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Goldman-Cecil Medicine E-Book

Goldman-Cecil Medicine E-Book

Lee Goldman | Andrew I. Schafer

(2015)

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Abstract

Since 1927, Goldman-Cecil Medicine has been the world’s most influential internal medicine resource. In the ground-breaking 25th edition, your original purchase ensures you will be up-to-date without the need for a subscription. Through the new, more powerful Expert Consult eBook platform, this "living text" provides continuous updates that will integrate the latest research, guidelines, and treatments into each chapter, ensuring that the content is as current as the day this edition was first published.

Goldman-Cecil Medicine offers definitive, unbiased guidance on the evaluation and management of every medical condition, presented by a veritable "Who's Who" of modern medicine. A practical, straightforward style; templated organization; evidence-based references; and robust interactive content combine to make this dynamic resource quite simply the fastest and best place to find all of the authoritative, state-of-the-art clinical answers you need.

  • Expert Consult eBook version included with print purchase:

  • Access continuous updates from Editor Lee Goldman, MD, who thoroughly reviews internal medicine and specialty journals, updating online content to reflect the latest guidelines and translating that evidence into treatment.

  • Interactive Q&A section features over 1,500 board-style questions and answers to aid in preparing for certification or recertification exams.
  • Outstanding supplementary tools include figures, tables, videos, heart and lung sounds, treatment and management algorithms, fully integrated references, and thousands of illustrations and full-color photos.
  • Search all of the text, figures, supplementary material, and references from the book on a variety of devices and at no additional cost — Expert Consult access is included with this title!
  • Practical, bulleted, highly templated text with easy-to-use features including flow charts and treatment boxes.

  • New chapters on global health, cancer biology and genetics, and the human microbiome in health and disease keep you on the cutting edge of medicine.

  • Today's most current evidence-based medicine guidelines help you form a definitive diagnosis and create the best treatment plans possible.

  • Focused coverage of the latest developments in biology includes the specifics of current diagnosis, therapy, and medication doses.

  • The reference of choice for every stage of your career! Goldman-Cecil Medicine is an ideal learning tool for residents, physicians, and students as well as a valuable go-to resource for experienced healthcare professionals.

Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
9780323322850v1_WEB.pdf 1
Front Cover 1
Inside Front Cover 2
Quick Reference (QR) Video Access 3
What You Need 3
How It Works 3
Goldman-Cecil Medicine, 2-Volume Set 11
Copyright Page 14
Associate Editors 15
Preface 17
Contributors 19
Table Of Contents 41
Video Contents 49
Aging and Geriatric Medicine 49
Clinical Pharmacology 49
Cardiovascular Disease 49
Respiratory Diseases 49
Critical Care Medicine 49
Renal and Genitourinary Diseases 49
Oncology 49
Nutritional Diseases 49
Endocrine Diseases 49
Diseases of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 49
Rheumatic Diseases 50
Neurology 50
I Social and Ethical Issues in Medicine 51
1 Approach to Medicine, the Patient, and the Medical Profession: 52
Approach to Medicine 52
Approach to the Patient 52
Approach to the Medical Profession 53
General References 57
General References 58
2 Bioethics in the Practice of Medicine 57
Physician-Patient Relationship: Informed Consent 57
History 57
Definition and Justification 59
Empirical Data 59
Practical Considerations 59
Termination of Medical Interventions 60
History 60
Definition and Justification 60
Empirical Data 60
Practical Considerations 60
Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia 61
History 61
Definition and Justification 61
9780323322850v2_WEB 2068
Front Cover 2068
Goldman-Cecil Medicine, 2-Volume Set 2069
Copyright Page 2072
Associate Editors 2073
Preface 2075
Contributors 2077
Table Of Contents 2099
Video Contents 2107
Aging and Geriatric Medicine 2107
Clinical Pharmacology 2107
Cardiovascular Disease 2107
Respiratory Diseases 2107
Critical Care Medicine 2107
Renal and Genitourinary Diseases 2107
Oncology 2107
Nutritional Diseases 2107
Endocrine Diseases 2107
Diseases of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2107
Rheumatic Diseases 2108
Neurology 2108
XVI Metabolic Diseases 2109
205 Approach to Inborn Errors of Metabolism 2110
Definition 2110
History 2110
Epidemiology 2110
Pathobiology 2110
Genetics 2110
Pathophysiology 2110
Clinical Phenotype 2110
Classification 2110
Inborn Errors of Metabolism 2110
Disorders of Protein Metabolism 2110
Phenylketonuria 2111
Tyrosinemia 2111
Maple Syrup Urine Disease 2111
Disorders of the Urea Cycle 2112
Disorders of Membrane Transport 2112
Organic Acidurias 2112
Lysosomal Storage Disorders 2113
Peroxisomal Disorders 2113
Disorders of Respiratory Chain Complexes 2113
Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation 2113
Diagnosis 2113
Biochemical and Molecular Testing 2113
Next-Generation Sequencing 2113
General References 2115
Review Questions 2117
General References 2116
206 Disorders of Lipid Metabolism 2115
Components of Lipid Transport 2115
Cholesterol and Triglycerides 2115
Lipoproteins 2115
Apolipoproteins 2115
Receptors and Proteins 2115
Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor 2119
Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin-like/Kexin Type 9 2119
Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor–Related Protein 2119
Scavenger Receptor B1 2119
Lipoprotein Lipase 2119
Niemann-Pick C1-like Protein 2120
Lecithin–Cholesterol Acyltransferase 2120
Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein 2120
ATP-Binding Cassette A1 2120
Exogenous Lipid Metabolism 2120
Endogenous Lipid Metabolism 2120
Reverse Cholesterol Transport and High-Density Lipoprotein Metabolism 2121
Lipid-Activated Nuclear Receptors and Lipid Metabolism 2121
Important Clinical Disorders of Lipid Metabolism 2122
Familial Hypercholesterolemia 2122