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Section I. Syptomatic Care Pending Diagnosis 01. Pain- Alan Douglass 02. Nausea and Vomiting- Chad M. Braun 03. Gaseousness and Indigestion- Ram Dickman and Ronnie Fass 04. Hiccups- Michael J. Pollack 05. Acute Infectious Diarrhea- Martin S. Wolfe 06. Constipation- David E. Beck 07. Fever- Ian M. Paul 08. Cough- David G. Hill 09. Treatment of Insomnia- Martin L. Reite 10. Pruritus- Louis J Rusin 11. Tinnitus- Claus-Frenz Claussen 12. Low Back Pain- Michael T. McCann Section II. The Infectious Diseases 13. Management of the Patient with HIV disease- Surendra K. Sharma and Tamilarasu Kadhiravan 14. Amebiasis- Rashidul Haque and William A. Petri, Jr. 15. Giardiasis- David E. Katz and Alfred DeMaria, Jr. 16. Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock- Steven Zgliniec and Robert A. Balk 17. Brucellosis- Javier Solera 18. Varicella- Charles Grose 19. Cholera- Eduardo Salazar-Lindo 20. Food-Borne Illnesses- Evangelista Sagnelli 21. Necrotizing Skin and Soft Tissue Infections- James S. Tan 22. Toxic Shock Syndrome- Robert L. Deresiewicz 23. Influenza- Kenneth J. Smith 24. Visceral Leishmaniasis- Pierre Marty and Eric Rosenthal 25. Leprosy (Hansens Disease)- Winnie W. Ooi 26. Malaria- Monica Parise and Melto James Eliades 27. Bacterial Meningitis- Gary D. Overturf 28. Infectious Mononucleosis- Leonard R. Krilov 29. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome- Steven Reid and Simon Wessely 30. Mumps- Mobeen H. Rathore amd Ayesha Mirza 31. Plague- Douglas A. Drevets 32. Anthrax- Jon B. Woods 33. Psittacosis (Ornithosis)- Mark Woodhead 34. Q Fever- Pere Domingo 35. Rabies- Alan C. Jackson 36. Rat Bite Fever- Liane K. Freels 37. Relapsing Fever- Diego Cadavid 38. Lyme Disease- Arthur Weinstein and Shobha Wani 39. Rubella and Congenital Rubella- Michael T. Brady 40. Measles (Rubeola)- Katalin I. Koranyi 41. Tetanus- Ramesh Khurana and James P. Richardson 42. Whooping Cough (Pertussis)- Michael E. Pichichero 43. Office-Based Immunization Practices- Robert M. Jacobson 44. Travel Medicine- William F. Miser amd Katherine G. Gerges 45. Taxoplasmosis- Thomas T. Ward 46. Cat Scratch Disease- Michael J. Smith 47. Salmonellosis- Arvid E. Underman 48. Typhoid Fever- Zulfiqar Bhutta 49. Rickettsial Ehrlichial Infections- David H. Walker 49a. Smallpox- Ian M. Baird Section III. Diseases of the Head and Neck 50. Vision Correction Procedures- Kraig S. Bower 51. Conjunctivitis- Sandra Y Cho and Michael Goldstein 52. Optic neuritis- Andrew G. Lee amd Steven L. Galetta 53. Glaucoma- Misha F. Syed and Nicolas P. Bell 54. Otitis Externa- Jeffrey T. Vrabec 55. Otitis Media- J. Scott McMurray 56. Episodic Vertigo- Lorne S. Parnes 57. Meniere's Disease- Ted A. Meyer and Paul R. Lambert 58. Sinusitis- Richard R. Orlandi 59. Non-Allergic Rhinitis- Phil Lieberman 60. Hoarseness and Laryngitis- Robert Thayer Sataloff 61. Streptococcal Pharyngitis- John Brusch Section IV. The Respiratory System 62. Acute Respiratory Failure- William Henderson and Sean Keenan 63. Atelectasis- Craig Michael Schramm 64. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease- Juan Armando Garcia and Stephen G. Jenkinson 65. Cystic Gibrosis- Robert L. Zanni 66. Sleep Apnea- Teofilo L. Lee-Chiong Jr 67. Primary Lung Cancer- Christopher S. George and Teresa M. George 68. Coccidioidomycosis- Nancy F. Crum 69. Histoplasmosis- Linus H. Santo Tomas and Ralph M. Schapira 70. Blastomycosis- Robert Bradsher and Anupama Menon 71. Pleural Effusion and Empyema Thoracis- Robert L. Thurer and Jeffrey Rentz 72. Primary Lung Abscess- Scott Swanson and Virginia Litle 73. Acute Bronchitis- Ralph Schapira and Susan Davids 74. Bacterial Pneumonia- Maria C. Rodriguez-Barradas 75. Viral Respiratory Infections- Surendra Kumar Sharma and Alladi Mohan 76. Viral and Mycoplasmal Pnuemonias- Burke A. Cunha 77. Legionellosis (Legionnaires disease and Pontiac Fever)- Jorge Roig 78. Pulmonary Embolism- C. Gregory Elliott 79. Sarcoidosis- Marc Judson 80. Silicosis and Asbestosis- Akshay Sood and William S. Beckett 81. Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis- Michael C. Zacharisen 82. Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases- Christopher J. Lahart Section V. The Cardiovascular System 83. Acquired Diseases of the Aorta- R. Clement Darling III and W. John Byrne 84. Angina Pectoris- Charles R. Lambert 85. Cardiac Arrest: Sudden cardiac death- Robert W. Rho 86. Atrial Fibrillation- Robert W. Rho and Richard L. Page 87. Premature Beats- Prakash C. Deedwania and Enrique V. Carbajal 88. Heart Block- Albert A. Del Negro 89. Tachycardias- Nora Goldschlager and Richard Hongo 90. Congenital Heart Disease- William S. McMahon 91. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy- AJ Marian 92. Mitral Valve Prolapse- Charles F. Wooley and Harisios Boudoulas 93. Congestive Heart Failure- John P. Cheatham and Stephen C. Cook 94. Infective Endocarditis- Navin M. Amin 95. Hypertension- Edward D. Frohlich 96. Acute Myocardial Infarction- Stephen Kopecky and Kevin Bybee 97. Pericarditis- Brian D. Hoit 98. Peripheral Arterial Disease- Jason T. Lee, Maisie M. Fung, and E. John Harris, Jr. 99. Venous Thrombosis- Anthony J. Comerota and Santiago Chahwan Section VI. The Blood and Spleen 100. Aplastic Anemia- Abdo Haddad and Jaroslaw P. Maciejewski 101. Iron Deficiency- William B. Solomon 102. Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia- Charles J. Parker 103. Nonimmune Hemolytic Anemia- Stella T. Chou and Mitchell J. Weiss 104. Pernicious Anemia and Other Megaloblastic Anemias- Dan L. Longo 105. Thalessemia- Susan P Perrineand Serguei A. Castaneda 106. Sickle Cell Disease- Kenneth Bridges 107. Neutropenia- Melvin H. Freedman 108. Hemolytic Disease of the Fetus and Newborn- James W. Kendig 109. Hemophilia and Related Disorders- Wing-Yen Wong 110. Platelet-Mediated Bleeding Disorders- Suman Sood and Charles S. Abrams 111. Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation- Rodger L. Bick 112. Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura- James N. George 113. Hemochromatosis- Lawrie W. Powell 114. Hodgkins Disease: Chemotherapy- David J. Straus 115. Hodgkin's Disease: Radiation Therapy- Pelayo C. Besa 116. Acute Leukemia in Adults- HANS W. GRUNWALD 117. Acute Leukemia in Children- Kelly Maloney 118. Chronic Leukemias- Helen Enright and Johnathon Bond 119. Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma- Lawrence Rice 120. Multiple Myeloma- Vincent Rajkumar and Robert A. Kyle 121. Polycythemia Vera- Kenneth Zuckerman and Magda Elkabani 122. The Porphyrias- Claus A. Pierach 123. Therapeutic Use of Blood Components- Mahmoud Charif and Ronald A. Sacher 124. Adverse Reactions to Blood Transfusion- Phillip J. DeChristopher Section VII. The Disgestive System 125. Cholelithiasis and Cholecystitis- Oscar Ruiz 126. Cirrhosis- Richard K. Sterling, Wissam E. Mattar, Paul Y Kwo 127. Bleeding Esophageal Varices- Gary C. Chen and Rome Jutabha 128. Dysphagia and Esophageal Obstruction- Colm OLoughlin and Reza Shaker 129. Diverticula of the Alimentary Tract- Harris R. Clearfield 130. Inflammatory Bowel Disease- Mark A. Peppercorn and Alan C. Moss 131. Irritable Bowel Syndrome- Kevin W. Olden and Andrew R. Brown 132. Hemorrhoids, Anal Fissure, Perianal Abscess, and Fistula- David A. Margolin and Kerry Hammond 133. Gastritis and Peptic Ulcer Disease- Barry J. Marshall 134. Acute and Chronic Viral Hepatitis- Christopher OBrien 135. Malabsorption- Roger L. Gebhard and Nadeem A. Chaudhary 136. Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis- Carmen C. Solorzano and Richard A. Prinz 138. Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)- John Hunter and Johathon Finks 139. Tumors of the Stomach- Scott A. Hundahl 140. Tumors of the Colon and Rectum- Alan G. Thorson 141. Intestinal Parasites- Kenneth Shieh and Maria D. Mileno Section VIII. Metabolic Disorders 142. Diabetes Mellitus in Adults- Shirwan A. Mirza 143. Diabetes Mellitus in Children and Adolescents- Lori M.B. Laffel and Jamie R.S. Wood 144. Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic Syndrome and Diabetic Ketoacidosis- Solomon S. Solomon and R. Dale Childress 144a. Hyponatremia- Biff F. Palmer 145. Gout and Hyperuricemia- Robert L. Wortmann 146. Dyslipoprotenemias (formerly called Hyperlipoproteinemias)- Peter Toth 147. Obesity- Christopher D. Still and Gordon L. Jensen 149. Osteoporosis- Uriel S. Barzel 150. Pagets Disease of Bone- Paul D. Miller 151. Parenteral Nutrition in Adults- Doug Seidner 152. Parenteral Fluid Therapy for Infants and Children- Thomas Welch Section IX. The Endocrine System 153. Acromegaly- Mark E. Molitch 154. Adrenocortical Insufficiency- Andjela Drincic and Robert J. Anderson 155. Cushing's Syndrome- David Schteingart and Monica N. Starkman 156. Diabetes Insipidus- Jennifer Kelly and Arnold M. Moses 157. Primary Hyperparathyroidism and Hypoparathyroidism- John P. Bilezikian 158. Primary Aldosteronism- Raymond R. Townsend 159. Hypopituitarism- Mary Lee Vance 160. Hyperprolactinemia- Anthony A. Luciano and Danielle E. Luciano 161. Hypothyroidism- John T. Nicoloff and Jonathan S. LoPresti 162. Hyperthyroidism- Kenneth Burman 163. Thyroid Cancer- Debra G. Koivunen 164. Pheochromocytoma- Massimo Mannelli and Jacques W. M. Lenders 165. Thyroiditis- Petros Perros Section X. The Urogenital Tract 166. Bacterial Infections of the Urinary Tract in Males- Brian A. VanderBrink and Robert M. Moldwin 167. Bacterial Infections of the Urinary Tract in Women- Burke A. Cunha 168. Bacterial Infections of the Urinary Tract in Girls- Candice E. Johnson 169. Childhood Enuresis- Frank R. Cerniglia 170. Urinary Incontinence- E. Ann Gormley 171. Epididymitis- Michael Thomas Gambla and Darren Chapman 172. Primary Glomerular Diseases- Daniel Cattran and Penny Turner 173. Pyelonephritis- Kurt A. McCammon 174. Trauma to the Genitourinary Tract- Noel A. Armenakas and J. James Bruno II 175. Prostatitis- Ira W. Klimberg 176. