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Harrison's Manual of Medicine: 16th Edition

by: Kasper, Dennis L.; Braunwald, Eugene; Fauci, Anthony S.; Hauser, Stephen L.; Longo, Dan L.

Harrison's Manual of Medicine: 16th Edition

by: Kasper, Dennis L.; Braunwald, Eugene; Fauci, Anthony S.; Hauser, Stephen L.; Longo, Dan L.

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9780071444415
ISBN 10:
0071444416
Edition: 16th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 02/16/2005
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
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Summary

The authority of Harrison's at the point of care!Covering the full scope of internal medicine, the new edition of this "mini-textbook" is thoroughly revised to reflect new content areas and quicker retrieval of clinical information. The manual continues to focus on diagnosis and therapy with an emphasis on patient care. Features a new section on Care of the Hospitalized Patient, with a new chapter on Procedures in Internal Medicine as well as a section on patient admittance orders.

Author Biography

Dennis L. Kasper, MD, MA (Hon)
William Ellery Channing Professor of Medicine
Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Executive Dean for Academic Programs
Harvard Medical School
Director, Channing Laboratory
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Eugene Brauwald, AB, MD, MA (Hon), MD (Hon), ScD (Hon)
Distinguished Hersey Professor of Medicine
Faculty Dean for Academic Programs at
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Vice-President for Academic Programs
Partners HealthCare System

Anthony S. Fauci, MD
Chief, Laboratory of Immunoregulation
Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institutes of Health

Stephen L. Hauser, MD
Chairman and Betty Anker Fife Professor
Department of Neurology
University of California, San Francisco

Dan L. Longo, MD
Scientific Director
National Institute of on Aging
National Institutes of Health

J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD
Irving S. Cutter Professor and Chairman
Department of Medicine
Northwestern University Medical School
Physician-in-Chief, Northwestern Memorial Hospital

SECTION 1: CARE OF THE HOSPITALIZED PATIENT

1 Initial Evaluation and Admission Orders (NEW)

2 Assessment of Nutritional Status

3 Fluids and Electrolytes

4 Enteral Nutrition

5 Transfusion and Pheresis Therapy

6 Pain and Its Management

7 Diagnostic Imaging Modalities (New)

8 Preoperative evaluation of the Medical Patient (NEW)

SECTION 2: MEDICAL EMERGENCIES

9 Care of the Patient in the Intensive Care Unit (NEW)

10 Cardiovascular Collapse and Sudden Death

11 Shock

12 Sepsis and Septic Shock

13 Acute Pulmonary Edema

14 Respiratory Failure

15 Confusion, Stupor, and Coma

16 Stroke

17 Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

18 Increase Intracranial Pressure and Head Trauma

19 Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy

20 Status Epilepticus

21 Poisoning and Drug Overdose

22 Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hyperosmolar Coma

23 Hypoglycemia

24 Infectious Disease Emergencies

25 Oncologic Emergencies

26 Anaphylactic Reactions

27 Bites, Venoms, Stings, and Marine Poisonings

28 Hypothermia and Frostbite

SECTION 3: COMMON PATIENT PRENSENTATIONS

29 Chest Pain

30 Abdominal Pain

31 Headache and Facial Pain

32 Back and Neck Pain

33 Fever, Hyperthermia, Chills, and Rash

34 Pain or Swelling of Joints

35 Syncope and Faintness

36 Dizziness and Vertigo

37 Acute Visual Loss and Double Vision

38 Paralysis and Movement Disorders

39 Aphasias and Related Disorders

40 Sleep Disorders

41 Dyspnea

42 Cough and Hemoptysis

43 Cyanosis

44 Edema

45 Nausea, Vomiting, and Indigestion

46 Weight Loss

47 Dysphagia

48 Diarrhea, Constipation, and Malabsorption

49 Gastrointestinal Bleeding

50 Jaundice

51 Ascites

52 Urinary Abnormalities

53 Anemia and Polycythermia

54 Lymphadenopathy and Splenomegaly

SECTION 4: DISORDERS OF THE EYE, EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT

55 Common Disorders of the Eye

56 Hearing Disorders

57 Infections of the Upper Respiratory Tract

SECTION 5: DERMATOLOGY

58 General Examination of the Skin

59 Common Skin Conditions

SECTION 6: HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY

60 Examination of Blood Smears and Bone Marrow

61 Red Blood Cell Disorders

62 Leukocytosis and Leukopenia

63 Bleeding and Thrombotic Disorders

64 Cancer Prevention in At-Risk Populations (NEW)

65 Cancer Chemotherapy

66 Myeloid Leukemias, Myelodysplasia, and Myeleproliferative Syndromes

67 Lymphoid Malignancies

68 Skin Cancer

69 Head and Neck Cancer

70 Lung Cancer

71 Breast Cancer

72 Tumors of the Gastrointestinal tract

73 Genitourinary Tract Cancer

74 Gynecologic Cancer

75 Prostate Hyperplasia and carcinoma

76 Cancer of Unknown Primary Site

77 Sarcomas of Bone and Soft Tissues

78 Paraneoplastic Endocrine Syndromes

79 Neurologic Paraneoplastic Syndromes

SECTION 7: INFECTIOUS DISEASES

80 Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases

81 Antimicrobial Therapy

82 Immunization and Advice to Travelers

83 Bioterrorism-Associated Infections (NEW)

84 Infective Endocarditis

85 Intraabdominal Infections

86 Infectious Diarrheas

87 Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Reproductive Tract Infections

