cover image - Goldman-Cecil Medicine Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 26th Edition
ISBN: 9780323550895
Copyright: 2020
Publication Date: 09-23-2019
Page Count: 2972
Imprint: Elsevier
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Goldman-Cecil Medicine Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 26th Edition

by Lee Goldman, MD and Andrew I. Schafer, MD

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - Goldman-Cecil Medicine Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 26th Edition
ISBN: 9780323550895
Copyright: 2020
Publication Date: 09-23-2019
Page Count: 2972
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $178.99
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To be the best doctor you can be, you need the best information. For more than 90 years, what is now called Goldman-Cecil Medicine has been the authoritative source for internal medicine and the care of adult patients. Every chapter is written by acclaimed experts who, with the oversight of our editors, provide definitive, unbiased advice on the diagnosis and treatment of thousands of common and uncommon conditions, always guided by an understanding of the epidemiology and pathobiology, as well as the latest medical literature.

But Goldman-Cecil Medicine is not just a textbook. Throughout the lifetime of each edition, periodic updates continually include the newest information from a wide range of journals. Furthermore, Goldman-Cecil Medicine is available for all users of ClinicalKey, Elsevier’s full library of subspecialty textbooks that can be accessed by readers who may want even more in-depth information.

    • More than 400 chapters authored by a veritable "Who’s Who" of modern medicine
    • A practical, templated organization with an emphasis on evidence-based references
    • Thousands of algorithms, figures, and tables that make its information readily accessible
    • Over 90 supplementary videos, heart sounds, and key references
    • Available in print and on a variety of electronic devices
    • Supplemented by over 1500 board-style questions and answers to help you prepare for certification and recertification examinations
    • Continuously updated by Lee Goldman, MD
    • Enhanced eBook version included with purchase, which allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices
  • SECTION 1: SOCIAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES IN MEDICINE
    1. Approach to Medicine, the Patient, and the Medical Profession: Medicine as a Learned and Humane Profession
    2. Bioethics in the Practice of Medicine
    3. Care of Dying Patients and Their Families
    4. Cultural and Social Disparities in Health Care
    5. Global Health
    SECTION 2: PRINCIPLES OF EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT
    6. Approach to the Patient: History and Physical Examination
    7. Approach to the Patient with Abnormal Vital Signs
    8. Statistical Interpretation of Data and Using Data for Clinical Decisions
    9. Measuring Health and Health Care
    10. Quality of Care and Patient Safety
    11. Comprehensive Chronic Disease Management
    SECTION 3: PREVENTIVE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
    12. The Periodic Health Examination
    13. Physical Activity
    14. Adolescent Medicine
    15. Immunization
    16. Principles of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
    17. Radiation Injury
    18. Bioterrorism
    19. Chronic Poisoning: Trace Metals and Others
    SECTION 4: AGING AND GERIATRIC MEDICINE
    20. Epidemiology of Aging: Implications of the Aging of Society
    21. Geriatric Assessment
    22. Common Clinical Sequelae of Aging
    23. Urinary Incontinence
    24. Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Aging
    25. Delirium in the Older Patient
    SECTION 5: CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY
    26. Principles of Drug Therapy
    27. Pain
    28. Biology of Addiction
    29. Nicotine and Tobacco
    30. Alcohol Use Disorders
    31. Drugs of Abuse
    32. Synthetic Immunomodulatory Drug Including Glucocorticoids
    33. Biologic Agents and Signaling Inhibitors
    34. Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Medicine
    SECTION 6: GENETICS
    35. Principles of Genetics
    36. Clinical Genomics – Genome Structure and Variation
    37. Applications of Molecular Technologies to Clinical Medicine
    38. Regenerative Medicine, Cell, and Gene Therapies
    SECTION 7: PRINCIPLES OF IMMUNOLOGY AND INFLAMMATION
    39. The Innate Immune System
    40. The Adaptive Immunse System
    41. Mechanisms of Immune-Mediated Tissue Injury
    42. Mechanisms of Inflammation and Tissue Repair
    43. Transplantation Immunology
    44. Complement System in Disease
    SECTION 8: CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
    45. Approach to the Patient with Possible Cardiovascular Disease
    46. Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease
