| Preface | |
| Contributors | |
| Multidisciplinary Skills for the Internist | p. 1 |
| Health Screening and Immunization | p. 3 |
| Women's Hormonal Health Issues: Menopause, Hormone Replacement Therapy and Hormonal Contraception | p. 13 |
| Medical Complications of Pregnancy | p. 27 |
| Biostatistics in Clinical Medicine: Diagnostic Tests | p. 33 |
| Headache | p. 39 |
| Ocular Manifestations of Systemic Disease | p. 53 |
| Preoperative Evaluation and Management Before Major Noncardiac Surgery | p. 62 |
| Geriatric Medicine | p. 70 |
| Skin Signs of Systemic Disease | p. 78 |
| Occupational Medicine | p. 91 |
| Board Simulation: Psychiatric Disorders in Medical Practice | p. 98 |
| Infectious Disease | p. 105 |
| Sexually Transmitted Diseases | p. 107 |
| HIV Infection and AIDS | p. 121 |
| Infective Endocarditis | p. 137 |
| Pneumonias | p. 144 |
| New and Emerging Infectious Diseases | p. 154 |
| Board Simulation I: Common Infections in the Ambulatory Setting | p. 168 |
| Board Simulation II: Infectious Diseases | p. 173 |
| Hematology and Medical Oncology | p. 191 |
| Oncologic Emergencies | p. 193 |
| Gynecologic, Prostate, and Testicular Cancers | p. 201 |
| Leukemia | p. 207 |
| Platelet and Clotting Disorders | p. 217 |
| Anemia | p. 227 |
| Breast Cancer | p. 236 |
| Hodgkin's Disease, Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, and HIV-associated Malignancies | p. 246 |
| Board Simulation I: Hematology and Medical Oncology | p. 257 |
| Board Simulation II: Cellular Morphology | p. 267 |
| Rheumatology | p. 275 |
| Acute Monoarticular Arthritis | p. 277 |
| The Differential Diagnosis of Polyarthritis | p. 289 |
| Systemic Autoimmune Diseases | p. 303 |
| Systemic Vasculitis | p. 316 |
| Selected Musculoskeletal Syndromes | p. 329 |
| Board Simulation: Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases | p. 335 |
| Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine | p. 351 |
| Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Emboli | p. 353 |
| Lung Cancer | p. 368 |
| Obstructive Lung Disease: Asthma and COPD | p. 375 |
| Interstitial Lung Disease | p. 383 |
| Pleural Diseases | p. 391 |
| Selected Aspects of Critical Care Medicine for the Internist: Pulmonary Artery Catheterization and Noninvasive Blood Gas Monitoring | p. 404 |
| Board Simulation: Pulmonary Medicine | p. 415 |
| Endocrinology | p. 423 |
| Thyroid Disorders | p. 425 |
| Androgenic and Reproductive Disorders | p. 439 |
| Diabetes Mellitus: Control and Complications | p. 451 |
| Adrenal Disorders | p. 466 |
| Pituitary Disorders and Ectopic Hormone Syndromes | p. 473 |
| Metabolic Bone Disease and Calcium Disorders | p. 482 |
| Board Simulation: Endocrinology | p. 491 |
| Nephrology and Hypertension | p. 499 |
| Acute Renal Failure | p. 501 |
| Approach to Patients with Parenchymal Renal Disease | p. 509 |
| Hallmarks of Essential and Secondary Hypertension | p. 523 |
| Critical Fluid and Electrolyte Abnormalities in Clinical Practice | p. 537 |
| Acid-base Disorders | p. 548 |
| Board Simulation: Nephrology and Hypertension | p. 562 |
| Gastroenterology | p. 571 |
| Liver Disease | p. 573 |
| Hepatology | p. 573 |
| Complications of Cirrhosis | p. 577 |
| Pancreatic Diseases | p. 586 |
| Esophageal Diseases | p. 592 |
| Peptic Ulcer Disease | p. 607 |
| Colorectal Carcinoma | p. 618 |
| Inflammatory Bowel Disease | p. 626 |
| Diarrhea and Malabsorption | p. 638 |
| Board Simulation: Gastroenterology | p. 646 |
| Cardiology | p. 653 |
| Evaluation of Patients with Coronary Artery Disease | p. 655 |
| Clinical Electrocardiography: A Visual Board Review | p. 664 |
| Valvular Heart Disease | p. 685 |
| Arrhythmias | p. 700 |
| Adult Congenital Heart Disease | p. 724 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction | p. 732 |
| Hyperlipidemia | p. 740 |
| Heart Failure | p. 747 |
| Board Simulation: Cardiology | p. 755 |
| After the Boards | p. 767 |
| Medical Ethics in the 21st Century | p. 769 |
| Managed Care | p. 775 |
| Computers and Medicine | p. 786 |
| Index | p. 807 |
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