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia- Gopal Badlani and Matthew Karlovsky 177. Impotence (Erectile Dysfunction)- Luciano Kolodny 178. Acute Renal Failure- Steven D. Weisbord and Paul M. Palevsky 179. Chronic Renal Failure- Jeffrey A. Kraut 180. Malignant Tumors of the Urogenital Tract- Michael S. Cookson and Sam S. Chang 181. Management of Urethral Stricture Disease- Andrew C. Peterson 182. Renal Calculi- Stevan Streem and Nicholad Hegarty Section XI. The Sexually Transmitted Diseases 183. Chancroid- Stanley M. Spinola 184. Gonorrhea- David M. Bamberger 185. Nongonococcal Urethritis- Kimberly Workowski and Heidi Bauer 186. Granuloma Inguinale (Donovanosis)- AA Hoosen 188. Syphilis- Mrunal Shah 188a. Contraception- Lama Tolaymat and Andrew M. Kaunitz Section XII. Diseases of Allergy 189. Anaphylaxis and Serum Sickness- Stephen F. Kemp 190. Asthma in Adolescents and Adults- Louis-Philippe Boulet 191. Asthma in Children- Gerald B. Kolski 192. Allergic Rhinitis Caused by Inhalant Factors- Richard Weber 193. Allergic Reactions to Drugs- Donald L. McNeil 194. Allergic Reactions to Insect Stings- David B. K. Golden Section XIII. Diseases of the Skin 195. Acne Vulgaris and Rosacea- Guy F. Webster 196. Diseases of the Hair- Kimberly May Eickhorst and Eyal Levit 197. Cancer of the Skin- Richard Wagner 198. Cutaneous T Cell Lymphoma (Mycosis Fungoides and Sezarys Syndrome)- Marie-France-Demierre 199. Papulosquamous Disorders- Chai Sue Lee and John Koo 200. Connective Tissue Disorders- John Varga, Susan M. Morsi, and Gabrielle Lakos 201. Cutaneous Vasculitis- Manisha J. Patel and Joseph L. Jorizzo 202. Diseases of the Nails- Bianca Maria Piraccini and Matilde Iorizzo 203. Keloids- Woraphong Manuskiatti 204. Warts (Verruca)- Phillip M. Williford and Tammy Housman 205. Condyloma Accuminata (Genital Warts)- Karl R. Beutner and Alice Do 206. Nevi- Joan Guitart and Scott C. Wickless 207. Melanoma- Frank G. Haluska 208. Premalignant Lesions- Donald Clemons 209. Bacterial Diseases of the Skin- Ronald Lee Nichols 210. Viral Diseases of the Skin- Jacqueline M. Losi-Sasaki and Angela Yen Moore 211. Parasitic Diseases of the Skin- Andrea Katsambas and Electra Nicolaidou 212. Fungal Diseases of the Skin- Adelaide Hebert 213. Diseases of the Mouth- Carl Allen 214. Venous Stasis Ulcers- Tania J. Phillips and Chukwuemeka N. Etufugh 215. Pressure Ulcers- David R. Thomas 216. Atopic Dermatitis- Sarah L. Chamlin 217. Erythema Multiforme- Marcia G. Tonnesen 218. Bullous Diseases- Victoria Werth and Sarah E. Dick 219. Contact Dermatitis-Peter C. Schalockm and Kathryn A. Zug 221. Pruritus Ani and Vulvae- Libby Edwards 222. Urticaria and Angioedema- Eugene W. Monroe 223. Pigmentary Disorders- Norman Levine 224. Sunburn- Henry W. Lim and Camile Hexsel Section XIV. The Nervous System 225. Alzheimer's Disease- Monica Peterson Gordon and L. Jaime Fitten 225a. Sleep Disorders- David N. Neubauer 226. Intracerebral Hemorrhage- James M. Gebel 227. Ischemic Cerebrovascular Disease- Elzbieta Wirkowski 228. Rehabilitation of the Stroke Patient- Karl Sandin 229. Seizures and Epilepsy in Adolescents and Adults- Erik K. St. Louis and Mark A. Granner 230. Epilepsy in Infants and Children- Raj D. Sheth 231. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder- Timothy Wilens and Thomas Spencer 232. Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome- Roger D. Freeman 233. Headache- R. Michael Gallagher 234. Viral Meningitis and Encephalitis- Mark J. Abzug 235. Multiple Sclerosis- Randall T. Schapiro 236. Myasthenia Gravis and Related Disorders- Jenice Robinson and Milind J. Kothari 237. Trigeminal Neuralgia- Ronald F. Young 238. Acute Peripheral Facial Paralysis (Bell's Palsy)- Bruce J. Gantz, Ted A. Meyerm, and Peter C. Weber 239. Parkinsonism- Julie Leegwater-Kim and Cheryl Waters 240. Peripheral Neuropathies- Michael E. Shy and Marina Grandis 241. Acute Head Injuries in Adults- Todd W. Vitaz 242. Acute Head Injuries in Children- Stephen Deputy 243. Brain Tumors- Ashwatha Narayana Section XV. The Locomotor System 244. Rheumatoid Arthritis- E. William St. Clair and Joseph C. Shanahan 245. Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis- Terry L. Moore 246. Ankylosing Spondylitis- Maxine Breban 247. Cervico-Cranio-Mandibular Disorders (was Temporomandibular Disorders)- Per-Olof Eriksson 248. Bursitis, Tendinitis, Myofascial Pain, and Fibromyalgia- Keith K. Colburn 249. Osteoarthritis- George E. Ehrlich 250. Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis- John Stone 251. Osteomyelitis- Luca Lazzarini 252. Common Sports Injuries- Julie Chuan and Kenneth S. Taylor Section XVI. Obstetrics and Gynecology 253. Antepartum Care- Ying Chan and Faith Frieden 254. Ectopic Pregnancy- Gary Lipscomb 255. Vaginal Bleeding in Late Pregnancy- Curtis Gingrich 256. Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy- David Weismiller 257. Postpartum Care- Lisa Nash 258. Resuscitation of the Newborn- Derek S. Wheeler 259. Care of the High-Risk Neonate- Dilcia McLenan 260. Normal Infant Feeding- Meg Begany and Maria Mascarenhas 261. Diseases of the Breast- Paniti Sukumvanich and Patrick Borgen 262. Endometriosis- David L. Olive 263. Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding- Beth Rackow and Aydin Arici 263a. Infertility- Steve Willams 264. Amenorrhea- Carl Krantz 265. Dysmenorrhea- Laeth S Nasir 266. Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)- Ellen W. Freeman 267. Menopause- Jan L. Shifren and Isaac Schiff 268. Vulvovaginitis- Christine D. Hudak 269. Chlamydia Trachomatis- Catherine Stevens-Simon 270. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease- Adrianne Williams and Maria Trent 271. Uterine Leiomyoma- Tod Aeby and Stella Dantas 271a. Ovarian Cancer- Lynne Eaton 272. Cancer of the Endometrium- James J. Burke, II and Donald Gallup 273. Cancer of the Uterine Cervix- Michael P. Hopkins and Wilson Sawa 274. Neoplasms of the Vulva- Susan Davidson Section XVII. Psychiatric Disorders 276. Alcoholism- Richard Brown 277. Drug Abuse- Joyce A. Tinsley 278. Anxiety Disorders- Jacqueline Carinhas McGregor 279. Bulimia- David Herzog and Kamryn T. Eddy 280. Delirium- Marc Agronin 281. Mood Disorders- Melanie W. Conway and Merry N. Miller 282. Schizophrenia- Adriana Foster and Peter Buckley 283. Panic Disorder- Alexander Bystritsky and Kira Williams Section XVIII. Physical and Chemical Injuries 284. Burns- Barbara Latenser 285. High Altitude Sickness- Jim Litch 286. Disturbances Due To the Cold- Daniel F. Danzl 287. Disturbances Due to Heat- John F. Coyle, II 288. Spider Bites And Scorpion Stings- Rachel Haroz and James R. Roberts 289. Snakebit- Craig S. Kitchens 290. Marine Trauma, Envenomations, and Intoxications- John E. Gough 291. Acute Poisonings- Thomas R. Caraccio Section XIX. Appendices and Index 292. Reference Intervals for the Interpretation of Laboratory Tests- Laura McCloskey and William Borer 293. Toxic Chemical Agents- James J. James and James M. Lyznicki 294. Biologic Agents- Scott R. Lillibridge 295. Some Popular Herbs and Nutritional Supplements- Miriam M. Chan 296. New Drugs- Miriam M. Chan

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