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Master the Wards: Internal Medicine Handbook improves your confidence so you can survive the clerkship and ace the shelf. With this in hand, you can arrive prepared on day 1 of your medicine rotation. Written by a residency director who has been a clerkship director--and once, long ago, a med student just like you!--this handbook presents a core set of diseases and disorders from the point of view of how patients present, and teaches you how to assess patients beginning with their chief complaints.

Special features help you look like a rock star and improve patient safety:

Organized by chief complaint

Round-Saver tips help you delivery quality care
How NOT to Kill Your Patient boxes point you to critical "don't miss" diagnoses and things to look out for
Things You Will Be Asked On Rounds boxes prep you for attendings' questions

Contents:

Chapter 1. Cardiology
Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
Arrhythmias
Valvular Heart Disease
Pericardial Disease
Aortic Disease

Chapter 2: Endocrinology
Thyroid Disorders
Adrenal Disorders
Pituitary Disorders

Chapter 3: Gastroenterology
Malabsorptive Diseases
Diverticular Disease
Liver Disease
Esophageal Disorders
Rings and Webs

Chapter 4: Hematology
Coagulation Disorders
Clotting Factor Deficiencies
Hematological Malignancies

Chapter 5: Infectious Diseases
Head and Neck Infections
Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Chapter 6: Nephrology
Acute Renal Failure
Hypertension
Electrolyte Disorders
Glomerular Diseases

Chapter 7: Neurology
Headache
Central Nervous System (CNS) Infections

Chapter 8: Preventive Medicine
Cancer Screening

Chapter 9: Pulmonology
Pneumonia
Asthma

Chapter 10: Rheumatology
Vasculitis
Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies

Afterword
About the Author
Index