| Section 1 | Allergy and Immunology | |
| | Asthma / Mani Kavuru | 2 |
| | Allergic Rhinitis / David M. Lang | 19 |
| | Anaphylaxis / Fred Hsieh | 24 |
| | Hymenoptera Venom Allergy / Velma L Paschall | 28 |
| | Urticaria and Angioedema / Sheila Armogida | 34 |
| | Sinusitis / Christine Radojicic | 38 |
| | Approach to and Management of Adverse Drug Reactions / Nicola M. Vogel | 43 |
| | Latex Allergy / Lily C. Pien | 49 |
| | Food Allergy / R. Koelsch | 51 |
| | Occupational Asthma / Mark Aronica | 53 |
| Section 2 | Cardiology | |
| | Coronary Artery Disease / Curtis M. Rimmerman | 58 |
| | Acute Myocardial Infarction / Arman Askari | 65 |
| | Complications of Acute Myocardial Infarction / Sorin J. Brener | 72 |
| | Lipid-Lowering Strategies and Reduction of Coronary Heart Disease Risk / Julie C. Huang | 81 |
| | Cardiac Risk Stratification for Noncardiac Surgery / Wael A. Jaber | 87 |
| | Aortic Valve Disease / Gian M. Novaro | 96 |
| | Mitral Valve Disease: Stenosis and Regurgitation / Brian R. Griffin | 102 |
| | Cardiovascular Emergencies / Deepak L. Bhatt | 109 |
| | Cardiac Arrhythmias / Fredrick J. Jaeger | 114 |
| | Atrial Fibrillation / Robert A. Schweikert | 129 |
| | Syncope / Fred Jaegr | 138 |
| | Pericardial Disease / Richard A. Grimm | 145 |
| | Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy / Harry Lever | 154 |
| | Dilated and Restrictive Cardiomyopathies / Corinne Bott-Silverman | 163 |
| | Heart Failure / Andrew Boyle | 171 |
| | Heart Transplantation / David O. Taylor | 180 |
| | Diseases of the Aorta / Gian M. Novaro | 187 |
| | Peripheral Arterial Disease / John R. Bartholomew | 196 |
| | Venous Thromboembolism / John R. Bartholomew | 205 |
| | Congenital Heart Disease in the Adult / Richard A. Krasuski | 212 |
| | Pregnancy and Heart Disease / Russell Raymond | 223 |
| Section 3 | Dermatology | |
| | Dermatologic Signs of Systemic Disease / Kenneth J. Tomecki | 232 |
| | Common Benign Growths / Kenneth J. Tomecki | 245 |
| | Melanoma / Allison Vidimos | 250 |
| | Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer / Allison Vidimos | 259 |
| | Acne ad Rosacea / Kenneth J. Tomecki | 268 |
| | Psoriasis / Charles Camisa | 272 |
| | Other Papulosquamous Diseases / Kenneth J. Tomecki | 276 |
| | Atopic Dermatitis / Melissa Piliang | 280 |
| | Contact Dermatitis and Related Conditions / Antoine Amado | 284 |
| | Hair Disorders / Wilma Bergfeld | 289 |
| | Nail Disease / Kenneth J. Tomecki | 294 |
| | Drug Eruptions / Kenneth J. Tomecki | 301 |
| | Pruritus / Apra Sood | 305 |
| | Pigmentary Disorders / Kenneth J. Tomecki | 309 |
| | Blistering Diseases / David Hamrock | 311 |
| | The Aging Skin / Kenneth J. Tomecki | 315 |
| | Common Skin Infections / Kenneth J. Tomecki | 318 |
| | Bugs, Bites, and Stings / Esteban Faith-Femandez | 329 |
| Section 4 | Endocrinology | |
| | Diseases of the Adrenal Gland / Amir H. Hamrahian | 336 |
| | Diabetes Mellitus: Disease Management / Byron J. Hoogwerf | 350 |
| | Microvascular Complications Of Diabetes / Robert Zimmerman | 355 |
| | Diabetes Mellitus Treatment / Mario Skugor | 358 |
| | Erectile Dysfunction / Milton Lakin | 364 |
| | Flushing / Christian Nasr | 369 |
| | Hirsutism / Adi Mehta | 376 |
