One of the best selling and most highly regarded volumes in the Blueprints series, Blueprints Medicine provides a concise review of what students need to know in their rotations or the Boards. Each chapter is brief and includes pedagogical features such as bolded key words, tables, figures, and key points boxes. This edition has been reorganized to follow the Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine guidelines and includes thoroughly updated content and additional tables and figures. A question-and-answer section at the end of the book includes 100 board-format questions with complete rationales for each answer choice.

A companion website includes a question bank with 50 additional questions and answers and fully searchable text.

Part One: CARDIOVASCULAR

• Ch.1 Chest Pain
• Ch.2 Shock
• Ch.3 Coronary Heart Disease
• Ch.4 Myocardial Infarction
• Ch.5 Heart Failure
• Ch.6 Bradyarrhythmias
• Ch.7 Tachyarrhythmias
• Ch.8 Hypertension
• Ch.9 Valvular Heart Disease
• Ch.10 Vascular Disease
• Ch.11 Syncope

Part Two: RESPIRATORY

• Ch.12 Dyspnea
• Ch.13 Cough
• Ch.14 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• Ch.15 Asthma
• Ch.16 Pulmonary Embolism
• Ch.17 Interstitial Lung Disease
• Ch.18 Pleural Effusions
• Ch.19 Lung Cancer

Part Three: RENAL

• Ch.20 Acid-Base Disturbances
• Ch.21 Fluid and Electrolytes
• Ch.22 Acute Renal Failure
• Ch.23 Chronic Kidney Disease
• Ch.24 Glomerular Disease
• Ch.25 Nephrolithiasis
• Ch.26 Hematuria

Part Four: INFECTIOUS DISEASE

• Ch.27 Fever and Rash
• Ch.28 Pneumonia
• Ch.29 Sexually Transmitted Diseases
• Ch.30 Urinary Tract Infections
• Ch.31 Tuberculosis
• Ch.32 Gastroenteritis
• Ch.33 Infective Endocarditis
• Ch.34 Meningitis
• Ch.35 HIV Part I: Primary Care of the HIV-Infected Patient
• Ch.36 HIV Part II: Prophylaxis and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in HIV

Part Five: GASTROINTESTINAL

• Ch.37 Abdominal Pain
• Ch.38 Diarrhea
• Ch.39 Dyspepsia
• Ch.40 Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Ch.41 Hepatitis
• Ch.42 Cirrhosis
• Ch.43 Cholestatic Liver Disease
• Ch.44 Pancreatitis
• Ch.45 Colorectal Cancer

Part Six: ENDOCRINE

• Ch.46 Weight Loss
• Ch.47 Hyperthyroidism
• Ch.48 Hypothyroidism
• Ch.49 Diabetes Mellitus
• Ch.50 Hypercalcemia
• Ch.51 Adrenal Insufficiency
• Ch.52 Cushing Syndrome
• Ch.53 Pituitary Disease
• Ch.54 Nutritional Disorders
• Ch.55 Dyslipidemia

Part Seven: RHEUMATOLOGY

• Ch.56 Acute Monoarticular Arthritis
• Ch.57 Low Back Pain
• Ch.58 Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Ch.59 Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies
• Ch.60 Connective Tissue Diseases
• Ch.61 Vasculitis
• Ch.62 Amyloidosis

Part Eight: HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY

• Ch.63 Anemia
• Ch.64 Hemolytic Anemia
• Ch.65 Adenopathy
• Ch.66 Bleeding Disorders
• Ch.67 Breast Cancer
• Ch.68 Prostate Cancer
• Ch.69 Leukemia
• Ch.70 Lymphoma

Part Nine: NEUROLOGY

• Ch.71 Headache
• Ch.72 Delirium
• Ch.73 Dizziness
• Ch.74 Dementia
• Ch.75 Stroke
• Ch.76 Seizures

Questions

Answers

References/Online

Index