PART ONE INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL MEDICINE Chapter 1 The Practice of Medicine PART TWO DISORDERS OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM Chapter 2 Introduction to Respiratory System Chapter 3 Pneumonia Chapter 4 Pulmonary Tuberculosis Chapter 5 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Chapter 6 Bronchial Asthma Chapter 7 Pulmonary Thromboembolism Chapter 8 Interstitial Lung Disease Chapter 9 Disorders of the Pleura Chapter 10 Respiratory Failure Chapter 11 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome PART THREE DISORDERS OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM Chapter 12 Approach to the Patient with Cardiovascular Disease Chapter 13 Heart Failure Chapter 14 Arrhythmia Chapter 15 Coronary Heart Disease Chapter 16 Essential Hypertension Chapter 17 Valvular Heart Disease Chapter 18 Cardiomyopathy and Myocarditis Chapter 19 Cardiovascular Collapse, Cardiac Arrest, and Sudden Cardiac Death PART FOUR DISORDERS OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM Chapter 20 Approach to the Patient with Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease Chapter 21 Gastritis Chapter 22 Peptic Ulcer Disease Chapter 23 Intestinal Tuberculosis Chapter 24 Tuberculous Peritonitis Chapter 25 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Chapter 26 Irritable Bowel Syndrome Chapter 27 Cirrhosis and Its Complications Chapter 28 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Chapter 29 Acute Pancreatitis PART FIVE DISORDERS OF THE KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT Chapter 30 Adaptation to Renal Injury Chapter 31 Glomerular Diseases Chapter 32 Urinary Tract Infections and Pyelonephritis Chapter 33 Acute Renal Failure Chapter 34 Chronic Renal Failure Chapter 35 Fluid and Electrolyte Disturbances Chapter 36 Acidosis and Alkalosis PART SIX DISORDERS OF HEMATOLOGIC SYSTEM Chapter 37 Anemias Chapter 38 Acute and Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Chapter 39 Malignancies of Lymphoid Cells Chapter 40 Disorders of Coagulation and Thrombosis PART SEVEN ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM Chapter 41 Principles of Endocrinology Chapter 42 Disorders of the Thyroid Gland Chapter 43 Disorders of the Adrenal Cortex
Chapter 44 Pheochromocytoma Chapter 45 Diabetes Mellitus PART EIGHT DISORDERS OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM, CONNECTIVE TISSUE, AND JOINTS Chapter 46 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Chapter 47 Rheumatoid Arthritis Chapter 48 The Spondyloarthritides Chapter 49 Vasculitis Syndrome Chapter 50 Osteoarthritis PART NINE POISONING AND DISEASES OF CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE Chapter 51 Poisoning and Drug Overdosage Chapter 52 Principles of Critical Care Medicine Chapter 53 Fever and Hyperthermia Chapter 54 Shock Index Key words