Harrison's Manual of Medicine 17th Edition

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Market: internists; residents in internal medicine, emergency medicine, and family medicine; physician assistants; and nurse practitioners The Harrison's brand is the most highly recognized and respected name in all of medical publishing Covers the full scope of internal medicine in a handy portable format Now in full-color for the first timeAbout the Author:Anthony S. Fauci, MD, ScD(HON) Chief, Laboratory of Immunoregulation; Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD Eugene Braunwald, MD, ScD(HON) Distinguished Hersey Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School; Chairman, TIMI Study Group Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA Dennis L. Kasper, MD, MA(HON) William Ellery Channing Professor of Medicine Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Harvard Medical School; director, Channing Laboratory Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA Stephen L. Hauser, MD Robert A. Fishman Distinguished Professor and Chairman Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, CA Dan L. Longo, MD Scientific Director, National Institute on Aging National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD Professor of Medicine Vice President for Medical Affairs and Lewis Landsberg Dean Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago, IL Joseph Loscalzo, MD, PhD Hersey Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine Harvard Medical School; Chairman, Department of Medicine Physician-in-Chief, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MATable of Content:Section 1: Care of the Hospitalized Patient1 Initial Patient Evaluation and Admission to the Hospital 2 Electrolytes/Acid-Base Balance3 Diagnositic Imaging in Internal Medicine 4 Procedures Commonly Performed by Internists5 Principles of Critical Care Medicine6 Pain and Its Management7 Medical Evaluation of the Surgical Patient8 Assessment of Nutritional Status9 Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition10 Transfusion and Pheresis Therapy11 End of Life CareSection 2: Medical Emergencies12 Cardiovascular Collapse and Sudden Death13 Shock14 Sepsis and Septic Shock15 Acute Pulmonary Edema16 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)17 Respiratory Failure18 Confusion, Stupor, and Coma19 Stroke20 Subarachnoid Hemorrhage21 Increased Intracranial Pressure and Head Trauma22 Spinal Cord Compression23 Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy24 Status Epilepticus25 Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hyperosmolar Coma26 Hypoglycemia27 Infectious Disease Emergencies28 Oncologic Emergencies29 Anaphylaxis30 Bites, Venoms, Stings, and Marine Poisonings31 Hypothermia and Frostbite32 Poisoning and Drug Overdose33 BioterrorismSection 3: Common Patient Presentations34 Chest Pain35 Abdominal Pain36 Headache37 Back and Neck Pain38 Fever, Hyperthermia, Chills, and Rash39 Pain and Swelling of Joints40 Syncope 41 Dizziness and Vertigo42 Acute Visual Loss and Double Vision43 Paralysis44 Tremor and Movement Disorders45 Aphasia and Related Disorders46 Sleep Disorders47 Dyspnea48 Cough and Hemoptysis49 Hypoxia and Cyanosis50 Edema51 Nausea, Vomiting, and Indigestion52 Weight Loss53 Dysphagia54 Diarrhea, Constipation and Malabsorption55 Gastrointestinal Bleeding56 Jaundice and Evaluation of Liver Function57 Ascites58 Azotemia and Urinary Abnormalities59 Anemia and Polycythemia60 Lymphadenopathy and Splenomegaly61 Generalized Weakness and FatigueSection 4: Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology62 Common Disorders of Vision and Hearing63 Sinusitis, Pharyngitis, Otitis and Other Upper Respiratory InfectionsSection 5: Dermatology