    47. Cardiac and Circulatory Function
    48. Electrocardiography
    49. Echocardiography
    50. Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging
    51. Catheterization and Angiography
    52. Heart Failure: Pathophysiology and Diagnosis
    53. Heart Failure: Management and Prognosis
    54. Diseases of the Myocardium and Endocardium
    55. Principles of Electrophysiology
    56. Approach to the Patient with Suspected Arrhythmia
    57. Approach to Cardiac Arrest and Life-Threatening Arrhythmias
    58. Cardiac Arrhythmias with Supraventricular Origin
    59. Ventricular Arrhythmias
    60. Electrophysiologic Interventional Procedures and Surgery
    61. Congenital Heart Disease in Adults
    62. Angina Pectoris and Stable Ischemic Heart Disease
    63. Acute Coronary Syndrome: Unstable Angina and Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction
    64. ST Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction and Complications of Myocardial Infarction
    65. Interventional and Surgical Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease
    66. Valvular Heart Disease
    67. Infective Endocarditis
    68. Pericardial Diseases
    69. Diseases of the Aorta
    SECTION 9: VASCULAR MEDICINE
    70. Arterial Hypertension
    71. Atherosclerotic Peripheral Arterial Disease
    72. Other Peripheral Arterial Diseases
    73. Thrombotic Disorders: Hypercoagulable States
    74. Venous Thrombosis and Embolism
    75. Pulmonary Hypertension
    76. Antithrombotic and Antiplatelet Therapy
    SECTION 10: RESPIRATORY DISEASES
    77. Approach to the Patient with Respiratory Disease
    78. Imaging in Pulmonary Disease
    79. Respiratory Function and Testing
    80. Disorders of Ventilatory Control
    81. Asthma
    82. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
    83. Cystic Fibrosis
    84. Bronchiectasis, Atelectasis, Cysts, and Localized Lung Disorders
    85. Alveolar Filling Disorders
    86. Interstitial Lung Disease
    87. Occupational Lung Disease
    88. Physical and Chemical Injuries of the Lung
    89. Sarcoidosis
    90. Acute Bronchitis and Tracheitis
    91. Overview of Pneumonia
    92. Diseases of the Diaphragm, Chest Wall, Pleura, and Mediastinum
    93. Interventional and Surgical Approaches to Lung Disease
    SECTION 11: CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
    94. Approach to the Patient in a Critical Care Setting
    95. Respiratory Monitoring in Critical Care
    96. Acute Respiratory Failure
    97. Mechanical Ventilation
    98. Approach to the Patient with Shock
    99. Cardiogenic Shock
    100. Shock Syndromes Related to Sepsis
    101. Disorders Due to Heat and Cold
    102. Acute Poisoning
    103. Medical Aspects of Trauma and Burns
    104. Envenomation, Bites, and Stings
    105. Rhabdomyolysis
    SECTION 12: RENAL AND GENITOURINARY DISEASES
    106. Approach to the Patient with Renal Disease
    107. Structure and Function of the Kidneys
    108. Disorders of Sodium and Water Homeostasis
    109. Potassium Disorders
    110. Acid-Base Disorders
    111. Disorders of Magnesium and Phosphorus
    112. Acute Kidney Injury
    113. Glomerular Disorders and Nephrotic Syndromes
    114. Tubulointerstitial Diseases
    115. Diabetes and the Kidney
    116. Vascular Disorders of the Kidney
    117. Nephrolithiasis
    118. Cystic Kidney Diseases
    119. Hereditary Nephropathies and Developmental Abnormalities of the Urinary Tract
    120. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and Prostatitis
    121. Chronic Kidney Disease
    122. Treatment of Irreversible Renal Failure
    SECTION 13: GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES
    123. Approach to the Patient with Gastrointestinal Disease
    124. Diagnostic Imaging Procedures in Gastroenterology
    125. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
    126. Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
    127. Disorders of Gastrointestinal Motility
    128. Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders: Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Dyspepsia, Esophageal Chest Pain, and Heartburn
    129. Diseases of the Esophagus
    130. Acid Peptic Disease
    131. Approach to the Patient with Diarrhea and Malabsorption
    132. Inflammatory Bowel Disease
    133. Inflammatory and Anatomic Diseases of the Intestine, Peritoneum, Mesentery, and Omentum
    134. Vascular Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract
    135. Pancreatitis
  • Lee Goldman, MD, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology Dean Emeritus of the Faculties of Health Sciences and Medicine Columbia University Medical Center, New York and Andrew I. Schafer, MD, Professor of Medicine, Director, Richard T. Silver Center for Myeloproliferative Neoplasms, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
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