Textbook of Internal Medicine

This completely revised text has been reorganized to emphasize practicality and now includes features designed to provide fast, authoritative answers to the questions and problems faced by students and practitioners every day. Each section includes a series of Approach to Patients chapters focusing on evaluation and work-up. Also included are complete descriptions of disease-specific entities, with Indications for Referrals and Indications for Hospitalization highlighted for quick reference. New chapters in each section discuss diagnostic and therapeutic modalities. A Rapid Access Guide at the front of the book summarizes key facts pertaining to the most important disease entities or clinical problems. Note: A free disk packaged with the single volume edition contains 250 questions in an interactive format and keyed to the text.