| | Hypercalcemia and Hypocalcemia / Mario Skugor | 380 |
| | Prevention and Treatment of Leg and Foot Ulcers in Diabetes Mellitus / Daniel Logan | 387 |
| | Obesity / Philip Schauer | 391 |
| | Male Hypogonadism / Charles Faiman | 397 |
| | Osteoporosis / Mario Skugor | 402 |
| | Pituitary Disorders / Amir H. Hamrahian | 408 |
| | Hypothyroidism and Hyperthyroidism / Maria Fleseriu | 416 |
| Section 5 | Gastroenterology | |
| | Structural Disorders of the Esophagus / Edgar Achkar | 422 |
| | Motor Disorders of the Esophagus / Edgar Achkar | 430 |
| | Acid Peptic Disorders / Gary W. Falk | 437 |
| | Celiac Disease and Malabsorptive Disorders / Jamile Wakim-Fleming | 443 |
| | Pancreatic Disorders / Darwin L. Conwell | 447 |
| | Inflammatory Bowel Disease / Bret A. Lashner | 463 |
| | Irritable Bowel Syndrome / Katherine Freeman | 468 |
| | Acute Diarrhea / Edy Soffer | 474 |
| | Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea and Clostridium difficile / Anuja Choure | 478 |
| | Colonic Diverticular Disease / Feza Remzi | 482 |
| | Colorectal Neoplasia / Laura K. Bianchi | 489 |
| Section 6 | Hepatology | |
| | Approach to the Patient with Liver Disease: A Guide to Commonly Used Liver Test / William D. Carey | 496 |
| | Gallbladder and Biliary Tract Disease / David S. Bames | 502 |
| | Alcoholic Liver Disease / Kyrsten A. Fairbanks | 506 |
| | Inherited Metabolic Liver Diseases / Anthony S. Tavill | 511 |
| | Chronic Autoimmune Hepatitis / William D. Carey | 521 |
| | Complications of Cirrhosis: Ascites, Hepatic Encephalopathy, and Variceal Hemorrhage / William D. Carey | 524 |
| | Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease / William D. Carey | 534 |
| | Viral Hepatitis / Robert S. O'Shea | 539 |
| | Primary Biliary Cirrhosis, Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis, and other Cholestatic Liver Diseases / Claudia O. Zein | 552 |
| | Liver Disease in Pregnancy / Jamile Wakim-Fleming | 558 |
| | Post-Liver Transplantation Management / John J. Fung | 564 |
| Section 7 | Hematology and Oncology | |
| | Anemia / Bernard J. Silver | 572 |
| | Disorders of Platelet Function and Number / Tarek Mekhail | 577 |
| | Bleeding Disorders / Tarek Mekhail | 584 |
| | Hypercoagulable States / Steven Deitcher | 590 |
| | Use of Hematopoietic Growth Factors / Alan Lichtin | 598 |
| | Acute Myelogenous Leukemia / Karl Theil | 601 |
| | The Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Mikkael A. Sekeres | 606 |
| | Chronic Leukemias / Karl Theil | 610 |
| | Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders / Karl Theil | 616 |
| | Multiple Myeloma / Brian Bolwell | 624 |
| | Non-Hodgkin's and Hodgkin's Lymphoma / Stephen Smith | 631 |
| | Prostate Cancer / Jorge Garcia | 637 |
| | Treatment of Colorectal Cancer / Richard Kim | 641 |
| | Esophageal Cancer / Thomas Rice | 643 |
| | Hepatocellular Carcinoma / William D. Carey | 649 |
| | Head and Neck Cancer / David J. Adelstein | 654 |
| | Brain Tumors: Meningiomas and Gliomas / Glen H.J. Stevens | 657 |
| | Oncologic Emergencies / Mikkael A. Sekeres | 664 |
| | Cancer Pain / Mellar Davis | 666 |
| | Palliative Medicine / Mellar Davis | 672 |
| Section 8 | Infectious Disease | |
