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Preface
Authors
1. General Approach to the Patient; Health Maintenance & Disease Prevention; & Common Symptoms
2. Preoperative Evaluation
3. Geriatric Medicine
4. Cancer
5. Care at the End of Life
6. Skin, Hair & Nails
7. Eye
8. Ear, Nose, & Throat
9. Lung
10. Heart
11. Systemic Hypertension
12. Blood Vessels & Lymphatics
13. Blood
14. Alimentary Tract
15. Liver, Biliary Tract, & Pancreas
16. Breast
17. Gynecology
18. Obstetrics
19. Allergic & Immunologic Disorders
20. Arthritis & Musculoskeletal Disorders
21. Fluid & Electrolyte Disorders
22. Kidney
23. Urology
24. Nervous System
25. Psychiatric Disorders
26. Endocrinology
27. Diabetes Mellitus & Hypoglycemia
28. Lipid Abnormalities
29. Nutrition
30. General Problems in Infectionus Diseases
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Appendix: Therapeutic Drug Monitoring & Laboratory Reference Ranges
Index