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SECTION I GENERAL: Principles of diagnostic testing – Fatigue -- Constipation -- Chronic diarrhoea – Cough -- Urinary incontinence – Hypertension -- Electrolyte disorders -- Acid-base disorders.
SECTION II CARDIOLOGY: Chest pain and angina -- Congestive heart failure -- Palpitation and cardiac arrhythmias -- Myocardial infection -- Valvular heart disease.
SECTION III PULMONARY: Dyspnea – Hemoptysis -- Pleural effusion -- Acute respiratory failure -- Solitary pulmonary nodule -- Mediastinal mass – Asthma -- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- Pulmonary embolism – Acute venous thrombosis -- Adult respiratory distress syndrome -- Chronic interstitial pneumoitis -- sarcoidosis.
SECTION IV RENAL: Hematuria -- Acute renal failure -- Chronic renal failure -- Nephrotic syndrome -- Glomerulonephritis; nephrolithiasis.
SECTION V GASTROINTESTINAL: Abdominal pain -- Gastrointestinal bleeding -- Upper gastrointestinal disorders – Malabsorption -- Idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease – Colorectal cancer – Pancreatitis.
SECTION VI. HEMATOLOGY: Anaemia -- Erythrocytosis -- Hemostatic disorders – Lymphadenopathy – Leukemia -- Lymphomas; Multiple myeloma.
SECTION VII. ONCOLOGY: Spinal cord compression -- Breast nodule and cáncer – Carcer of unknown primary site.
SECTION VIII ENDOCRINOLOGY: Hirsutism -- Amenorrhea; Metabolic bone disease -- Thyroid diseases – Adrenal gland diseases – Pheochromocytoma – Disorders of serum calcium concentarion – Diatetes mellitus -- Hyperlipidemia.
SECTION IX NUTRITION: Nutritional assessment.
SECTION X. INFECTIOUS DISEASES: Fever of unknown origin -- Fever in the immunocompromised host -- Otitis, pharyngitis and sinusitis -- Bronchitis and pneumonia – Tuberculosis – Infective endocarditis -- Skin infections -- Sexually transmitted diseases -- Urinary tract infections -- Infectious diarrhoea -- Septic arthritis and osteomyelitis –Meningitis and encephalitis; AIDS; Travel and malaria -- Lyme disease -- Infectious mononucleosis. SECTION XI RHEUMATOLOGY: Arthralgia and myalgia -- Polyarthritis -- Osteoarthritis -- Gout and pseudogout – Spondyloarthropathies -- Systematic lupus erythematosus – Polymyositis and dermatomyositis – Systemic sclerosis -- Vasculitis.
SECCTION XII NEUROLOGY: Coma – Syncope – Delirium – Dementia – Headache -- Cerebrovascular disease -- Multiple sclerosis -- Neuropathy and myopathy -- Alcoholism.
SECTION XIII HEPATOLOGY: Jaundice – Hepatomegaly -- Viral hepatitis -- Chronic hepatitis --Gallbladder disease.
SECTION XIV OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE: Clinical approach to occupational medicine

A pocket-size manual providing diagnostic guidelines for the full range of internal medicine diseases and disorders. Each chapter focuses on a specific body system, outlining physical signs and symptoms and identifying diagnostic possibilities.

Un manual de bolsillo que proporciona pautas de diagnóstico para toda la gama de enfermedades y trastornos de la medicina interna. Cada capítulo se centra en un sistema corporal específico, que describe los signos y síntomas físicos e identifica las posibilidades de diagnóstico.