Harrison's Manual of Medicine, 17th Edition
by Fauci, Anthony; Braunwald, Eugene; Kasper, Dennis; Hauser, Stephen; Longo, Dan; Jameson, J.; Loscalzo, JosephEdition: 17th
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-03-19
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill Professional
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Summary
The authority of "Harrison's" formatted for use at the point of care! . . Distilled from "Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 17e," the most authoritative medical reference in the world, this handy manual provides on-the-spot answers to patient management questions clinicians face on a daily basis. Completely revised, the 17th Edition features a new full-color format; 100+ full-color depictions of clinical conditions seen in dermatology, cardiology, and eye disease; important new chapters on end of life care, congenital heart disease in adults, non-invasive cardiac examination, and the metabolic syndrome. This new edition is based on the massively revised "Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 17e," so you can be confident the content reflects the very latest breakthroughs and developments. .
Author Biography
Anthony S. Fauci, MD, National Institute of Health, Betheseda, MD.
.Eugene Braunwald, MD, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA..
Dennis L. Kasper, MD, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA..
Stephen L. Hauser, MD, University of California, San Francisco, CA..
Dan L. Longo, MD, National Institute of Health, Betheseda, MD..
J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL..
Joseph Loscalzo, MD, PhD, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA..
.Eugene Braunwald, MD, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA..
Dennis L. Kasper, MD, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA..
Stephen L. Hauser, MD, University of California, San Francisco, CA..
Dan L. Longo, MD, National Institute of Health, Betheseda, MD..
J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL..
Joseph Loscalzo, MD, PhD, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA..
Table of Contents
| Initial Patient Evaluation and Admission to the Hospital | |
| Electrolytes/Acid-Base Balance | |
| Diagnositic Imaging in Internal Medicine | |
| Procedures Commonly Performed by Internists | |
| Principles of Critical Care Medicine | |
| Pain and Its Management | |
| Medical Evaluation of the Surgical Patient | |
| Assessment of Nutritional Status | |
| Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition10 Transfusion and Pheresis Therapy | |
| End of Life Care | |
| Medical Emergencies | |
| Cardiovascular Collapse and Sudden Death | |
| Shock | |
| Sepsis and Septic Shock | |
| Acute Pulmonary Edema | |
| Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) | |
| Respiratory Failure | |
| Confusion, Stupor, and Coma | |
| Stroke | |
| Subarachnoid Hemorrhage | |
| Increased Intracranial Pressure and Head Trauma | |
| Spinal Cord Compression | |
| Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy | |
| Status Epilepticus | |
| Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hyperosmolar Coma | |
| Hypoglycemia | |
| Infectious Disease Emergencies | |
| Oncologic Emergencies | |
| Anaphylaxis | |
| Bites, Venoms, Stings, and Marine Poisonings | |
| Hypothermia and Frostbite | |
| Poisoning and Drug Overdose | |
| Bioterrorism | |
| Common Patient Presentations | |
| Chest Pain | |
| Abdominal Pain | |
| Headache | |
| Back and Neck Pain | |
| Fever, Hyperthermia, Chills, and Rash | |
| Pain and Swelling of Joints | |
| Syncope | |
| Dizziness and Vertigo | |
| Acute Visual Loss and Double Vision | |
| Paralysis | |
| Tremor and Movement Disorders | |
| Aphasia and Related Disorders | |
| Sleep Disorders | |
| Dyspnea | |
| Cough and Hemoptysis | |
| Hypoxia and Cyanosis | |
| Edema | |
| Nausea, Vomiting, and Indigestion | |
| Weight Loss | |
| Dysphagia | |
| Diarrhea, Constipation and Malabsorption | |
| Gastrointestinal Bleeding | |
| Jaundice and Evaluation of Liver Function | |
| Ascites | |
| Azotemia and Urinary Abnormalities | |
| Anemia and Polycythemia | |
| Lymphadenopathy and Splenomegaly | |
| Generalized Weakness and Fatigue | |
| Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology | |
| Common Disorders of Vision and Hearing | |
| Sinusitis, Pharyngitis, Otitis and Other Upper Respiratory Infections | |
| Dermatology | |
| General Examination of the Skin | |
| Common Skin Disorders | |
| Hematology and Oncology | |
| Examination of Blood Smears and Bone Marrow | |
| Red Blood Cell Disorders | |
| Leukocytosis and Leukopenia | |
| Bleeding and Thrombotic Disorders | |
| Cancer Chemotherapy | |
| Myeloid Leukemias, Myelodysplasia, and Myeloproliferative Syndrome | |
| Lymphoid Malignancies | |
| Skin Cancer | |
| Head and Neck Cancer | |
| Lung Cancer | |
| Breast Cancer | |
| Tumors of the Gastrointestinal Tract | |
| Genitourinary Tract Cancer | |
| Gynecologic Cancer80 Prostate Hyperplasia and Carcinoma81 Cancer of Unknown Primary Site | |
| Paraneoplastic Endocrine Syndromes | |
