Internal Medicine: Just the Facts

by Schmitz, Paul; Martin, Kevin

• ISBN13: 9780071468879
• ISBN10: 0071468870
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-08
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education / Medical

Summary

All the essentials of internal medicine in an instant! This concise, yet all-inclusive review is the perfect tool to prepare for primary certification and recertification exams, or for use as a clinical refresher. Its streamlined format conveniently condenses and simplifies the most important content, for maximum yield and comprehension-making it indispensable for internal medicine residents, clerkship students, and busy practitioners. FEATURES: Compact review of key board-type material that spans the entire spectrum of internal medicine Coverage that reflects the weighting of the ABIM exam and adheres to its blueprint-including critical care, geriatrics, women's health, clinical procedures, and end-of-life care Insights from a team of leading academics and clinicians from one of the country's top medical schools Standardized, bulleted template emphasizing key points of epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical features, differential diagnosis, diagnosis, procedures and treatment, prognosis, plus references Numerous clinical algorithms Chapter organization arranged by specialty ACGME competency requirements-especially designed for residents and program directors who need to meet accreditation obligations

Author Biography

Paul Schmidt, MD, Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program, Saint Louis University School of Medicine.

Kevin J. Martin, MD, Professor of Medicine & Director, Nephrology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine.

D. Douglas Miller, MD, Department of Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine.

Table of Contents

Section Editors
Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
Section I: INTERDISCIPLINARY MEDICINE
1. Medical Professionalism, Thomas J. Olsen
2. Dermatology, Timothy Rice
3. Nutrition, Nora L. Porter and H. Douglas Walden
4. Preventive Medicine, Robert M. Heaney and Nora L. Porter
5. Perioperative Medicine, H. Douglas Walden
6. Common Problems in Otolaryngology, James Drake
7. Common Problems in Ophthalmology, Thomas J. Olsen
8. Selected Topics in Men's Health, Gina L. Michael, Margaret C. Hochreiter, and Mona Bahl
9. Women's Health, Thomas J. Olsen
SECTION 2: ASSESSING THE MEDICAL LITERATURE
10. The Basics of Statistics, Thomas E. Burroughs
11. Describing and Displaying Data, Thomas E. Burroughs
12. Overview to Inferential Statistics: Estimation and Hypothesis Testing, Thomas E. Burroughs
13. Regression and Survival Analysis, Thomas E. Burroughs
14. Epidemiology and Study Design, Thomas E. Burroughs
Section 3: GERIATRIC MEDICINE
15. Geriatric Assessment, John E. Morley
16. Geriatric Syndromes: The "I's" of Geriatrics, Julie Gammack17. The Confused Patient, Seema Joshi18. Frailty, John E. Morley19. Nutrition in Older Adults, David R. Thomas
20. Geropharmacology, Joseph J. Flaherty
21. Andropause, Syed H. Tariq and Matthew T. Haren
22. Depression in the Elderly, Chinya Murali and George T. Grossberg
SECTION 4: ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
23. Asthma, Mark S. Dykewicz
24. Immunologic Lung Diseases, Raymond G. Slavin
25. Allergic Rhinitis, Raymond G. Slavin
26. Sinusitis, Raymond G. Slavin
27. Anaphylaxis, Mark S. Dykewicz
28. Drug Allergies, Mark S. Dykewicz
SECTION 5: CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
29. Cardiac Structure and Basic Physiology
30. Cardiac Diagnostic Testing, Deryk McDowell
31. Electrocardiogram Basics, Frank L. Bleyer
32. Arrhythmias, Daniel Friedman
33. Atrial Fibrillation, Frank L. Bleyer
34. Unstable Angina and Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infraction, Frank L. Bleyer
35. ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction, Jeffrey Ciaramita
36. Chronic Coronary Artery Disease, Richard E. Stewart
37. Aortic Stenosis, Christopher R. Longnecker
38. Aortic Regurgitation, Joseph Polizzi
39. Mitral Stenosis, Jennifer Lash
40. Mitral Regurgitation, Kevin Fitzgerald
41. Endocarditis, Michael Forsberg
42. Heart Failure, Stephen Kuehn
43. Aortic and Peripheral Vessel Disease, Robert Neumayr
44. Diseases of the Pericardium, Peter Mikolajczak and Frank Bleyer
45. Congenital Heart Disease in the Adult, Abhay Laddu and Aaron Tang
SECTION 6: ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM
46. Diabetes Mellitus, Sahar Hachem and Marla Bernbaum
47. Disorders of the Pituitary Gland, Kenneth Patrick L. Ligaray
48. Disorders of Calcium Metabolism, Kent R. Wehmeier
49. Metabolic Bone Diseases, Kent R. Wehmeier
50. Disorders of the Thyroid Gland, Alan B. Silverberg
51. Adrenal Gland, Bahaeldeen A. Laz
52. Familial Hypercholesterolemia, George T. Griffing
SECTION 7: GASTROENTEROLOGY AND LIVER DISEASE
53. Diseases of the Esophagus, M. Louay Omran
54. Diseases of the Stomach, M. Louay Omran
55. Diseases of the Small Bowel, M. Louay Omran
56. Disease of the Colon and Rectum, M. Louay Omran
57. Liver and Biliary Diseases, Adrian M. Di Bisceglie
