections

    Kevin E. Brown

     

    178
    Human Papillomavirus Infections

    Richard C. Reichman

     

    Section 13
     

    Infections Due to DNA and RNA Respiratory Viruses


     

    179
    Common Viral Respiratory Infections and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

    Raphael Dolin

     

    180
    Influenza

    Raphael Dolin

     

    Section 14
     

    Infections Due to Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Other Human Retroviruses

     

    181
    The Human Retroviruses

    Dan L. Longo /Anthony S. Fauci

     

    182
    Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease: AIDS and Related Disorders

    Anthony S. Fauci / H. Clifford Lane



     

    Section 15
     

    Infections Due to RNA Viruses

     

    183
    Viral Gastroenteritis

    Umesh D. Parashar / Roger I. Glass

     

    184
    Enterovirus and Reoviruses Infections

    Jeffery I. Cohen

     

    185
    Measles (Rubeola)

    Anne Gershon


     

    186
    Rubella (German Measles)

    Anne Gershon

     

    187
    Mumps

    Anne Gershon

     

    188
    Rabies and Other Rhabdovirus Infections

    Alan C. Jackson / Eric C. Johannsen

     

    189
    Infections Caused by Arthropod and Rodent-Borne Viruses

    Clarence J. Peters

     

    190
    Ebola and Marburg Viruses

    Clarence J. Peters


     

    Section 16
     

    Fungal and Algal Infections

     

    191
    Diagnosis and Treatment of Fungal Infections

    John E. Edwards

     

    192
    Histoplasmosis

    Chadi A. Hage / L. Joseph Wheat

     

    193
    Coccidioidomycosis

    Neil M. Ampel

     

    194
    Blastomycosis

    Stanley W. Chapman

     

    195
    Cryptococcosis

    Arturo Casadevall

     

    196
    Candidiasois


    John E. Edwards

     

    197
    Aspergillosis

    David W. Denning

     

    198
    Mucormycosis

    Alan M. Sugar

     

    199
    Miscellaneous Mycoses and Algal Infections

    Stanley W. Chapman / Donna C. Sullivan

     

    200
    Pneumocystis Infection

    A. Geroge Smulian /Peter D. Walzer


     

    Section 17
     

    Protozoal and Helminthic Infections: General Considerations

     

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    Laboratory Diagnosis of Parasitic Infections

    Sharon L. Reed / Charles E. Davis

     

    201
    Agents Used to Treat Parasitic Infections

    Thomas A. Moore

     

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    Pharmacology of Agents Used to Treat Parasitic Infections

    Thomas A. Moore

     

    Section 18
     

    Protozoal Infections

     

    202
    Ambiasis and Infection with Free-Living Amebas

    Sharon L. Reed

     

    203
    Malaria

    Nicholas J. White / Joel G. Breman

     

    204
    Babesiosis

    Jeffery Gelfand

     

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    Atlas of Blood Smears of Malaria and Babesiosis

    Nicholas J. White / Joel G. Breman

     

    205
    Leishmaniasis

    Barbara L. Herwaldt

     

    206
    Trypanosomiasis

    Louis V. Kirchhoff

     

    207
    Toxoplasma Infections

    Lloyd H. Kasper

     

    208
    Protozoal Intestinal Infections and Trichomoniasis

    Peter F. Weller


     

    Section 19
     

    Helminthic Infections

     

    209
    Trichinella and Other Tissue Nematodes

    Peter F. Weller

     

    210
    Intestinal Nematodes

    Peter F. Weller /Thomas B. Nutman

     

    211
    Filarial and Related Infections

    Peter F. Weller / Thomas B. Nutman

     

    212
    Schistosomiasis and Other Trematode Infections

    Adel A.F. Mahmoud

     

    213
    Cestodes

    A. Clinton White, Jr. / Peter F. Weller


     

    Part 8
     

    Bioterrorism and Clinical Medicine

     

    214
    Microbioterrorism

    H. Clifford Lane / Anthony S. Fauci

     

    215
    Chemical Bioterrorism

    Charles G. Hurst / Jonathan Newmark / James A. Romano

     

    216
    Radiation Bioterrorism

    Zelig A. Tochner / Eli Glatstein



     

    Part 9
     

    Disorders of Cardiovascular System



     

    Section 1
     

    Introduction to Cardiovascular Disorders

     

