Harrison's Manual of Medicine

From the contents:Section 1: Care of the Hospitalized Patient 1 Initial Patient Evaluation and Admission to the Hospital 2 Electrolytes/Acid-Base Balance 3 Diagnositic Imaging in Internal Medicine 4 Procedures Commonly Performed by Internists 5 Principles of Critical Care Medicine 6 Pain and Its Management 7 Medical Evaluation of the Surgical Patient 8 Assessment of Nutritional Status 9 Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition 10 Transfusion and Pheresis Therapy 11 End of Life Care Section 2: Medical Emergencies 12 Cardiovascular Collapse and Sudden Death13 Shock 14 Sepsis and Septic Shock 15 Acute Pulmonary Edema 16 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 17 Respiratory Failure 18 Confusion, Stupor, and Coma 19 Stroke 20 Subarachnoid Hemorrhage 21 Increased Intracranial Pressure and Head Trauma 22 Spinal Cord Compression 23 Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy 24 Status Epilepticus 25 Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hyperosmolar Coma 26 Hypoglycemia 27 Infectious Disease Emergencies 28 Oncologic Emergencies 29 Anaphylaxis 30 Bites, Venoms, Stings, and Marine Poisonings 31 Hypothermia and Frostbite 32 Poisoning and Drug Overdose 33 Bioterrorism Section 3: Common Patient Presentations 34 Chest Pain 35 Abdominal Pain 36 Headache 37 Back and Neck Pain 38 Fever, Hyperthermia, Chills, and Rash 39 Pain and Swelling of Joints 40 Syncope 41 Dizziness and Vertigo 42 Acute Visual Loss and Double Vision 43 Paralysis 44 Tremor and Movement Disorders 45 Aphasia and Related Disorders 46 Sleep Disorders 47 Dyspnea 48 Cough and Hemoptysis 49 Hypoxia and Cyanosis 50 Edema 51 Nausea, Vomiting, and Indigestion 52 Weight Loss 53 Dysphagia 54 Diarrhea, Constipation and Malabsorption 55 Gastrointestinal Bleeding 56 Jaundice and Evaluation of Liver Function 57 Ascites 58 Azotemia and Urinary Abnormalities 59 Anemia and Polycythemia 60 Lymphadenopathy and Splenomegaly 61 Generalized Weakness and Fatigue Section 4: Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology 62 Common Disorders of Vision and Hearing 63 Sinusitis,

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, MA