Students, residents, and instructors swear by Andreoli and Carpenter’s Cecil Essentials of Medicine, 9th Edition because it presents just the right amount of information, just the right way. This updated edition has been revised to provide the most current, easy-to-digest review of internal medicine. Comprehensive yet concise, it focuses on the high-yield core knowledge important to those established in or just entering the field.
Section I: Introduction to Molecular Medicine 1. Molecular Basis of Human Disease Ivor J. Benjamin
Section II: Cardiovascular Disease 2. Structure and Function of the Normal Heart and Blood Vessels Nicole L. Lohr and Ivor J. Benjamin 3. Evaluation of the Patient with Cardiovascular Disease James Kleczka and Ivor J. Benjamin 4. Diagnostic Tests and Procedures in the Patient with Cardiovascular Disease Ivor J. Benjamin 5. Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy Nunzio A. Gaglianello, Claudius Mahr, and Ivor J. Benjamin 6. Congenital Heart Disease Scott Cohen and Michael G. Earing 7. Valvular Heart Disease Timothy D. Woods 8. Coronary Heart Disease Michael P. Cinquegrani 9. Cardiac Arrhythmias Marci G. Berger, Jason C. Rubenstein, and James A. Roth 10. Pericardial and Myocardial Disease Jennifer L. Strande, Panayotis Fasseas, and Ivor J. Benjamin 11. Other Cardiac Topics Mohamed F. Algahim, Robert B. Love, and Ivor J. Benjamin 12. Vascular Diseases and Hypertension Wanpen Vongpatanasin and Ronald G. Victor
Section III: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 13. Lung in Health and Disease Sharon Rounds and Matthew D. Jankowich 14. General Approach to Patients with Respiratory Disorders Rizwan Aziz and Brian Casserly 15. Evaluating Lung Structure and Function Jigme M. Sethi and F. Dennis McCool 16. Obstructive Lung Diseases Matthew D. Jankowich 17. Interstitial Lung Diseases Matthew D. Jankowich 18. Pulmonary Vascular Diseases Sharon Rounds and Matthew D. Jankowich 19. Disorders of Respiratory Control Sharon Rounds and Matthew D. Jankowich 20. Disorders of the Pleura, Mediastinum, and Chest Wall Eric J. Gartman and F. Dennis McCool 21. Infectious Diseases of the Lung Narendran Selvakumar, Brian Casserly, and Sharon Rounds 22. Essentials in Critical Care Medicine Narendran Selvakumar, Brian Casserly and Sharon Rounds 23. Neoplastic Disorders of the Lung Lauren M. Catalano and Jason M. Aliotta
Section IV: Preoperative and Postoperative Care 24. Preoperative and Postoperative Care Prashant Vaishnava and Kim A. Eagle
Section V: Renal Disease 25. Renal Structure and Function Orson W. Moe and Javier A. Neyra 26. Approach to the Patient with Renal Disease Rajiv Agarwal 27. Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders Biff F. Palmer 28. Glomerular Diseases Sanjeev Sethi, An De Vriese, and Fernando C. Fervenza 29. Major Nonglomerular Disorders of the Kidney Nilum Rajora, Shani Shastri, and Ramesh Saxena 30. Vascular Disorders of the Kidney Jeffrey S. Berns 31. Acute Kidney Injury Mark A. Perazella and Jeffrey M. Turner 32. Chronic Kidney Disease Kerri L. Cavanaugh and T. Alp Ikizler