    217
    Basic Biology of the Cardiovascular System

    Joseph Loscalzo / Peter Libby / Eugene Braunwald

     

    218
    Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease

    Thomas A. Gaziano / J. Michael Gaziano

     

    219
    Approach to the Patient with Possible Cardiovascular Disease

    Eugene Braunwald


     

    Section 2
     

    Diagnosis of Cardiovascular Disorders

     

    220
    Physical Examination of the Cardiovascular System

    Robert A. O’Rourke /Eugene Braunwald

     

    221
    Electrocardiography

    Ary L. Goldberger

     

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    Atlas of Electrocardiography

    Ary L. Goldberger

     

    222
    Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging: Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology, and MRI/CT Imaging

    Rick Nishimura / Raymond J. Gibbons / James F. Glockner /A. Jamil Tajik

     

    e20
    Atlas of Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging

    Rick Nishimura

     

    223
    Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization and Angiography

    Donald S. Baim


     

    Section 3
     

    Disorders of Rhythm

     

    224
    Principles of Electrophysiology

    Gordon F. Tomaselli

     

    225
    The Bradyarrhythmias

    Gordon F. Tomaselli

     

    226
    The Tachyarrhythmias

    Francis Marchlinksi

     

    e21
    Atlas of Cardiac Arrhythmias

    Ary L. Goldberger

     

    Section 4
     

    Disorders of the Heart

     

    227
    Heart Failure and Cor Pulmonale

    Douglas L. Mann

     

    228
    Cardiac Transplantation and Prolonged Assisted Circulation

    Sharon A. Hunt

     

    229
    Congenital Heart Disease in the Adult

    John S. Child

     

    230
    Valvular Heart Disease

    Patrick O’Gara / Eugene Braunwald

     

    231
    Cardiomyopathy and Myocarditis

    Joshua Wynne / Eugene Braunwald

     

    232
    Pericardial Disease

    Eugene Braunwald

     

    233
    Tumors and Trauma of the Heart

    Eric H. Awtry / Wilson S. Colucci

     

    234
    Cardiac Manifestations of Systemic Disease

    Eric H. Awtry / Wilson S. Colucci


     

    Section 5
     

    Vascular Disease

     

    235
    The Pathogenesis, Prevention, and Treatment of Atherosclerosis

    Peter Libby

     

    e22
    Atlas of Atherosclerosis

    Peter Libby

     

    236
    The Metabolic Syndrome

    Robert H. Eckel

     

    237
    Ischemic Heart Disease

    Elliott M. Antman / Andrew P. Selwyn/ Eugene Braunwald / Joseph Loscalzo

     

    238
    Unstable Angina and Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

    Christopher P. Cannon / Eugene Braunwald

     

    239
    ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

    Elliott M. Antman / Eugene Braunwald

     

    240
    Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

    Donald S. Baim

     

    e23
    Atlas of Percutaneous Revascularization

    Donald S. Baim

     

    241
    Hypertensive Vascular Disease

    Ted A. Kotchen

     

    242
    Diseases of the Aorta

    Mark A. Creager / Joseph Loscalzo

     

    243
    Vascular Diseases of the Extremities

    Mark A. Creager / Joseph Loscalzo

     

    244
    Pulmonary Hypertension

    Stuart Rich


     

    Part 10
     

    Disorders of the Respiratory System

     

    Section 1
     

    Diagnosis of Respiratory Disorders

     

    245
    Approach to the Patient with Disease of the Respiratory System

    David A. Lipson / Steven E. Weinberger

     

    246
    Disturbances of Respiratory Function

    Steven E. Weinberger /Ilene M. Rosen

     

    247
    Diagnostic Procedures in Respiratory Diseases

    Scott Manaker / Steven E. Weinberger

     

    e24
    Atlas of Chest Imaging

    Patricia Kritek / John J. Reilly, Jr.

     

    Section 2
     

    Diseases of the Respiratory System

     

    248
    Asthma

    Peter J. Barnes

     

    249
    Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis and Pulmonary Infiltrates with Eosinophilia

    Joel N. Kline / Gary W. Hunninghake

     

    250
    Environmental Lung Disease

    Frank E. Speizer / John R. Balmes

     

    251
    Pneumonia

    Lionel A. Mandell / Richard Wunderink

     

    252
    Bronchiectasis and Lung Abscess

    Gregory Tino / Steven E. Weinberger

     

    253
    Cystic Fibrosis

    Richard C. Boucher

     

    254
    Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

    John J. Reilly, Jr. / Edwin K. Silverman / Steven D. Shapiro

     

    255
    Interstitial Lung Diseases

    Talmadge E. King, Jr.

