Modern Internal Medicine

Author: People's Military Medical Press
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Publish Date: 2006-09-15
Features: This book consists of 10 general chapters, focusing on the development direction of internal medicine and the progress in diagnostics and therapeutics. It also provides an overview of fundamental theories closely related to internal medicine, such as medical genetics, immunology, hormones, and modern biology, along with their advancements. Additionally, it covers the basics of oncology, geriatric medicine, clinical pharmacology, and clinical epidemiology. The detailed chapters include 12 sections on infectious diseases, cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, digestive system diseases, hematological diseases, endocrine diseases, nutritional and metabolic diseases, renal and urological diseases, rheumatic diseases, genetic diseases, neurological diseases, and acute poisoning. The first few chapters of each section serve as general introductions to the respective systems, primarily discussing the characteristics, classification, diagnosis, and functional examination methods of diseases in that system. Subsequent chapters are organized by specific diseases. The selection of diseases prioritizes those commonly encountered in adults while also including some rare conditions. For diseases that significantly impact public health, such as viral hepatitis, tuberculosis, coronary heart disease, lung cancer, gastrointestinal tumors, and cerebrovascular diseases, more extensive coverage is provided. High-prevalence diseases like rheumatic diseases, as well as fields with recent breakthroughs in diagnosis and treatment, such as genetic diseases, are also introduced with adequate depth. The book is divided into two volumes. Volume 1 includes the general chapters and the detailed sections on infectious diseases, cardiovascular, respiratory, and digestive system diseases. Volume 2 covers the detailed sections on hematological diseases, endocrine diseases, nutritional and metabolic diseases, renal diseases, rheumatic diseases, genetic diseases, neurological diseases, acute poisoning, as well as clinical laboratory reference values and indexes.