Section VI: Gastrointestinal Disease 33. Common Clinical Manifestations of Gastrointestinal Disease M. Michael Wolfe A. Abdominal Pain Charles M. Bliss Jr. and M. Michael Wolfe B. Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage D. Roy Ferguson and M. Michael Wolfe C. Malabsorption Sharmeel K. Wasan, Elihu Schimmel, and M. Michael Wolfe D. Diarrhea John S. Maxwell and M. Michael Wolfe 34. Endoscopic and Imaging Procedures Christopher S. Huang and M. Michael Wolfe 35. Esophageal Disorders Carla Maradey-Romero, Ronnie Fass, and M. Michael Wolfe 36. Diseases of the Stomach and Duodenum Robert C. Lowe and M. Michael Wolfe 37. Inflammatory Bowel Disease Hannah L. Miller and Francis A. Farraye 38. Diseases of the Pancreas David R. Lichtenstein
Section VII: Diseases of the Liver and Biliary System 39. Laboratory Tests in Liver Disease Shaheryar A. Siddiqui and Michael B. Fallon 40. Jaundice Klaus E. Mönkemüller, Helmut Neumann, and Michael B. Fallon 41. Acute and Chronic Hepatitis Jen-Jung Pan and Michael B. Fallon 42. Acute Liver Failure Brendan M. McGuire and Michael B. Fallon 43. Cirrhosis of the Liver and its Complications Shaheryar A. Siddiqui and Michael B. Fallon 44. Disorders of the Gallbladder and Biliary Tract Matthew P. Spinn and Michael B. Fallon
Section VIII: Hematologic Disease 45. Hematopoiesis and Hematopoietic Failure Eunice S. Wang and Nancy Berliner 46. Clonal Disorders of the Hematopoietic Stem Cell Eunice S. Wang and Nancy Berliner 47. Disorders of Red Blood Cells Michal G. Rose and Nancy Berliner 48. Clinical Disorders of Neutrophils Michal G. Rose and Nancy Berliner 49. Disorders of Lymphocytes Jill Lacy and Stuart Seropian 50. Normal Hemostasis Alexa J. Siddon, Henry M. Rinder, and Christopher A. Tormey 51. Disorders of Hemostasis: Bleeding Christopher A. Tormey and Henry M. Rinder 52. Disorders of Hemostasis: Thrombosis Richard Torres and Henry M. Rinder
Section IX: Oncologic Disease 53. Cancer Biology Aram F. Hezel 54. Cancer Epidemiology Gary H. Lyman and Nicole M. Kuderer 55. Principles of Cancer Therapy Davendra P.S. Sohal and Alok A. Khorana 56. Lung Cancer Patrick C. Ma 57. Gastrointestinal Cancers Davendra P.S. Sohal and Alok A. Khorana 58. Genitourinary Cancers Robert Dreicer, Jorge Garcia, Timothy Gilligan, and Brian Rini 59. Breast Cancer Nicole M. Kuderer and Gary H. Lyman 60. Other Solid Tumors Michael J. McNamara 61. Complications of Cancer and Cancer Treatment Bassam Estfan and Alok A. Khorana
Section X: Endocrine Disease and Metabolic Disease 62. Hypothalamic-Pituitary Axis Kawaljeet Kaur and Diana Maas 63. Thyroid Gland Theodore C. Friedman 64. Adrenal Gland Theodore C. Friedman 65. Male Reproductive Endocrinology Glenn D. Braunstein 66. Diabetes Mellitus, Hypoglycemia Robert J. Smith 67. Obesity Osama Hamdy 68. Malnutrition, Nutritional Assessment, and Nutritional Support in Hospitalized Adults Thomas R. Ziegler 69. Disorders of Lipid Metabolism Geetha Gopalakrishnan and Robert J. Smith
Section XI: Women's Health 70. Women's Health Topics Kelly McGarry, Kimberly Babb, Laura Edmonds, Christine Duffy, Michelle Anvar and Jennifer Jeremiah
Section XII: Men's Health 71. Men's Health Topics David James Osborn, Douglas F. Milam, and Joseph A. Smith Jr.