     

    256
    Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Thromboembolism

    Samuel Z. Goldhaber

     

    257
    Disorders of the Pleura and Mediastinum

    Richard W. Light

     

    258
    Disorders of Ventilation

    Eliot A. Phillipson


     

    259
    Sleep Apnea

    Neil J. Douglas

     

    260
    Lung Transplantation

    Elbert P. Trulock


     

    Part 11
     

    Critical Care Medicine


     

    Section 1
     

    Respiratory Critical Care


     

    261
    Principles of Critical Care Medicine

    John P. Kress / Jesse B. Hall

     

    262
    Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

    Bruce D. Levy / Steve D. Shapiro

     

    263
    Mechanical Ventilatory Support

    Edward P. Ingenito


     

    Section 2
     

    Shock and Cardiac Arrest


     

    264
    Approach to the Patient with Shock

    Ronald V. Maier

     

    265
    Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock

    Robert S. Munford

     

    266
    Cardiogenic Shock and Pulmonary Edema

    Judith S. Hochman / David H. Ingbar

     

    267
    Cardiovascular Collapse, Cardiac Arrest, and Sudden Cardiac Death

    Robert J. Myerberg / Agustin Castellanos


     

    Section 3
     

    Neurologic Critical Care


     

    268
    Coma

    Allan H. Ropper

     

    269
    Neurologic Critical Care, Including Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

    J. Claude Hemphill / Wade S. Smith


     

    Section 4
     

    Oncologic Emergencies

     

    270
    Oncologic Emergencies

    Rasim Gucalp / Janice Dutcher


     

    Part 12
     

    Disorders of the Kidney and Urinary Tract


     

    271
    Cellular and Molecular Biology of the Kidney

    Alfred L. George / Eric G. Neilson

     

    272
    Adaptation of the Kidney to Renal Injury

    Raymond C. Harris / Eric G. Neilson

     

    273
    Acute Renal Failure

    Kathleen D. Liu / Glenn M. Chertow

     

    274
    Chronic Kidney Disease

    Joanne M. Bargman / Karl Skorecki

     

    275
    Dialysis in the Treatment of Renal Failure

    Kathleen D. Liu / Glenn M. Chertow

     

    276
    Transplantation in the Treatment of Renal Failure

    Charles B. Carpenter / Edgar L. Milford / Mohamed H. Sayegh

     

    277
    Glomerular Diseases

    Julia B. Lewis / Eric G. Neilson

     

    278
    Polycystic Kidney Disease and Other Inherited Tubular Disorders

    David J. Salant / Parul S. Patel

     

    279
    Tubulointerstitial Diseases of the Kidney

    Alan S. L. Yu / Barry M. Brenner

     

    280
    Vascular Injury to the Kidney

    Kamal F. Badr / Barry M. Brenner

     

    281
    Nephrolithiasis

    John R. Asplin / Fredric L. Coe / Murray J. Favus

     

    282
    Urinary Tract Infections, Pyelonephritis, and Prostatitis

    Walter E. Stamm

     

    283
    Urinary Tract Obstruction

    Julian L. Seifter / Barry M. Brenner


     

    Part 13
     

    Disorders of the Gastrointestinal System

     

    Section 1
     

    Disorders of the Alimentary Tract

     

    284
    Approach to the Patient with Gastrointestinal Disease

    William L. Hasler / Chung Owyang

     

    285
    Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

    Louis Michel Wong Kee Song / Mark Topazian


     

    e25
    Video Atlas of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

    Mark Topazian

     

    286
    Diseases of the Esophagus

    Raj. K. Goyal

     

    287
    Peptic Ulcer Disease and Related Disorders

    John Del Valle

     

    288
    Disorders of Absorption

    Henry J. Binder

     

    289
    Inflammatory Bowel Disease

    Sonia Friedman / Richard S. Blumberg

     

    290
    Irritable Bowel Syndrome

    Chung Owyang

     

