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Established for more than 50 years as the "Bible" of the medical ward, the Washington Manual of Medical Therapeutics is now in its Thirtieth Edition. This edition has been updated up to the moment of publishing to put recent and accurate dosages and patient management recommendat ions at your fingertips. Inpatient therapy coverage has been expanded throughout, a new chapter on solid organ transplantation has been adde d, and the oncology chapter has been expanded to include bone marrow t ransplantation. The books handy pocket size, easy-to-use outline form at, bold headings, plentiful charts and tables, and extensive index en sure fast access to specific information.

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• Preface(p. xv)
• 1 Patient Care in Internal Medicine(p. 1)
• General Care of the Hospitalized Patient(p. 1)
• Acute Inpatient Care(p. 2)
• Sedative and Psychoactive Drug Therapy(p. 7)
• Therapy of Surgical Patients(p. 16)
• General Eye Care(p. 20)
• Dermatologic Therapy(p. 23)
• 2 Nutritional Therapy(p. 27)
• 3 Fluid and Electrolyte Management(p. 43)
• General Management of Fluids(p. 43)
• Salt and Water(p. 44)
• Potassium(p. 53)
• Calcium(p. 60)
• Phosphorus(p. 66)
• Magnesium(p. 68)
• Acid-Base Disturbances(p. 69)
• 4 Hypertension(p. 76)
• Definitions and Diagnostic Evaluation(p. 76)
• Therapeutic Considerations(p. 78)
• Special Considerations(p. 93)
• 5 Ischemic Heart Disease(p. 96)
• Primary Prevention(p. 96)
• Stable Angina(p. 97)
• Unstable Angina and Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction(p. 103)
• ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction(p. 105)
• Subsequent Management of Myocardial Infarction(p. 114)
• Complications of Myocardial Infarction(p. 116)
• Silent Ischemia(p. 124)
• Coronary Vasospasm and Variant Angina(p. 124)
• Secondary Prevention(p. 125)
• Hyperlipidemia in Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease(p. 126)
• 6 Heart Failure, Cardiomyopathy, and Valvular Heart Disease(p. 131)
• Heart Failure(p. 131)
• Cardiomyopathy(p. 143)
• Pericardial Disease(p. 146)
• Valvular Heart Disease(p. 147)
• 7 Cardiac Arrhythmias(p. 153)
• Recognition and Diagnosis(p. 153)
• Mechanisms of Arrhythmia(p. 157)
• Treatment(p. 163)
• Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy(p. 167)
• 8 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Advanced Cardiac Life Support(p. 181)
• Basic Life Support(p. 181)
• General Considerations of Advanced Cardiac Life Support(p. 182)
• Specific Arrest Sequences in Advanced Cardiac Life Support(p. 184)
• Postresuscitation Management(p. 192)
• Common Medications Used in Advanced Cardiac Life Support(p. 192)
• 9 Critical Care(p. 195)
• Respiratory Failure(p. 195)
• Oxygen Therapy(p. 197)
• Airway Management and Tracheal Intubation(p. 198)
• Mechanical Ventilation(p. 201)
• Shock(p. 210)
• Hemodynamic Monitoring and Pulmonary Artery Catheterization(p. 213)
• 10 Pulmonary Diseases(p. 216)
• Pulmonary Symptoms(p. 216)
• Pleural Effusion(p. 218)
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease(p. 221)
• Cystic Fibrosis(p. 228)
• Pulmonary Embolism(p. 230)
• Pulmonary Aspiration Syndromes and Lung Abscess(p. 233)
• Interstitial Lung Disease(p. 234)
• Pulmonary Hypertension(p. 238)
• Sleep Apnea Syndrome(p. 239)
• 11 Allergy and Immunology(p. 241)
• Drug Reactions(p. 241)
• Anaphylaxis(p. 243)
• Asthma(p. 245)
• Urticaria and Angioedema(p. 251)
• Immunodeficiency(p. 254)
• 12 Renal Diseases(p. 256)
• Evaluation of the Patient with Renal Disease(p. 256)
• Acute Renal Failure(p. 258)
• Glomerulonephropathies(p. 263)
• Chronic Renal Failure(p. 267)
• Renal Replacement Therapies(p. 270)
• Nephrolithiasis(p. 273)
• 13 Antimicrobials(p. 275)
• Antibacterial Agents(p. 275)
• Antituberculous Agents(p. 288)
• Antiviral Agents(p. 289)
• Antifungal Agents(p. 291)
• 14 Treatment of Infectious Diseases(p. 294)
• Principles of Therapy(p. 294)
• Fever and Rash(p. 295)
• Sepsis(p. 296)
• Catheter-Related Infections(p. 297)
• Meningitis(p. 298)
• Infective Endocarditis(p. 300)
• Respiratory Tract Infections(p. 304)
• Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Infections(p. 307)
• Skin, Soft-Tissue, and Bone Infections(p. 308)
• Genitourinary Infections(p. 310)
• Toxin-Mediated Infections(p. 312)
