Cecil essentials of medicine / Thomas E. Andreoli [and others]

"Complementary text to the more encyclopedic Cecil textbook of medicine"--Preface

Includes bibliographical references and index

I. Cardiovascular Diseases -- 1. Structure and Function of the Normal Heart and Blood Vessels -- 2. Evaluation of the Patient With Cardiovascular Disease -- 3. Special Tests and Procedures in the Patient With Cardiovascular Disease -- 4. Circulatory Failure -- 5. Congenital Heart Disease -- 6. Acquired Valvular Heart Disease -- 7. Coronary Heart Disease -- 8. Arrhythmias -- 9. Myocardial and Pericardial Disease -- 10. Cardiac Tumors and Trauma -- 11. Aortic and Peripheral Vascular Disease -- 12. Cardiac Transplantation; Surgery in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease; Pregnancy and Cardiac Disease -- II. Respiratory Diseases -- 13. Approach to the Patient With Respiratory Disease -- 14. Anatomic and Physiologic Considerations -- 15. Diagnostic Techniques and Their Indications -- 16. Obstructive Lung Disease -- 17. Diffuse Infiltrative Diseases of the Lung -- 18. Pulmonary Vascular Disease -- 19. Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Pulmonary Critical Care -- 20. Neoplastic Diseases of the Lung -- 21. Control of Breathing in Disease States -- 22. Disorders of the Pleural Space, Mediastinum, and Chest Wall -- 23. Inhalational and Environmental Injury -- III. Renal Disease -- 24. Elements of Renal Structure and Function -- 25. Approach to the Patient With Renal Disease -- 26. Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders -- 27. Glomerular Diseases -- 28. Major Nonglomerular Disorders -- 29. Hypertension and Vascular Disorders of the Kidney -- 30. Acute Renal Failure -- 31. Chronic Renal Failure -- IV. Gastrointestinal Disease -- 32. Common Clinical Manifestations of Gastrointestinal Disease -- 33. Radiographic and Endoscopic Procedures in Gastroenterology -- 34. Diseases of the Esophagus -- 35. Diseases of the Stomach and Duodenum -- 36