Internal Medicine

Internal Medicine: Just the Facts

All the essentials of internal medicine in an instant! This concise, yet all-inclusive review is the perfect tool to prepare for primary certification and recertification exams, or for use as a clinical refresher. Its streamlined format conveniently condenses and simplifies the most important content, for maximum yield and comprehension -- making it indispensable for internal medicine residents, clerkship students, and busy practitioners. FEATURES: Compact review of key board-type material that spans the entire spectrum of internal medicine Coverage that reflects the weighting of the ABIM exam and adheres to its blueprint--including interdisciplinary medicine, geriatrics, gender-specific health care problems, interpretation of the medical literature, and all major internal medicine subspecialities Insights from a team of leading academics and clinicians from the country's top medical schools Standardized, bulleted presentation that emphasizes key points of epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical features, differential diagnosis, diagnosis, procedures and treatment, prognosis, plus references Numerous clinical algorithms Chapter organization arranged by specialty (20081118)

Table of contents :

Cover......Page 1

CONTENTS......Page 8

SECTION EDITORS......Page 15

CONTRIBUTORS......Page 17

PREFACE......Page 27

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 29

Section 1: INTERDISCIPLINARY MEDICINE......Page 31

Section 2: ASSESSING THE MEDICAL LITERATURE......Page 103

Section 3: GERIATRIC MEDICINE......Page 120

Section 4: ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY......Page 168

Section 5: CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE......Page 197