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Table of Contents:
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. Counihanhan 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