    291
    Diverticular Disease and Common Anorectal Disorders

    Susan L. Gearhart

     

    292
    Mesenteric Vascular Insufficiency

    Susan L. Gearhart

     

    293
    Acute Intestinal Obstruction

    Susan L. Gearhart / William Silen

     

    294
    Acute Appendicitis and Peritonitis

    Susan L. Gearhart / William Silen


     

    Section 2
     

    Liver and Biliary Tract Disease


     

    295
    Approach to the Patient with Liver Disease

    Marc Ghany /Jay H. Hoofnagle

     

    296
    Evaluation of Liver Function

    Daniel S. Pratt / Marshall M. Kaplan

     

    297
    The Hyperbilirubinemias

    Allan W. Wolkoff

     

    298
    Acute Viral Hepatitis

    Jules L. Dienstag

     

    299
    Toxic and Drug-Induced Hepatitis

    Jules L. Dienstag

     

    300
    Chronic Hepatitis

    Jules L. Dienstag

     

    301
    Alcoholic Liver Disease

    Mark E. Malliard / Michael F. Sorrell

     

    302
    Cirrhosis and Its Complications

    Bruce R. Bacon

     

    e26
    Atlas of Liver Biopsies

    Jules L. Dienstag / Atul K. Bhau

     

    303
    Genetic, Metabolic, and Infiltrative Diseases Affecting the Liver

    Bruce R. Bacon

     

    304
    Liver Transplantation

    Jules L. Dienstag /Raymond T. Chung

     

    305
    Diseases of the Gallbladder and Bile Ducts

    Norton J. Greenberger / Gustav Paumgartner


     

    Section 3
     

    Disorders of the Pancreas


     

    306
    Approach to the Patient with Pancreatic Disease

    Phillip P. Toskes / Norton J. Greenberger

     

    307
    Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis

    Norton J. Greenberger / Phillip P. Toskes


     

    Part 14
     

    Disorders of the Immune System, Connective Tissue, and Joints

     

    Section 1
     

    The Immune System in Health and Disease

     

    308
    Introduction to the Immune System

    Barton F. Haynes / Kelly A. Soderberg / Anthony S. Fauci

     

    309
    The Major Histocompatability Complex

    Gerald T. Nepom

     

    310
    Primary Immune Deficiency Diseases

    Max D. Cooper / Harry W. Schroeder, Jr.

     

    e27
    Primary Immunodeficiencies Associated with or Secondary to Other Diseases

    Max D. Cooper

     

    Section 2
     

    Disorders of Immune-Mediated Injury

     

    311
    Allergies, Anaphylaxis, and Systemic Mastocytosis

    K. Frank Austen

     

    312
    Autoimmunity and Autoimmune Diseases

    Peter E. Lipsky / Betty Diamond

     

    313
    Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Bevra Hannahs Hahn

     

    314
    Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Peter E. Lipsky

     

    315
    Acute Rheumatoid Fever

    Jonathan R. Carapetis

     

    316
    Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma) and Related Disorders

    John Varga

     

    317
    Sjögren’s Syndrome

    Haralampos M. Moutsopoulos

     

    318
    The Spondyloarthritides

    Joel D. Taurog

     

    319
    The Vasculitis Syndromes

    Carol A. Langford / Anthony S. Fauci

     

    e28
    Atlas of Clinical Imaging of the Vasculitic Diseases

    Carol A. Langford / Anthony S. Fauci

     

    320
    Behçet’s Syndrome

    Haralampos M. Moutsopoulos

     

    321
    Relapsing Polychondritis

    Carol A. Langford /Bruce C. Gilliland

     

    322
    Sarcoidosis

    Robert P. Baughman /Elyse E. Lower

     

    323
    Familial Mediterranean Fever and Other Hereditary Recurrent Fevers

    Daniel L. Kastner

     

    324
    Amyloidosis

    David C. Seldin / Martha Skinner


     

    Section 3
     

    Disorders of the Joints and Adjacent Tissues

     

    325
    Approach to Articular and Musculoskeletal Disorders

    John J. Cush / Peter E. Lipsky

     

    326
    Osteoarthritis

    David T. Felson

     

    327
    Gout and Other Crystal Arthropathies

    H. Ralph Schumacher / Lan X. Chen

     

    328
    Infectious Arthritis

    Lawrence C. Madoff

     