| | Travel Medicine for the Primary Care Physician / Steven D. Mawhorter | 676 |
| | Use of Microbiology Laboratory and the Internist / Gary W. Procop | 684 |
| | Community Acquired Pneumonia / Steven Schmitt | 689 |
| | Infective Endocarditis / Thomas F. Keys | 698 |
| | Infectious Disease Emergencies / Nabin K. Shrestha | 705 |
| | Upper Respiratory Tract Infections / Sherif B. Mossad | 715 |
| | Sepsis / Steven P. LaRosa | 720 |
| | Acute and Chronic Bacterial Cystitis / Jeannette M. Potts | 726 |
| | Foodborne Disease / Alan Taege | 730 |
| | Brain Abscess / Carlos M. Isada | 735 |
| | Biologic Weapons and the Primary Care Clinician / Thomas P. Noeller | 742 |
| | Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Kristin Englund | 748 |
| | Tuberculosis / J. Walton Tomford | 758 |
| | Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Disorders / J. Walton Tomford | 765 |
| | HIV for the Primary Care Physician / Marisa Tungsiripat | 775 |
| | Hospital-Acquired, Health Care-Associated, and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia / Alejandro C. Arroliga | 781 |
| | Tick-Related Infections / Alan Taege | 785 |
| | Clostridium difficile / James F. Swiencicki | 792 |
| | Adult Immunization / Robin Avery | 796 |
| | Adolescent Immunization / Camille Sabella | 801 |
| | Mycoses / Alice Kim | 806 |
| Section 9 | Nephrology | |
| | Kidney Function Assessment by Creatinine-Based Estimation Equations / Emilio D. Poggio | 814 |
| | Hyponatremia and Hypernatremia / Saul Nurko | 818 |
| | Hypokalemia and Hyperkalemia / Saul Nurko | 824 |
| | Diabetic Nephropathy / Saul Nurko | 830 |
| | Primary Glomeruar Diseases / Brian R. Stephany | 836 |
| | Hematuria / Adele Fowler | 845 |
| | Acute Kidney Injury / Joseph Nally | 849 |
| | Chronic Kidney Disease / Saul Nurko | 853 |
| | Immunosupression for Transplant Patients and Common Medical Problems in Renal Transplantation / William E. Braun | 857 |
| | Nephrolithiasis / Phillip Hall | 864 |
| | Hypertension / Mohammed A. Rafey | 868 |
| | General Medical Care of Patients on Dialysis / Robert Heyka | 874 |
| Section 10 | Neurology | |
| | Stroke / Irene Katzan | 878 |
| | Epilepsy / Dileep R. Nair | 883 |
| | Multiple Sclerosis / Robert J. Fox | 888 |
| | Alzheimer's Disease / Patrick Sweeney | 893 |
| | Peripheral Neuropathy / Robert W. Shields | 897 |
| | Myopathy / Jinny Tavee | 904 |
| | Headache / Robert S. Kunkel | 909 |
| | Sleep Disorders / Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer | 914 |
| | Parkinson's Disease / Patrick Sweeney | 922 |
| | Dizziness / Neil Cherian | 926 |
| | Low Back Pain / Kerry H. Levin | 932 |
| Section 11 | Psychiatry and Psychology | |
| | Behavioral Assessment of the General Medical Patient / J. Harry Isaacson | 938 |
| | Anxiety Disorders / Donald Malone | 944 |
| | Chronic Nonmalignant Pain / Manu Mathews | 949 |
| | Recognition and Treatment of Depression / George E. Tesar | 956 |
| | Bipolar Disorder / David J. Muzina | 966 |
| | Eating Disorders / Kathleen N. Franco | 972 |
| | Smoking Cessation / David Streem | 977 |
| | Psychiatric Emergencies / George E. Tesar | 981 |
| | Schizophrenia and Acute Psychosis / David J. Muzina | 985 |
| | Drug Abuse and Addiction / Kamala Adury | 995 |
