Chapter 1: The Internist�����s Approach to Patient Care MAJID E. CINA, SUSAN D. WOLFSTHAL I THE INTERNIST�����S APPROACH TO PATIENT CARE II VARIOUS ROLES OF THE INTERNIST III PREVENTIVE HEALTH AND SCREENING IV SPECIAL POPULATIONS V PERIOPERATIVE MEDICINE Study Questions Answers and Explanations
Chapter 2: Cardiovascular Diseases NORMAN RETENER, TEMILOLU AJE, AND MICHAEL BENITEZ I CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE (CHF) II CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS III ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE IV VALVULAR HEART DISEASE V CARDIOMYOPATHIES VI PERICARDIAL DISEASE VII CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE IN THE ADULT VIII VENOUS THROMBOSIS IX CARDIOVASCULAR SYNCOPE Study Questions Answers and Explanations
Chapter 3: Pulmonary Diseases LEANN SILHAN, NEVINS TODD 8 I PULMONARY FUNCTION STUDIES AND PULMONARY PHYSIOLOGY II APPROACH TO PATIENT WITH PULMONARY DISEASE III CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD) IV ASTHMA V BRONCHIECTASIS, CYSTIC FIBROSIS, AND LUNG ABSCESS VI ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE VII ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME (ARDS) VIII PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IX PULMONARY THROMBOEMBOLISM X DISEASES OF THE PLEURA XI CHEST WALL DISORDERS XII MEDIASTINAL DISEASES XIII DIFFUSE PARENCHYMAL LUNG DISEASES (DPLD) XIV SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME Study Questions Answers and Explanations
Chapter 4: Hematologic Diseases VICTORIA GIFFI, ANN ZIMRIN I DISORDERS OF DECREASED HEMOGLOBIN II DISORDERS OF INCREASED HEMOGLOBIN III DISORDERS OF PLATELETS IV DISORDERS OF IMPAIRED COAGULATION AND INCREASED RISK OF BLEEDING V DISORDERS OF HYPERCOAGULABILITY AND INCREASED RISK OF THROMBOSIS VI BENIGN DISORDERS OF WHITE BLOOD CELLS (WBCs) VII MALIGNANT DISORDERS OF WHITE BLOOD CELLS (WBCs): LEUKEMIAS, MYELODYSPLASIA, LYMPHOMAS, MYELOMA Study Questions Answers and Explanations
Chapter 5: Oncologic Diseases KRISTI MOORE, THOMAS MACHARIA, KATHERINE TKACZUK I U.S. CANCER STATISTICS AND SCREENING GUIDELINES II CANCER PREVENTION III TUMOR GROWTH IV CANCER STAGING V TREATMENT MODALITIES VI HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMAS VII LUNG CANCER VIII GASTROINTESTINAL CANCERS IX BREAST CANCER X GYNECOLOGIC MALIGNANCIES XI TESTICULAR CANCER XII CANCERS OF THE KIDNEY, BLADDER, AND PROSTATE XIII CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CANCERS XIV ENDOCRINE SYSTEM CANCERS XV SKIN CANCER XVI SARCOMAS XVII CANCER OF UNKNOWN PRIMARY SITE (CUPS) XVIII PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES XIX ONCOLOGIC EMERGENCIES Study Questions Answers and Explanations
Chapter 6: Gastrointestinal Diseases ARUL THOMAS, DARRYN POTOSKY, BRUCE GREENWALD I DISEASES OF THE ESOPHAGUS II DISEASES OF THE STOMACH III PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE IV DISEASES OF THE SMALL INTESTINE V DISEASES OF THE COLON VI DISEASES OF THE RECTUM AND ANUS VII DISEASES OF THE PANCREAS VIII DISEASES OF THE BILIARY TRACT IX DISEASES OF THE LIVER X DISEASES OF THE PERITONEUM, MESENTERY, AND ABDOMINAL VASCULATURE Study Questions Answers and Explanations
Chapter 7: Renal Diseases, Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders, and Hypertension NEDA FRAYHA, MARC BRAZIE, DONNA HANES Part I RENAL DISEASES I CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF RENAL FUNCTION II ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY (AKI) III CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE 8 IV MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS OF RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY V PROTEINURIA VI HEMATURIA VII NEPHROLITHIASIS VIII URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION IX URINARY TRACT INFECTION X GLOMERULAR DISEASE XI RENAL CYSTIC DISEASE XII TUBULOINTERSTITIAL DISEASE XIII RENAL TRANSPORT DEFECTS XIV RENAL VASCULAR DISEASE 8 XV THE KIDNEY IN PREGNANCY PART II FLUID AND ELECTROLYTE DISORDERS I WATER METABOLISM II SODIUM METABOLISM III POTASSIUM METABOLISM IV ACID–BASE METABOLISM V CALCIUM METABOLISM VI PHOSPHATE METABOLISM PART III HYPERTENSION I GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS II MECHANISMS OF HYPERTENSION III APPROACH TO THE HYPERTENSIVE PATIENT IV THERAPY FOR HYPERTENSION V HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS Study Questions Answers and Explanations
Chapter 8: Allergic and Immunologic Disorders JANELL A. SHERR, ROBERT HABICHT, MARY E. BOLLINGER 8 I OVERVIEW OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM II