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Tables of Contents for The Washington Manual General Internal Medicine Consult
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Contributing Authors
ix
Chairman's Note
xiii
Series Preface
xiv
Preface
xv
Key to Abbreviations
xvii
Thomas M. DeFer
General Consultative Principles
1
8
PART I. GENERAL ISSUES
Michael E. Lazarus
1. Approach to Perioperative Care
9
8
Christopher H. Kwoh
2. Approach to Edema
17
6
PART II. CARDIOVASCULAR
Eric F. Buch
3. Approach to the Patient with Chest Pain
23
5
Douglas R. Bree, Chris Leach, and Eric F Buch
4. Acute Coronary Syndromes
28
9
Eric F. Buch
5. Approach to the Patient with Syncope
37
7
Michael J. Riley and Eric F. Buch
6. Management of Congestive Heart Failure
44
5
Michael J. Riley, Peter A. Crawford, and Eric F. Buch
7. Atrial Fibrillation
49
5
Alan Zajarias and Eric F. Buch
8. Anticoagulation and Surgery
54
7
PART III. PULMONARY
Christopher H. Kwoh
9. Approach to Dyspnea
61
2
Jeanie Park and Steven L. Leh
10. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
63
3
Elizabeth Friedman and Steven L. Leh
11. Asthma
66
4
Christopher H. Kwoh
12. Solitary Pulmonary Nodule
70
5
PART IV GASTROENTEROLOGY
Rajesh Shah and Christopher H. Kwoh
13. Approach to Nausea and Vomiting
75
3
Aaron Shiels
14. Approach to Gastrointestinal Bleeding
78
5
Aaron Shiels
15. Approach to Abdominal Pain
83
4
Christopher H. Kwoh and Aaron Shiels
16. Approach to Abnormal Liver Enzymes
87
6
PART V NEPHROLOGY
Georges Saab and Christopher H. Kwoh
17. Approach to Acute Renal Failure
93
4
Matthew J. Koch and Evan D. Gross
18. Approach to Hyperkalemia and Hypokalemia
97
6
Matthew J. Koch and Christopher H. Kwoh
19. Hyponatremie and Hypernatremia
103
6
Georges Saab
20. Approach to the Patient with Hematuria
109
6
PART VI. INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Rebecca Chandler and Christopher H. Kwoh
21. Pneumonia
115
4
Michelle Cabellon and Christopher H. Kwoh
22. Urinary Tract Infections
119
3
Rick Starlin and Christopher H. Kwoh
23. Cellulitis
122
2
Rick Starlin
24. Osteomyelitis
124
2
Michelle Cabellon, Erik R. Dubberke, Erin K. Quirk, and Christopher H. Kwoh
25. Approach to the Patient with Fever
126
6
Erik R. Dubberke and Christopher H. Kwoh
26. Bacteremia
132
3
Erik R. Dubberke and Christopher H. Kwoh
27. Central Venous Catheter Infections
135
2
Rick Starlin and Christopher H. Kwoh
28. Infective Endocarditis
137
4
David Anand Rengachary and Christopher H. Kwoh
29. Meningitis
141
8
PART VII. NEUROLOGY
Kyle C. Moylan and Christopher H. Kwoh
30. Approach to Altered Mental Status
149
4
David Anand Rengachary and Christopher H. Kwoh
31. Approach to the Patient with Vertigo
153
3
Christopher H. Kwoh
32. Approach to the Carotid Bruit
156
5
PART VIII. HEMATOLOGY
Jennifer M. Quartarolo and Stephen J. Wen
33. Approach to Anemia
161
5
Jennifer M. Quartarolo and Christopher H. Kwoh
34. Thrombocytopenia
166
3
Jennifer M. Quartarolo and Christopher H. Kwoh
35. Approach to a Prolonged Prothrombin Time/Partial Thromboplastin Time
169
6
PART IX. ONCOLOGY
Ron Lubelchek
36. Pain Control in the Cancer Patient
175
3
Michael E. Lazarus
37. Perioperative Care of the Cancer Patient
178
2
Erik R. Dubberke and Christopher H. Kwoh
38. Neutropenic Fever
180
5
PART X. ENDOCRINOLOGY
Christopher H. Kwoh and Michael E. Lazarus
39. Inpatient Diabetes Management
185
4
Jennifer M. Quartarolo
40. Thyroid Diseases
189
6
Jennifer M. Quartarolo
41. Adrenal Insufficiency
195
3
Christopher H. Kwoh
42. Approach to the Adrenal Incidentaloma
198
5
PART XI. RHEUMATOLOGY
Jennifer M. Quartarolo
43. Approach to the Patient with Positive Antinuclear Antibodies
203
3
Jennifer M. Quartarolo
44. Approach to Low Back Pain
206
7
PART XII. ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
Barbara C. Jost and Eric F. Buch
45. Anaphylaxis
213
2
Barbara C. Jost and Eric F. Buch
46. Drug Reactions and Desensitization
215
6
PART XIII. TOXICOLOGY
Christopher H. Kwoh
47. Alcohol Withdrawal
221
4
Christopher H. Kwoh
48. Opioid Intoxication and Withdrawal
225
2
Appendix A. Review of Selected Clinical Trials
227
22
Appendix B. Preoperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis
249
2
Appendix C. Evidence-Based Medicine: Summary of Terms and Principles
251
2
Index
253