88 Infections of the Skin, Soft Tissues, Joints, and Bones

89 Infections in the Immunocompromised Host

90 HIV Infection and AIDS

91 Hospital-Acquired Infections

92 Pneumococcal Infections

93 Staphylococcal Infections

94 Streptococcal and Entercoccal Infections

95 Meningococcal and Listerial Infections

96 Infections Caused by Haemophilus, Bordella, Moraxella, and HACEK Group Organisms

97 Diseases Caused by Gram-Negative Enteric Bacteria, Pseudomonas, and Legionella

98 Diseases Caused by Other Gram-Negative Bacteria

99 Anaerobic Infections

100 Nocardiosis and Actinomycosis

101 Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Infections

102 Lyme Disease and Other Spirochetal Infections

103 Rickettsial Infections

104 Mycoplasma Infections

105 Chlamyhdial 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 Fungal Infections

113 Pneumocystis carinii Infection

114 Protozoal Infections

115 Helminthic Infections and Ectoparasite Infestations

SECTION 8: CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES

116 Physical Examination of the Heart

117 Electrocardiography and Echocardiography

118 Congenital Heart Disease in the Adult

119 Vavular Heart Disease

120 Cardiomyopathies and Myocarditis

121 Percardial Disease

122 Hypertension

123 Acute Myocardial Infarction

124 Unstable Angina (NEW)

125 Arrhythmias

126 Congestive Heart Failure and CorPulmonale

127 Disease of the Aorta

128 Peripheral Vascular Diseases

129 Pulmonary Hypertension (NEW)

SECTION 9: RESPIRATORY DISEASES

130 Respiratory Function and Diagnosis of Pulmonary Disease

131 Asthma and Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis

132 Environmental Lung Diseases

133 Chronic Bronchitis, Emphysema, and Acute or Chronic Respiratory Failure

134 Pneumonia and Lung Abscess

135 Pulmonary Thromboembolism

136 Interstitial Lung Disease

137 Disease of the Pleura, Mediastinum, and Diaphragm

138 Disorders of Ventilation, Including Sleep Apnea

SECTION 10: RENAL DISEASES

139 Approach to the Patient with Renal Disease

140 Acute Renal Failure

141 Chronic Renal Failure and Uremia

142 Dialysis

143 Renal Transplantation

144 Glomerular Disease

145 Renal Tubular Disease

146 Urinary Tract Infections

147 Renovascular Disease

148 Nephrolithiasis

149 Urinary Tract Obstruction

SECTION 11: GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES

150 Peptic Ulcer and Related Disorders

151 Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

152 Colonic and Anorectal Diseases

153 Cholelithiasis, Cholecystitis, and Cholangitis

154 Pancreatitis

155 Acute Hepatitis

156 Chronic Hepatitis

157 Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Liver Disease

158 Portal Hypertension

SECTION 12: ALLERGY, CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY, AND RHEUMATOLOGY

159 Diseases of Immediate Type Hypersensitivity

160 Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases

161 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Rhematoid Arthritis, and Other Connective Tissue Diseases

162 Vaculitis

163 Ankylosing Spondylitis

164 Psoriatic Arthritis

165 Reactive Arthritis and Reiter’s Syndrome

166 Degenerative Joint Disease

167 Gout, Psedogout, and Related Diseases

168 Other Arthritides

169 Sarcoidosis

170 Amyloidosis

SECTION 13: ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM

171 Disorders of the Anterior Pituitary and Hypothalmus

172 Disorders of the Posterior Pituitary

173 Disorders of the Thyroid

174 Disorders of Adrenal Gland

175 Obesity

176 Diabetes Mellitus

177 Disorders of the Male Reproductive System

178 Disorders of Female Reproductive System

179 Hypercalcemic and Hypocalcemis Disorders

180 Osteoporosis and Osteomalacia

181 Disorders of Lipid Metabolism

182 Hemochromatosis, Porphyrias, and Wilson’s Disease

SECTION 14: NEUROLOGY

183 The Neurologic Examination

184 Diagnostic Methods in Neurology

185 Seizures and Epilepsy

186 Tumors of the Nervous System

187 Acute Meningitis and Encephalitis

188 Chronic Meningitis

189 Multiple Sclerosis

190 Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias

191 Parkinson’s Disease and Other Disorder of Movement

192 Ataxic Disorders

193 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Diseases

194 Cranial Nerve Disorders

195 Autonomic Nervous System Disorders

196 Spinal Cord Diseases

197 Peripheral Neuropathies Including Guillain-Barre Syndrome

198 Myasthenia Gravis

199 Muscle Disease

200 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (NEW)

SECTION 15: PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS AND PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCE ABUSE

201 Psychiatric Disorders

202 Psychiatric Medications

203 Eating Disorders

204 Alcoholism

205 Narcotic Abuse

SECTION 16: ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS

206 Adverse Drug Reactions

SECTION 17: SCREENING AND DISEASE PREVENTION

207 Screening and Disease Prevention (NEW)

SECTION 18: LABORATORY VALUES

208 Laboratory Values of Clinical Importance

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