| | Alcohol Abuse and Dependence / David Streem | 1001 |
| | Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Adults / Raul J. Seballos | 1006 |
| | Coping with Chronic Medical Illness / Kathleen N. Franco | 1013 |
| Section 12 | Pulmonary | |
| | Bronchitis / Herbert P. Wiedemann | 1018 |
| | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease / James K. Stoller | 1022 |
| | Cough / Daniel A. Culver | 1030 |
| | Cystic Fibrosis / Atul C. Mehta | 1037 |
| | Interstitial Lung Disease / Jeffrey T. Chapman | 1045 |
| | Lung Cancer / Peter J. Mazzone | 1053 |
| | Occupational Lung Disease / Peter J. Mazzone | 1063 |
| | Pleural Disease / Raed A. Dweik | 1071 |
| | Pulmonary Embolism / Thomas R. Gildea | 1077 |
| | Pulmonary Function Testing / Kevin McCarthy | 1084 |
| | Pulmonary Hypertension / Raed A. Dweik | 1096 |
| | Sarcoidosis / Daniel A. Culver | 1103 |
| | Sleep-Disordered Breathing / Joseph A. Golish | 1111 |
| Section 13 | Rheumatology and Immunology | |
| | Laboratory Evaluation of Rheumatic Diseases / Abby Abelson | 1118 |
| | Fibromyalgia / Ravindran Padmanabhan | 1124 |
| | Gout and Pseudogout / Feyrouz Al-Ashkar | 1129 |
| | Paget's Disease of Bone / Abby Abelson | 1135 |
| | Osteoarthritis / John Carey | 1137 |
| | Primary Angititis of the Central Nervous System / Leonard H. Calabrese | 1140 |
| | Polymyalgia Rheumatica, Giant Cell Arthritis / Gary S. Hoffman | 1147 |
| | Rheumatoid Arthritis / William S. Wilke | 1152 |
| | Septic Arthritis / Abby Abelson | 1158 |
| | Soft-Tissue Rheumatic Conditions / Raymond Scheetz | 1163 |
| | Systemic Lupus Erythematosus / Abby Abelson | 1169 |
| | Systemic Scleroderma / Soumya Chatterjee | 1177 |
| | Psoriatic Arthritis / M. Elaine Husni | 1187 |
| | Ankylosing Spondylitis / Matthew P. Bunyard | 1190 |
| | Takayasu's Arteritis / Gary S. Hoffman | 1195 |
| | Cardiovasular Risk and Prevention in Rheumatic Diseases / Atul Khasnis | 1220 |
| Section 14 | Women's Health | |
| | Breast Disorders and Breast Cancer Screening / Halle Moore | 1206 |
| | Cervical Cancer Screening and Prevention / Xian Wen Jin | 1212 |
| | Female Contraception / Shakuntala Kothari | 1217 |
| | Female Sexual Dysfunction / Yvonne Braver | 1222 |
| | Endometrial, Ovarian, and Cervical Cancer / Kristine Zanotti | 1227 |
| | Hormone Therapy and the Risk of Venous Thromboembolism / Holly L. Thacker | 1233 |
| | Infertility / Tommaso Falcone | 1236 |
| | Menopause / Holly L. Thacker | 1242 |
| | Menstrual Dysfunction / Linda Bradley | 1247 |
| | Polycystic Ovary Syndrome / Marjan Attaran | 1251 |
| | Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder / Gurjit Kaur | 1255 |
| | Vaginitis / Anita Shivadas | 1259 |
| Section 15 | Preventive Medicine | |
| | Principles of Screening / Raul J. Seballos | 1266 |
| | Cancer Screening / Raul J. Seballos | 1270 |
| | Preventive Measures and Screening for Ophthalmic Problems / Rishi P. Singh | 1273 |
| | Perioperative Evaluation / Christopher M. Whinney | 1277 |
| | Aging and Preventive Health / Ronan Factora | 1285 |
| | Introduction to Integrative Medicine / Thomas J. Morledge | 1289 |
| | Preventing Toxic Drug Interactions and Exposures / Donald A. Moffa | 1298 |
| | Index | 1305 |