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases(p. 313)
• Tuberculosis(p. 316)
• Systemic Mycoses(p. 319)
• Zoonoses and Arthropod-Borne Diseases(p. 321)
• Human and Animal Bites(p. 324)
• 15 HIV Infection and AIDS(p. 327)
• 16 Transplant Medicine(p. 341)
• Immunosuppressive Medications(p. 341)
• Rejection(p. 343)
• Infectious Complications(p. 345)
• Long-Term Complications of Transplantation(p. 347)
• 17 Gastrointestinal Diseases(p. 349)
• Gastrointestinal Bleeding(p. 349)
• Esophageal Disease(p. 356)
• Peptic Ulcer Disease(p. 359)
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease(p. 362)
• Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders(p. 364)
• Acute Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction (Ileus)(p. 365)
• Pancreaticobiliary Disorders(p. 366)
• Other Gastrointestinal Disorders(p. 369)
• Dysphagia and Odynophagia(p. 371)
• Nausea and Vomiting(p. 372)
• Diarrhea(p. 372)
• Constipation(p. 374)
• 18 Liver Diseases(p. 376)
• Evaluation of Liver Function(p. 376)
• Viral Hepatitis(p. 378)
• Toxic and Drug-Related Liver Disease(p. 384)
• Cholestatic Liver Disease(p. 385)
• Metabolic Liver Disease(p. 386)
• Miscellaneous Disorders(p. 387)
• Complications of Hepatic Insufficiency(p. 389)
• Liver Transplantation(p. 392)
• 19 Disorders of Hemostasis(p. 394)
• Evaluation of Patients with Hemostatic Disorders(p. 394)
• Platelet Disorders(p. 397)
• Inherited Bleeding Disorders(p. 403)
• Acquired Coagulation Disorders(p. 405)
• Thromboembolic Disorders(p. 406)
• Anticoagulants(p. 410)
• 20 Anemia and Transfusion Therapy(p. 413)
• Approach to the Patient with Anemia(p. 413)
• Anemias Associated with Decreased Red Blood Cell Production(p. 414)
• Anemias Associated with Increased Red Blood Cell Loss or Destruction(p. 421)
• Transfusion Therapy(p. 425)
• 21 Medical Management of Malignant Disease(p. 429)
• Approach to the Cancer Patient(p. 429)
• Complications of Cancer(p. 437)
• Chemotherapy(p. 439)
• Complications of Treatment(p. 450)
• Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation(p. 453)
• 22 Diabetes Mellitus and Related Disorders(p. 455)
• Diabetes Mellitus(p. 455)
• Diabetes Mellitus in Hospitalized Patients(p. 456)
• Type 1 Diabetes and Diabetic Ketoacidosis(p. 458)
• Type 2 Diabetes and Nonketotic Hyperosmolar Syndrome(p. 463)
• Diabetes Mellitus in Surgical Patients(p. 467)
• Chronic Complications of Diabetes Mellitus(p. 468)
• Hypoglycemia(p. 470)
• 23 Endocrine Diseases(p. 473)
• Evaluation of Thyroid Function(p. 473)
• Hypothyroidism(p. 475)
• Hyperthyroidism(p. 477)
• Euthyroid Goiter(p. 481)
• Adrenal Failure(p. 482)
• Cushing's Syndrome(p. 484)
• Incidental Adrenal Nodules(p. 484)
• Anterior Pituitary Gland Dysfunction(p. 485)
• Metabolic Bone Disease(p. 489)
• 24 Arthritis and Rheumatologic Diseases(p. 491)
• Therapeutic Approaches to Rheumatic Disease(p. 491)
• Approach to the Patient with a Single Painful Joint(p. 501)
• Infectious Arthritis and Bursitis(p. 501)
• Crystal-Induced Synovitis(p. 503)
• Rheumatoid Arthritis(p. 505)
• Osteoarthritis(p. 507)
• Spondyloarthropathies(p. 508)
• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus(p. 510)
• Systemic Sclerosis(p. 511)
• Necrotizing Vasculitis(p. 512)
• Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Temporal Arteritis(p. 514)
• Cryoglobulin Syndromes(p. 514)
• Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis(p. 514)
• 25 Neurologic Disorders(p. 516)
• Alterations in Consciousness(p. 516)
• Seizures(p. 521)
• Cerebrovascular Disease(p. 523)
• Head Trauma(p. 526)
• Acute Spinal Cord Dysfunction(p. 528)
• Neuromuscular Disease(p. 529)
• Headache(p. 532)
• 26 Medical Emergencies(p. 536)
• Acute Upper Airway Obstruction(p. 536)
• Pneumothorax(p. 537)
• Heat-Induced Illness(p. 539)
• Cold-Induced Illness(p. 541)
• Near-Drowning(p. 543)
• Overdosage(p. 544)
• Toxic Inhalants(p. 573)
• Appendixes
• A. Barnes-Jewish Hospital Laboratory Reference Values(p. 577)
• B. Pregnancy and Medical Therapeutics(p. 584)
• C. Drug Interactions(p. 590)
• D. Intravenous Admixture Preparation and Administration Guide(p. 608)
• E. Dosage Adjustments of Drugs in Renal Failure(p. 611)
• F. Immunizations and Postexposure Therapies(p. 619)
• G. Infection Control and Isolation Recommendations(p. 624)
• H. Critical Care Parameters and Formulas(p. 627)
• Index(p. 631)