    329
    Fibromyalgia

    Carol A. Langford /Bruce C. Gilliland

     

    330
    Arthritis Associated with Systemic Disease and Other Arthritides

    Carol A. Langford / Bruce C. Gilliland

     

    331
    Periarticular Disorders of the Extremities

    Carol A. Langford / Bruce C. Gilliland


     

    Part 15
     

    Endocrinology and Metabolism

     

    Section 1
     

    Endocrinology


     

    332
    Principles of Endocrinology

    J. Larry Jameson

     

    333
    Disorders of the Anterior Pituitary and Hypothalamus

    Shlomo Melmed / J. Larry Jameson

     

    334
    Disorders of the Neurohypophysis

    Gary L. Robertson

     

    335
    Disorders of the Thyroid Gland

    J. Larry Jameson / Anthony P. Weetman
     

    336
    Disorders of the Adrenal Cortex

    Gordon H. Williams / Robert G. Dluhy

     

    337
    Pheochromocytoma

    Hartmut P.H. Neumann

     

    338
    Diabetes Mellitus

    Alvin C. Powers

     

    339
    Hypoglycemia

    Phillip E. Cryer

     

    340
    Disorders of the Testes and the Male Reproductive System

    Shalender Bhasin / J. Larry Jameson

     

    341
    Disorders of the Ovary and Female Reproductive Tract

    Janet E. Hall

     

    342
    The Menopause Transition and Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy

    JoAnn E. Manson /Shari S. Bassuk

     

    343
    Disorders of Sex Development

    John C. Achermann / J. Larry Jameson

     

    344
    Endocrine Tumors of the Gastrointestinal Tract and Pancreas

    Robert T. Jensen

     

    345
    Disorders Affecting Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes

    Camillo Jimenez / Robert Gagel

     

    Section 2
     

    Disorders of Bone and Mineral Metabolism

    346
    Bone and Mineral Metabolism in Health and Disease

    F. Richard Bringhurst / Marie B. Demay / Stephen M. Krane / Henry M. Kronenberg

     

    347
    Diseases of the Parathyroid Gland and Other Hyper- and Hypocalcemia Disorders

    John T. Potts, Jr.
     

    348
    Osteoporosis

    Robert Lindsay / Felicia Cosman

     

    349
    Paget Disease and Other Dysplasias of Bone

    Murray J. Favus /Tamara J. Vokes

     

    Section 3
     

    Disorders of Intermediary Metabolism

     

    350
    Disorders of Lipoprotein Metabolism

    Daniel J. Rader / Helen H. Hobbs


     

    351
    Hemochromatosis

    Lawrie W. Powell

     

    352
    The Porphyrias

    Robert J. Desnik / Kenneth H. Astrin


     

    353
    Disorders of Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism

    Robert L. Wortmann

     

    354
    Wilson Disease

    George J. Brewer

     

    355
    Lysosomal Storage Disease
    Robert J. Hopkin / Gregory A. Grabowski

     

    356
    Glycogen Storage Diseases and Other Inherited Disorders of Carbohydrate Metabolism

    Yuan-Tsong Chen

     

    357
    Heritable Disorders of Connective Tissue

    Darwin J. Prockop / Malwina Czarny-Ratajczak

     

    358
    Inherited Disoders of Amino Acid Metabolism in Adults

    Nicola Longo

     

    359
    Inherited Defects of Membrane Transport

    Nicola Longo

     

    e29
    Atlas of Clinical Manifestations of Metabolic Diseases

    J. Larry Jameson


     

    Part 16
     

    Neurologic Disorders

     

    Section 1
     

    Diagnosis of Neurologic Disorders

     

    360
    Mechanisms of Neurologic Disorders

    Stephen Hauser / M. Flint Beal

     

    361
    Approach to the Patient with Neurologic Disease

    Daniel H. Lowenstein / Joseph B. Martin / Stephen L. Hauser

     

    362
    Neuroimaging in Neurologic Disorders

    William P. Dillon

     

    e30
    Atlas of Neuroimaging

    Andre Furtado / William P. Dillon

     

    e31
    Electrodiagnostic Studies of Nervous System Disorders: EEG and EMG

    Michael J. Aminoff

     

    e32
    Technique of Lumbar Puncture

    Elizabeth Robbins / Stephen L. Hauser

     