Section XIII: Diseases of Bone and Bone Mineral Metabolism 72. Normal Physiology of Bone and Mineral Homeostasis Andrew F. Stewart 73. Disorders of Serum Minerals Steven P. Hodak and Andrew F. Stewart 74. Metabolic Bone Diseases Mara J. Horwitz and Andrew F. Stewart 75. Osteoporosis Susan L. Greenspan
Section XIV: Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Disease 76. Approach to the Patient with Rheumatic Disease Niveditha Mohan 77. Rheumatoid Arthritis Rayford R. June and Larry W. Moreland 78. Spondyloarthritis Douglas W. Lienesch 79. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Amy H. Kao and Susan Manzi 80. Systemic Sclerosis Robyn T. Domsic 81. Systemic Vasculitis Kimberly P. Liang 82. Crystal Arthropathies Ghaith Noaiseh 83. Osteoarthritis C. Kent Kwoh 84. Nonarticular Soft Tissue Disorders Niveditha Mohan 85. Rheumatic Manifestations of Systemic Disorders; Sjögren's Syndrome Yong Gil Hwang
Section XV: Infectious Disease 86. Host Defenses against Infection Bharat Ramratnam and Edward J. Wing 87. Laboratory Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases Kimberle Chapin 88. Fever and Febrile Syndromes Ekta Gupta and Maria D. Mileno 89. Bacteremia and Sepsis Russell J. McCulloh and Steven M. Opal 90. Infections of the Central Nervous System Allan R. Tunkel, Marjorie A. Janvier, and Avindra Nath 91. Infections of the Head and Neck Edward J. Wing 92. Infections of the Lower Respiratory Tract John R. Lonks 93. Infections of the Heart and Blood Vessels Cheston B. Cunha and Eleftherios Mylonakis 94. Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Sajeev Handa 95. Intraabdominal Infections Edward J. Wing 96. Infectious Diarrhea Awewura Kwara 97. Infections Involving Bones and Joints Jerome Larkin 98. Urinary Tract Infections Joao Tavares and Steven M. Opal 99. Health Care-Associated Infections Steven "Shaefer" Spires and Thomas R. Talbot 100. Sexually Transmitted Infections Philip A. Chan and Susan Cu-uvin 101. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Brian T. Montague, Aadia I. Rana, Edward J. Wing, and Timothy P. Flanigan 102. Infections in the Immunocompromised Host Staci A. Fischer 103. Infectious Diseases of Travelers: Protozoal and Helminthic Infections Rebecca Reece, Aadia I. Rana, and Erna Milunka Kojic
Section XVI: Neurologic Disease 104. Neurologic Evaluation of the Patient Frederick J. Marshall 105. Disorders of Consciousness Mohamad Chmayssani and Paul M. Vespa 106. Disorders of Sleep Selim R. Benbadis 107. Cortical Syndromes Sinead M. Murphy and Timothy J. Counihan 108. Dementia and Memory Disturbances Frederick J. Marshall 109. Major Disorders of Mood, Thoughts, and Behavior Jeffrey M. Lyness 110. Autonomic Nervous System Disorders William P. Cheshire, Jr. 111. Headache, Neck and Back Pain, and Cranial Neuralgias Timothy J. Counihan 112. Disorders of Vision and Hearing Eavan McGovern and Timothy J. Counihan 113. Dizziness and Vertigo Kevin A. Kerber 114. Disorders of the Motor System Kevin M. Biglan 115. Congenital, Developmental, and Neurocutaneous Disorders Maxwell H. Sims and Jennifer M. Kwon 116. Cerebrovascular Disease Mitchell S.V. Elkind 117. Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury Geoffrey S.F. Ling 118. Epilepsy Michel J. Berg 119. Central Nervous System Tumors Bryan J. Bonder and Lisa R. Rogers 120. Demyelinating and Inflammatory Disorders Anne Haney Cross 121. Neuromuscular Diseases: Disorders of the Motor Neuron and Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Disease Carlayne E. Jackson 122. Muscle Diseases Jeffrey M. Statland and Robert C. Griggs 123. Neuromuscular Junction Disease Emma Ciafaloni
Section XVII: Geriatrics 124. The Aging Patient Mitchell T. Heflin and Harvey Jay Cohen
Section XVIII: Palliative Care 125. Palliative Care Robert G. Holloway and Timothy E. Quill
Section XIX: Alcohol and Substance Abuse 126. Alcohol and Substance Abuse Richard A. Lange and L. David Hillis
Ivor Benjamin, MD, FACC, FAHA, Professor of Medicine, Physiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Cell Biology, and Surgery; Director, Cardiovascular Center; Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine; Vice Chair, Translational Research, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA, Robert C. Griggs, MD, FACP, FAAN, Professor of Neurology, Pediatrics, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Center for Human Experimental Therapeutics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, USA, J. Gregory Fitz, MD, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost; Dean, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA and Edward J. Wing, MD, FACP, FIDSA, Professor of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, USA
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