58. Diseases of the Pancreas, Adrian M. Di Bisceglie
SECTION 8: HEMATOLOGY
59. Bone Marrow and Bone Marrow Failure, Catherine Iasiello
60. Red Blood Cell Disorders, Krishnamohan R. Basarakodu, Stephen L. Graziano, Scott W. McGee, Rajesh R. Nair, Michael C. Perry, Arun Rajan, Huda Salman, and Allison P. Wall
61. White Cell Disorders, C. Daniel Kingsley
62. Normal Hemostasis and Bleeding Disorders, Hans-Joachiim Reimers
63. Thrombophilia, Ganesh C. Kudva
64. Myelodysplasia, Scott McGee
65. Myeloproliferative Disorders, Sri Laxmi Valasareddi
66. Acute Leukemias, Krishnamohan R. Basarakodu
67. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Krishnamohan R. Basarakodu
68. Hodgkin Lymphoma, Rami Owera
69. Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Osama Qubaiah and Paul Petruska
70. Multiple Myeloma and Related Disorders, Christopher N. Hueser
71. Transfusion Medicine, Marian Petrides and Allison Lisle
SECTION 9: ONCOLOGY
72. Oncologic Screening and Detection, Syed Huq
73. Cancer Treatment Overview, Michael C. Perry
74. Central Nervous System Tumors, Nancy F. McKinney
75. Head and Neck Tumors, Huda Salman
76. Breast Cancer, Joanne E. Mortimer
77. Lung Cancer, Vamsidhar Velcheti and Ramaswamy Govindan
78. Gastrointestinal Cancer, Rami Owera
79. Genitourinary Oncology, Noah M. Hahn
80. Gynecologic Cancers, Sara E. Crowder and Michael C. Perry
81. Sarcomas, Nancy F. McKinney
82. Carcinoma of Unknown Primary, C. Daniel Kingsley
83. Oncologic Emergencies, C. Daniel Kingsley
84. The Risk of Therapy-Related Organ Damage in Long-Term Survivors of Cancer Treatment, Michael C. Perry
SECTION 10: INFECTIOUS DISEASE
85. Fever of Unknown Origin, Musab U. Saeed and Donald J. Kennedy
86. Central Nervous System Infections, Musab U. Saeed and Donald J. Kennedy
87. Respiratory Tract Infections, Musab U. Saeed and Donald J. Kennedy
88. Cardiovascular Infections, Musab U. Saeed and Donald J. Kennedy
89. Intraabdominal Infections, Mary Abigail C. Dacuycuy and Donald J. Kennedy
90. Hepatitis, Musab U. Saeed and Donald J. Kennedy
91. Genitourinary Tract Infections, Mary Abigail C. Dacuycuy and Donald J. Kennedy
92. Skin and Soft Tissue Infections, Mary Abigail C. Dacuycuy and Donald J. Kennedy
93. Bone and Joint Infections, Musab U. Saeed and Donald J. Kennedy
94. Sexually Transmitted Infections, Mary Abigail C. Dacuycuy and Donald J. Kennedy
95. Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immuodeficiency Syndrome, Musab U. Saeed and Donald J. Kennedy
96. Mycobacteria, Musab U. Saeed, Mary Abigail C. Dacuycuy, and Donald J. Kennedy
97. Fungal Infections, Mary Abigail C. Dacuycuy and Donald J. Kennedy
98. Nocardia, Mary Abigail C. Dacuycuy and Donald J. Kennedy
99. Rickettsiosis and Ehrlichioses, Mary Abigail C. Dacuycuy and Donald J. Kennedy
100. Protozoan and Helminthic Infections, Musab U. Saeed and Donald J. Kennedy
SECTION 11: NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE
101. Cerebrovascular Disease, Paisith Piriyawat
102. Movement Disorders, Francis A. Mithen
103.Neuromuscular Disorders, Ghazala Hayat
104. Spinal Cord and Nerve Root Disorders, Florian P. Thomas and Robert M. Woolsey
105. Epilepsy, Jayant N. Acharya
106. Headache, David J. Walsh
SECTION 12: PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
107. Personality Disorders, Miggie Greenberg and Mehret Gebretsadik
108. Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders, Sundeep Jayaprabhu and George T. Grossberg
109. Mood, Anxiety, Sleep, and Eating Disorders, Stacy Neff
110. Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders, Harmeeta K. Singh and Jothika N. Manepalli
111. Substance-Related Disorders, Jeffrey Kao and George T. Grossberg
SECTION 13: PULMONARY MEDICINE AND CRITICAL CARE
112. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Joseph Roland D. Espiritu and George M. Matuschak
113. Interstitial Lung Disease, George M. Matuschak and Ravi P. Nayak
114. Venous Thromboembolism, Wilman Ortega and George M. Matuschak
115. Pleural Diseases, Patricia A. Dettenmeier and George M. Matuschak
116. Acute Respiratory Failure and Acute Lung Injury/ARDS, George M. Matuschak
117. Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders, Joseph Roland D. Espiritu
SECTION 14: NEPHROLOGY AND HYPERTENSION
118. Approach to the Patient with Kidney Disease, Kevin J. Martin
119. Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Disorders, Paul G. Schmitz
120. Acute Kidney Injury, Zhiwei Zhang
121. Chronic Kidney Disease, Marie D. Philipneri
122. Glomerular Disease, Rizwan A. Qazi and Bahar Bastani
123. Tubulointerstitial Disease, Alejandro C. Alvarez
124. Pathophysiology and Treatment of Kidney Stones, Rizwan A. Qazi and Bahar Bastani
125. Clinical Hypertension, Paul G. Schmitz
SECTION 15: RHEUMATOLOGY
126. Crystal-Induced Arthropathies, Katherine K. Temprano
127. Vasculitis, Gideon Nesher
128. The Spondyloarthropathies, Rama Bandlamudi
129. Osteoarthritis, Peri Hickman Pepmueller
130. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Terry L. Moore
131. Miscellaneous Connective Tissue Diseases, Thomas G. Osborn
132. Rheumatoid Arthritis, Terry L. Moore
Index