    Section 2
     

    Diseases of the Central Nervous System



     

    363
    Seizures and Epilepsy

    Daniel H. Lowenstein

     

    364
    Cerebrovascular Diseases

    Wade S. Smith / Joey English / S. Claiborne Johnston

     

    365
    Dementia

    Thomas D. Bird / Bruce L. Miller

     

    366
    Parkinson’s Disease and Other Extrapyramidal Disorders

    Mahlon R. DeLong / Jorge L. Juncos


     

    367
    Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders

    C. Warren Olanow

     

    368
    Ataxic Disorders

    Roger N. Rosenberg

     

    369
    Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Diseases

    Robert H. Brown, Jr.

     

    370
    Disorders of the Autonomic Nervous System

    Phillip A. Low / John W. Engstrom

     

    371
    Trigeminal Neuralgia, Bell’s Palsy, and Other Cranial Nerve Disorders

    M. Flint Beal / Stephen L. Hauser

     

    372
    Diseases of the Spinal Cord

    Stephen L. Hauser / Allan H. Ropper

     

    373
    Concussion and Other Head Injuries

    Allan H. Ropper

     

    374
    Primary and Metastatic Tumors of the Nervous System

    Stephen M. Sagar / Mark A. Israel

     

    375
    Multiple Sclerosis and Other Demyelinating Diseases

    Stephen L. Hauser / Douglas S. Goodin

     

    376
    Meningitis, Encephalitis, Brain Abscess,and Empyema

    Karen L. Roos / Kenneth L. Tyler

     

    377
    Chronic and Recurrent Meningitis


    Walter J. Koroshetz / Morton N. Swartz

     

    378
    Prion Diseases

    Stanley B. Prusiner / Bruce L. Miller


     

    Section 3
     

    Nerve and Muscle Disorders

     

    379
    Peripheral Neuropathy

    Vinay Chaudhry

     

    380
    Guillain-Barre Syndrome and Other Immune-Mediated Neuropathies

    Steven L. Hauser / Arthur K. Asbury

     

    381
    Mysathenia Gravis and Other Diseases of the Neuromuscular Junction

    Daniel B. Drachman

     

    382
    An Approach to Muscular Dystrophy and Other Muscle Diseases

    Robert H. Brown, Jr. / Anthony A. Amato / Jerry R. Mendell

     

    383
    Polymyositis, Dermatomyositis, and Inclusion Body Myositis

    Marinos C. Dalakas

     

    e33
    Special Issues in Inpatient Neurologic Consultation

    S. Andrew Josephson / Martin A. Samuels


     

    Section 4
     

    Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

     

    384
    Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

    Stephen E. Straus


     

    Section 5
     

    Psychiatric Disorders

     

    385
    Biology of Psychiatric Disorders

    Steve Hyman / Eric Kandel


     

    386
    Mental Disoders

    Victor I. Reus


     

    Section 6
     

    Alcoholism and Drug Dependency


     

    387
    Alcohol and Alcoholism

    Marc A. Schuckit

     

    388
    Opioid Drug Abuse and Dependence

    Mark A. Schuckit

     

    389
    Cocaine and Other Commonly Abused Drugs

    Jack H. Medelson / Nancy K. Mello

     

    390
    Nicotine Addiction

    David M. Burns


     

    Part 17
     

    Poisoning, Drug Overdose, and Envenomation


     

    e34
    Heavy Metal Poisoning

    Howard Hu

     

    e35
    Poisoning and Drug Overdosage

    Christopher H. Linden / Michael J. Burns / Mark B. Mycyk


     

    391
    Disorders Caused by Reptile Bites and Marine Animal Exposures

    Paul Auerbach / Robert Norris

     

    e36
    Ectoparasite Infestations and Arthropod Bites and Stings

    Richard J. Pollack / James H. Maguire

     

    International e Chapters

     

    e37
    Pulmonary Biomarkers in COPD

    Peter J. Barnes
     

    e38
    Chagas’ Disease: Recent Advances in Diagnosis and Management

    Andrei C. Sposito / Jose A.F. Ramires

    Summaries of Chapters e1 to e36

    Appendix
     

    Laboratory Values of Clinical Importance


    Alexander Kratz / Michael A. Pesce / Daniel J. Fink
     

    Index


     

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