"A Lange medical book." "Previous editions copyright 2000 through 2015 by McGraw-Hill Education: copyright 1987 through 1999 by Appleton & Lange; copyright 1962 through 1986 by Lange Medical Publications"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Disease prevention & health promotion / Michael Pignone and Rene Salazar-- Common symptoms / Paul L Nadler and Ralph Gonzales -- Preoperative evaluation & perioperative management / Hugo Q Cheng -- Geriatric disorders / G Michael Harper and C Seth Landefeld -- Palliative care & pain management / Michael W Rabow and Steven Z Pantilat -- Dermatologic disorders / Kanade Shinkai, Timothy G Berger and Lindy P Fox -- Disorders of the eyes & lids / Paul Riordan-Eva -- Ear, nose, & throat disorders / Lawrence R Lustig and Joshua S Schindler -- Pulmonary disorders / Mark S Chesnutt and Thomas J Prendergast -- Heart disease / Thomas M Bashore, Christopher B Granger, Keven P Jackson and Manesh R Patel -- Systemic hypertension / Michael Sutters -- Blood vessel & lymphatic disorders / Christopher D Owens, Warren J Gasper and Meshell D Johnson -- Blood disorders / Lloyd E Damon and Charalambos Andreadis -- Disorders of hemostasis, thrombosis, & antithrombotic therapy / Patrick F Fogarty and Tracy Minichiello -- Gastrointestinal disorders / Kenneth R McQuaid -- Liver, biliary tract & pancreas disorders / Lawrence S Friedman -- Breast disorders / Armando E Giuliano and Sara A Hurvitz -- Gynecologic disorders / Jason Woo and Alicia Y Armstrong -- Obstetrics & obstetric disorders / Vanessa L Rogers and Kevin C Worley -- Rheumatologic, immunologic & allergic disorders / David B Hellmann and John B Imboden Jr -- Electrolyte & acid-base disorders / Kerry C Cho -- Kidney disease / Suzanne Watnick and Tonja C Dirkx -- Urologic disorders / Maxwell V Meng, Thomas J Walsh and Thomas D Chi -- Nervous system disorders / Michael J Aminoff and Geoffrey A Kerchner -- Psychiatric disorders / Nolan Williams and Charles De Battista -- Endocrine disorders / Paul A Fitzgerald -- Diabetes mellitus & hypoglycemia / Umesh Masharani -- Lipid disorders / Robert B Baron -- Nutritional disorders / Robert B Baron -- Common problems in infectious diseases & antimicrobial therapy -- Peter V Chin-Hong and Joseph Guglielmo -- e1: Anti-infective chemotherapeutic & antibiotic agents (Online) / B Joseph Guglielmo -- HIV infection and AIDS / Mitchell H Katz -- Viral & Rickettsial infections / J Daniel Kelly and Wayne X Shandera -- Bacterial & chlamydial infections / Brian S Schwartz -- Spirochetal infections / Susan S Philip -- Protozoal & helminthic infections / Philip J Rosenthal -- Mycotic infections / Samuel A Shelburne, III and Richard J Hamill -- Disorders related to environmental emergencies / Jacqueline A Nemer and Melissa C Clark -- Poisoning / Kent R Olson -- Cancer / Patricia A Cornett and Tiffany O Dea -- e2: Fundamentals of human genetics & genomics (Online) / Reed E Pyeritz -- Inherited disorders / Reed E Pyeritz -- Sports medicine & outpatient orthopedics / Anthony Like and C Benjamin Ma -- Women's health issues / Meghan McNamara and Judith Walsh -- e3: Diagnostic testing & medical decision making (Online) / C Diana Nicoll, Michael Pignone and Chuanyi Mark Lu -- e4: Information technology in patient care (Online) / Russ Cucina -- e5: Integrative medicine / Kevin Barrows and Sanjay Reddy -- e6: Podiatric disorders / Monara Dini and Cynthia A Luu -- Appendix: Therapeutic drug monitoring & laboratory reference intervals, & pharmacogenetics testing / C Diana Nicoll and Chuanyi Mark Lu -- Index. 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