| Neurologic Paraneoplastic Syndromes | |
| Infectious Diseases | |
| Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases85 Antibacterial Therapy | |
| Hospital-Acquired Infections | |
| Infections in the Immunocompromised Host | |
| Infective Endocarditis | |
| Intraabdominal Infections | |
| Infectious Diarrheas | |
| Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Reproductive Tract | |
| Infections of the Skin, Soft Tissue, Joints and Bones | |
| Pneumococcal Infections | |
| Staphylococcal Infections | |
| Streptococcal/Enterococcal Infections, Diphtheria, and Other Corynebacterial Infections | |
| Meningococcal and Listerial Infections | |
| Infections Caused by Haemophilus, Bordetella, Moraxella and HACEK Group Organisms | |
| Diseases Caused by Gram-Negative Enteric Bacteria, Pseudomonas, and Legionella | |
| Infections Caused by Other Gram-Negative Bacilli | |
| Anaerobic Infections | |
| Nocardiosis and Actinomycosis | |
| Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Infections | |
| Lyme Disease and Other Nonsyphilitic Spirochetal Infections | |
| Rickettsial Diseases | |
| Mycoplasma Infections | |
| Chlamydial Infections | |
| Herpesvirus Infections | |
| Cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr Virus Infections | |
| Influenza and Other Viral Respiratory Diseases | |
| Rubeola, Rubella, Mumps, and Parvovirus Infections | |
| Enteroviral Infections | |
| Insect-and Animal-Borne Viral Infections | |
| HIV Infection and AIDS | |
| Fungal Infections | |
| Pneumocystis Infections | |
| Protozoal Infections | |
| Helminthic Infections | |
| Cardiology | |
| Physical Examination of the Heart | |
| Electrocardiography | |
| Non-Invasive Examination of the Heart | |
| Congenital Heart Disease in the Adult | |
| Valvular Heart Disease | |
| Cardiomyopathies and Myocarditis | |
| Pericardial Disease | |
| Hypertension | |
| Metabolic Syndrome | |
| ST-Segment Elevation and Myocardial Infection (STEMI) | |
| Unstable Angina and Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction | |
| Chronic Stable Angina | |
| Bradyarrhythmias | |
| Tachyarrythmias | |
| Congestive Heart Failure | |
| Diseases of the Aorta | |
| Peripheral Vascular Disease | |
| Pulmonary Hypertension and Cor Pulmonale | |
| Pulmonology | |
| Respiratory Function and Pulmonary DiagnosticProcedures | |
| Asthma | |
| Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis | |
| Environmental Lung Diseases | |
| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease | |
| Pneumonia and Lung Abscess | |
| Pulmonary Thromboembolism and Deep Vein Thrombosis | |
| Interstitial Lung Disease | |
| Diseases of the Pleura and Mediastinum | |
| Disorders of Ventilation | |
| Sleep Apnea | |
| Nephrology | |
| Approach to the Patient with Renal Disease | |
| Acute Renal Failure | |
| Chronic Kidney Disease and Uremia | |
| Dialysis | |
| Renal Transplantation | |
| Glomerular Diseases | |
| Renal Tubular and Tubulointerstitial Diseases | |
| Urinary Tract Infections | |
| Renovascular Disease | |
| Nephrolithiasis | |
| Urinary Tract Obstruction | |
| Gastroenterology | |
| Peptic Ulcer and Related Disorders | |
| Inflammatory Bowel Diseases | |
| Colonic and Anorectal Diseases | |
| Cholelithiasis, Cholecystitis, and Cholangitis | |
| Pancreatitis | |
| Acute Hepatitis | |
| Chronic Hepatitis | |
| Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Liver Disease | |
| Portal Hypertension | |
| Allergy, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology | |
| Diseases of Immediate Type Hypersensitivity | |
| Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases | |
| SLE, RA, and Other Connective Tissue Diseases | |
| Vasculitis | |
| Ankylosing Spondylitis | |
| Psoriatic Arthritis | |
| Reactive Arthritis and Reiter's Syndrome | |
| Osteoarthritis | |
| Gout, Pseudogout, and Related Diseases | |
| Other Arthritides | |
| Sarcoidosis | |
| Amyloidosis | |
| Endocrinology and Metabolism | |
| Pituitary Tumors and Hypopituitarism | |
| Diabetes Insipidus and SIADH | |
| Thyroid Gland Disorders | |
| Adrenal Gland DisordersObesity | |
| Diabetes Mellitus | |
| Disorders of the Male Reproductive System | |
| Disorders of the Female Reproductive System | |
| Hypercalcemia and Hypocalcemia | |
| Osteoporosis and Osteomalacia | |
| Hypercholesterolemia and Hypertriglyceridemia | |
| Hemachromatosis, Porphyria, and Wilson's Disease | |
| Neurology | |
| The Neurological Examination | |
| Neuroimaging | |
| Seizures and Epilepsy | |
| Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias | |
| Parkinson's Disease | |
| Ataxic Disorders | |
| ALS and Other Motor Neuron Disorders | |
| Autonomic Nervous System Disorders | |
| Trigeminal Neuralgia, Bell's Palsy, and Other Cranial Nerve Disorders | |
| Spinal Cord Diseases | |
| Tumors of the Nervous System | |
| Multiple Sclerosis | |
| Acute Meningitis and Encephalitis | |
| Chronic Meningitis | |
| Peripheral Neuropathies, Including Guillain BarreSyndrome | |
| Myasthenia Gravis | |
| Muscle Diseases | |
| Psychiatry an | |
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