Harrison's manual of medicine,15th ed

Editors Contributors Preface Notice Glossary Section 1: Important Signs and Symptoms Section 2: Medical Emergencies Section 3: Disorders of The Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Section 4: Dermatology Section 5: Nutrition Section 6: Hematology and Oncology Section 7: Infectious Diseases Section 8: Cardiovascular Diseases Section 9: Respiratory Diseases Section 10: Renal Diseases Section 11: Gastrointestinal Diseases Section 12: Allergy, Clinical Immunology, and Rheumatology Section 13: Endocrinology and Metabolism Section 14: Neurology Section 15: Psychiatric Disorders and Psychoactive Substance Use Section 16: Adverse Drug Reaction Section 17: Laboratory Values SECTION 1 IMPORTANT SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS 1. Pain and Its Management 2. Chest Pain 3. Abdominal Pain 4. Headache and Facial Pain 5. Back and Neck Pain 6. Fever, Hyperthermia, Chills, and Rash 7. Pain or Swelling of Joints 8. Syncope and Faintness 9. Dizziness and Vertigo 10. Acute Visual Loss and Double Vision 11. Paralysis and Movement Disorders 12. Aphasias and Related Disorders 13. Sleep Disorders 14. Dyspnea 15. Cough and Hemoptysis 16. Cyanosis 17. Edema 18. Nausea, Vomiting, and Indigestion 19. Weight Loss 20. Dysphagia 21. Diarrhea, Constipation, and Malabsorption 22. Gastrointestinal Bleeding 23. Jaundice and Evaluation of Liver Function 24. Ascites 25. Overt Manifestations of Renal Disease 26. Electrolytes/Acid-Base Balance 27. Anemia and Polycythemia 28. Lymphadenopathy and Splenomegaly SECTION 2 MEDICAL EMERGENCIES 29. Cardiovascular Collapse and Sudden Death 30. Shock 31. Sepsis and Septic Shock 32. Acute Pulmonary Edema 33. Confusion, Stupor, and Coma 34. Stroke 35. Subarachnoid Hemorrhage 36. Increased Intracranial Pressure and Head Trauma 37. Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy 38. Status Epilepticus 39. Poisoning and Drug Overdose 40. Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hyperosmolar Coma 41. Hypoglycemia 42. Infectious Disease Emergencies 43. Oncologic Emergencies 44. Drowning and Near-Drowning 45. Anaphylaxis and Transfusion Reactions 46. Bites, Venoms, Stings, and Marine Poisonings 47. Hypothermia and Frostbite SECTION 3 DISORDERS OF THE EYE, EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT 48. Common Disorders of the Eye 49. Hearing Disorders 50. Infections of the Upper Respiratory Tract SECTION 4 DERMATOLOGY 51. General Examination of the Skin 52. Common Skin Conditions SECTION 5 NUTRITION 53. Assessment of Nutritional Status 54. Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition 55. Eating Disorders 56. Obesity SECTION 6 HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY 57. Examination of Blood Smears and Bone Marrow P>58. Red Blood Cell Disorders 59. Leukocytosis and Leukopenia 60. Bleeding and Thrombotic Disorders 61. Transfusion and Pheresis Therapy 62. Cancer Chemotherapy 63. Myeloid Leukemias, Myelodysplasia, and Myeloproliferative Syndrome 64. Lymphoid Malignancies 65. Skin Cancer 66. Head and Neck Cancer 67. Lung Cancer 68. Breast Cancer 69. Tumors of the Gastrointestinal Tract 70. Genitourinary Tract Cancer 71. Gynecologic Cancer 72. Prostate Hyperplasia and Carcinoma 73. Cancer of Unknown Primary Site 74. Sarcomas of Bone and Soft Tissues 75. Paraneoplastic Endocrine Syndromes 76. Neurologic Paraneoplastic Syndromes SECTION 7 INFECTIOUS DISEASES 77. Diagnosis 78. Antimicrobial Therapy 79. Immunization and Advice to Travelers 80. Infective Endocarditis 81. Intraabdominal Infections 82. Infectious Diarrheas 83. Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Reproductive Tract Infections 84. Infections of Skin, Soft Tissues, Joints, and Bones 85. Infections in the Immunocompromised Host 86. HIV Infection and AIDS 87. Hospital-Acquired Infections 88. Pneumococcal Infections 89. Staphylococcal Infections 90. Streptococcal/Enterococcal Infections and Diphtheria 91. Meningococcal and Listerial Infections 92. Infections Caused by Haemophilus, Bordetella, Moraxella, and HACEK Group Organisms 93. Diseases Caused by Gram-Negative Enteric Bacteria, Pseudomonas, and Legionella 94. Diseases Caused by Other Gram-Negative Bacteria 95. Anaerobic Infections 96. Nocardiosis and Actinomycosis 97. Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Infections 98. Lyme Disease and Other Spirochetal Infections 99. Rickettisial Infections 100. Mycoplasma Infections 101. Chlamydial Infections 102. Herpesvirus Infections 103. Cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr Virus Infections 104. Influenza and Other Viral Respiratory Diseases 105. Rubeola, Rubella, Mumps, and Parvovirus Infections 106. Enteroviral Infections 107. Insect- and Animal-Borne Viral Infections 108. Fungal Infections 109. Pneumocystis carinii Infection 110. Protozoal Infections 111. Helminthic Infections and Ectoparasite Infestations SECTION 8 CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES 112. Physical Examination of the Heart 113. Electrocardiography and Echocardiography 114. Preoperative Evaluation of Cardiovascular Disease 115. Arrhythmias 116. Congestive Heart Failure and Cor Pulmonale 117. Congenital Heart Disease in the Adult 118. Valvular Heart Disease 119. Cardiomyopathies and Myocarditis 120. Pericardial Disease 121. Acute Myocardial Infarction 122. Chronic Coronary Artery Disease and Unstable Angina 123. Prevention of Atherosclerosis 124. Hypertension 125. Disease of the Aorta 126. Peripheral Vascular Diseases SECTION 9 RESPIRATORY DISEASES 127. Respiratory Function and Diagnosis of Pulmonary Disease 128. Asthma and Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis 129. Environmental Lung Diseases 130. Chronic Bronchitis, Emphysema, and Acute or Chronic Respiratory Failure 131. Pneumonia and Lung Abscess 132. Pulmonary Thromboembolism and Primary Pulmonary Hypertension 133. Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) 134. Disease of the Pleura, Mediastinum, and Diaphragm 135. Disorders of Ventilation, Including Sleep Apnea 136. Pulmonary Insufficiency and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) SECTION 10 RENAL DISEASES 137. Approach to the Patient with Renal Disease 138. Acute Renal Failure 139. Chronic Renal Failure (CRF) and Uremia 140. Dialysis 141. Renal Transplantation 142. Glomerular Disease 143. Renal Tubular Diseases 144. Urinary Tract Infections 145. Renovascular Disease 146. Nephrolithiasis 147. Urinary Tract Obstruction SECTION 11 GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES 148. Peptic Ulcer and Related Disorders 149. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 150. Colonic and Anorectal Diseases 151. Cholelithiasis, Cholecystitis, and Cholangitis 152. Pancreatitis 153. Acute Hepatitis 154. Chronic Hepatitis 155. Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Liver Disease 156. Portal Hypertension SECTION 12 ALLERGY, CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY, AND RHEUMATOLOGY 157. Diseases of Immediate Type Hypersensitivity 158. Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases 159. SLE, RA, and Other Connective Tissue Diseases 160. Vasculitis 161. Ankylosing Spondylitis 162. Degenerative Joint Disease 163. Gout, Pseudogout, and Related Diseases 164. Psoriatic Arthritis 165. Reactive Arthritis and Reiter's Syndrome 166. Other Arthritides 167. Sarcoidosis 168. Amyloidosis SECTION 13 ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM 169. Disorders of the Anterior Pituitary and Hypothalamus 170. Disorders of the Posterior Pituitary 171. Disorders of the Thyroid 172. Disorders of the Adrenal Gland 173. Diabetes Mellitus 174. Disorders of the Male Reproductive System 175. Disorders of the Female Reproductive System 176. Hypercalcemic and Hypocalcemic Disorders 177. Osteoporosis and Osteomalacia 178. Disorders of Lipid Metabolism 179. Hemochromatosis, Porphyrias, and Wilson's Disease SECTION 14 NEUROLOGY 180. The Neurologic Examination 181. Diagnostic Methods in Neurology 182. Seizures and Epilepsy 183. Tumors of the Nervous System 184. Bacterial Infections of the Central Nervous System 185. Aseptic Meningitis, Viral Encephalitis, and Prion Diseases 186. Chronic Meningitis 187. Multiple Sclerosis 188. Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias 189. Parkinson's Disease 190. Ataxic Disorders 191. ALS and Other Motor Neuron Diseases 192. Cranial Nerve Disorders 193. Autonomic Nervous System Disorders 194. Spinal Cord Diseases 195. Peripheral Neuropathies, Including Guillain-Barré Syndrome 196. Myasthenia Gravis 197. Muscle Diseases SECTION 15 PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS AND PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCE USE 198. Approach to the Patient with Psychiatric Symptoms 199. Psychiatric Medications 200. Alcoholism 201. Narcotic Abuse SECTION 16 ADVERSE DRUG REACTION 202. Adverse Drug Reactions SECTION 17 LABORATORY VALUES 203. Laboratory Values of Clinical Importance