Harrison's Manual of Medicine: 16th Edition

SECTION 1: CARE OF THE HOSPITALIZED PATIENT 1 Initial Evaluation and Admission Orders (NEW)2 Assessment of Nutritional Status3 Fluids and Electrolytes4 Enteral Nutrition5 Transfusion and Pheresis Therapy6 Pain and Its Management7 Diagnostic Imaging Modalities (New)8 Preoperative evaluation of the Medical Patient (NEW)SECTION 2: MEDICAL EMERGENCIES9 Care of the Patient in the Intensive Care Unit (NEW)10 Cardiovascular Collapse and Sudden Death11 Shock12 Sepsis and Septic Shock13 Acute Pulmonary Edema14 Respiratory Failure15 Confusion, Stupor, and Coma16 Stroke17 Subarachnoid Hemorrhage18 Increase Intracranial Pressure and Head Trauma19 Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy20 Status Epilepticus21 Poisoning and Drug Overdose22 Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hyperosmolar Coma23 Hypoglycemia24 Infectious Disease Emergencies25 Oncologic Emergencies26 Anaphylactic Reactions27 Bites, Venoms, Stings, and Marine Poisonings28 Hypothermia and FrostbiteSECTION 3: COMMON PATIENT PRENSENTATIONS29 Chest Pain30 Abdominal Pain31 Headache and Facial Pain32 Back and Neck Pain33 Fever, Hyperthermia, Chills, and Rash34 Pain or Swelling of Joints35 Syncope and Faintness36 Dizziness and Vertigo37 Acute Visual Loss and Double Vision38 Paralysis and Movement Disorders39 Aphasias and Related Disorders40 Sleep Disorders41 Dyspnea42 Cough and Hemoptysis43 Cyanosis44 Edema45 Nausea, Vomiting, and Indigestion46 Weight Loss47 Dysphagia48 Diarrhea, Constipation, and Malabsorption49 Gastrointestinal Bleeding50 Jaundice51 Ascites52 Urinary Abnormalities53 Anemia and Polycythermia54 Lymphadenopathy and SplenomegalySECTION 4: DISORDERS OF THE EYE, EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT55 Common Disorders of the Eye56 Hearing Disorders57 Infections of the Upper Respiratory TractSECTION 5: DERMATOLOGY58 General Examination of the Skin59 Common Skin ConditionsSECTION 6: HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY60 Examination of Blood Smears and Bone Marrow61 Red Blood Cell Disorders62 Leukocytosis and Leukopenia63 Bleeding and Thrombotic Disorders64 Cancer Prevention in At-Risk Populations (NEW)65 Cancer Chemotherapy66 Myeloid Leukemias, Myelodysplasia, and Myeleproliferative Syndromes67 Lymphoid Malignancies68 Skin Cancer69 Head and Neck Cancer70 Lung Cancer71 Breast Cancer72 Tumors of the Gastrointestinal tract73 Genitourinary Tract Cancer74 Gynecologic Cancer75 Prostate Hyperplasia and carcinoma76 Cancer of Unknown Primary Site77 Sarcomas of Bone and Soft Tissues78 Paraneoplastic Endocrine Syndromes79 Neurologic Paraneoplastic SyndromesSECTION 7: INFECTIOUS DISEASES80 Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases81 Antimicrobial Therapy82 Immunization and Advice to Travelers83 Bioterrorism-Associated Infections (NEW)84 Infective Endocarditis85 Intraabdominal Infections86 Infectious Diarrheas87 Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Reproductive Tract Infections88 Infections of the Skin, Soft Tissues, Joints, and Bones89 Infections in the Immunocompromised Host90 HIV Infection and AIDS91 Hospital-Acquired Infections92 Pneumococcal Infections93 Staphylococcal Infections94 Streptococcal and Entercoccal Infections95 Meningococcal and Listerial Infections96 Infections Caused by Haemophilus, Bordella, Moraxella, and HACEK Group Organisms97 Diseases Caused by Gram-Negative Enteric Bacteria, Pseudomonas, and Legionella98 Diseases Caused by Other Gram-Negative Bacteria99 Anaerobic Infec

The authority of Harrison’s at the point of care! Covering the full scope of internal medicine, the new edition of this “mini-textbook” is thoroughly revised to reflect new content areas and quicker retrieval of clinical information. The manual continues to focus on diagnosis and therapy with an emphasis on patient care. Features a new section on Care of the Hospitalized Patient, with a new chapter on Procedures in Internal Medicine as well as a section on patient admittance orders.