Overview
Main description
The world's most popular annually updated medical text - delivering the latest developments in diagnosis and treatment
CMDT delivers authoritative, evidence-based coverage of more than one thousand diseases and disorders along with a clear synopsis of diagnosis and treatment. Utilizing a “find it now” format made even more accessible by a detailed index and hundreds of tables, CMDT covers almost every aspect of general medicine -- with an emphasis on prevention and cost-effective treatment.
Table of contents
1. Disease Prevent & Health Maintenance
2. Common Symptoms
3. Preoperative Evaluation
4. Geriatric Disorders
5. Palliative Care & Pain Mgt
6. Dermatologic Disorders
7. Ophthalmic Disorders
8. Ear, Nose, & Throat
9. Pulmonary Disorders
10. Heart
11. Hypertension
12. Blood Vessels & Lymphatics
13. Blood
14. GI Disorders
15. Liver, Biliary Tract, & Pancreas
16. Breast
17. Gynecology
18. Obstetrics
19. Clinical Genetics
20. Arthritis & Msk Disorders
21. Fluid & Electrolyte Disorders
22. Kidney
23. Urology
24. Nervous System Disorders
25. Psychiatric Disorders
26. Endocrinology
27. Diabetes Mellitus & Hypoglycemia
28. Lipid Abnormalities
29. Nutritional Disorders
30. General Problems in ID
31. HIV Infection & AIDS
32. Viral & Rickettsial Infections
33. Bacterial & Chlamydial Infections
34. Spirochetal Infections
35. Protozoal & Helminthic Infections
36. Mycotic Infections
37. Disorders Due to Physical Agents
38. Poisoning
39. Cancer
40. Complementary & Alternative
Medicine
Appendix Drug & Lab References
Author comments
Stephen J. McPhee, M.D. and Maxine Papadakis, M.D. are professors of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.
