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Edward Bope, MD, Director, Riverside Methodist Hospitals, Family Practice Residency Program, Columbus, OH
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Contents
SECTION 1 Symptomatic Care Pending Diagnosis
Pain
Ruth Falik, MD
Nausea and Vomiting
Chad M. Braun, MD
Gaseousness and Indigestion
Ram Dickman, MD, and Ronnie Fass, MD Hiccups
Michael J. Pollack, MD
Acute Infectious Diarrhea
Matthew T. Oughton, MD, FRCPC, and Andre
Dascal,
MD, FRCPC
Constipation
Warren P. Bishop, MD
Fever
Ian M. Paul, MD, MSc
Cough
David G. Hill, MD
Treatment of Insomnia
Martin
Reite, MD
Pruritus
Scott Moses, MD
Tinnitus
Claus-Frenz Claussen, MD
Spine Pain
Michael T. McCann, MD
SECTION 2 The Infectious
Diseases Management of the Patient with HIV Disease
Surendra K. Sharma, MD, PhD, and Tamilarasu
Kadhiravan, MD
Amebiasis
Rashidul
Haque, MB, PhD, and William A.
Petri, Jr., MD, PhD
Giardiasis
M. Ekramul Hoque, MBBS, MPH (Hons), PhD
Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock
Eleni Patrozou, MD, and Steven M. Opal, MD Brucellosis
Basak Dokuzoguz, MD, and Nurcan Baykam, MD Varicella (Chickenpox)
Charles Grose,
MD
Cholera
Carlos Seas, MD, and Eduardo Gotuzzo, MD Foodborne Illness
Lester M. Crawford, PhD
Necrotizing Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
John M. Embil, MD, FRCP(C), FACP, and Donald C.
Vinh, MD, FRCP(C), Dip(ABIM)
Toxic Shock Syndrome
Marty S. Teltscher, MD, CM, and Andre
Dascal, MD,
FRCPC
Influenza
Michael B. Rothberg, MD, MPH
Leishmaniasis
Karim Aoun, MD, and Aida Bouratbine, MD Leprosy
Bhushan Kumar,
MD, MNAMS, and Sunil Dogra, MD,
DNB, MNAMS
Malaria
Paul M. Arguin, MD, and S. Patrick Kachur, MD Bacterial Meningitis
Gary D. Overturf,
MD
Infectious Mononucleosis
Leonard R. Krilov, MD
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
James F. Jones, MD
Mumps
Joel D. Klein, MD, FAAP
Plague
Douglas
A. Drevets, MD, DTM&H
Anthrax
Jon B. Woods, MD
Psittacosis
Julian Elliott, MB, BS, FRACP
Q Fever
Didier Raoult, PhD
Rabies
Alan
C. Jackson, MD, FRCPC
Rat-Bite Fever
Jean Dudler, MD
Relapsing Fever
Diego Cadavid, MD
Lyme Disease
Arthur Weinstein, MD, FACP, FACR,
and Shobha Wani, MD Rubella and Congenital Rubella Syndrome
Susan E. Reef, MD
Measles (Rubeola)
Claude P. Muller, MD, and Jacques Kremer,
PhD Tetanus
Sam S. Hsu, MD
Pertussis
Michael E. Pichichero, MD
Office-Based Immunization Practices
Robert M. Jacobson, MD
Travel Medicine
Cynthia B. Snider, MD, MPH, and William A. Petri, MD, PhD
Toxoplasmosis
Thomas T. Ward, MD
Cat-Scratch Disease
Michael J. Smith, MD
Salmonellosis
Arvid E. Underman, MD, FACP, DTMH Typhoid Fever
Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, MB, BS, PhD
Rickettsial and Ehrlichial Infections
Deverick J. Anderson, MD, and Daniel J. Sexton, MD Smallpox
Isao Arita, MD
SECTION 3 Diseases of the Head and Neck Vision Correction
Procedures
Neil J. Friedman, MD
Conjunctivitis
Arti Sinha, MB, BS, and Ramesh Ayyala, MD
Optic Neuritis
Andrew G. Lee, MD, and
Steven L. Galetta, MD Glaucoma
Misha F. Syed, MD, and Nicholas P. Bell, MD Otitis Externa
Jeffrey T. Vrabec, MD
Otitis Media
J. Scott
McMurray, MD
Episodic Vertigo
Joseph M. Furman, MD, PhD
Meniere?s Disease
Ted A. Meyer, MD, PhD, and Paul R.
Lambert, MD
Sinusitis
Richard R. Orlandi, MD
Nonallergic Perennial Rhinitis
Claus Bachert, MD, PhD, and Nicholas Van
Bruaene, MD
Hoarseness and Laryngitis
Michael Johns, MD, and Rupali Shah, MD Streptococcal Pharyngitis
The Respiratory System Acute Respiratory Failure
William Henderson,
MD, and Sean Keenan, MD Atelectasis
Craig Michael Schramm, MD
Management of Chronic Obstructive
Pulmonary Disease
Juan Armando Garcia,
MD, and Stephen G.
Jenkinson, MD
Cystic Fibrosis
Deborah K. Froh, MD
Sleep Apnea
Leon Rosenthal, MD
Primary Lung Cancer
Christopher
S. George, MD, and Teresa M.
George, MD
Coccidioidomycosis
Duane R. Hospenthal, MD, PhD
Histoplasmosis
Linus H. Santo Tomas, MD, MS,
and Ralph M.
Schapira, MD
Blastomycosis
Robert Bradsher, MD, and Anupama
Menon, MD, MPH
Pleural Effusion and Empyema Thoracis
Stephen
D. Cassivi, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS, and
Stephen H. McKellar, MD
Primary Lung Abscess
Scott Swanson, MD, and Virginia Litle, MD
Acute Bronchitis
Susan Davids, MD, MPH, and Ralph M. Schapira, MD Bacterial Pneumonia
Umur Hatipoglu, MD, and Israel Rubinstein, MD
Viral Respiratory
Infections
Robert C. Welliver, Sr., MD
Viral and Mycoplasmal Pneumonias
Burke A. Cunha, MD
Legionellosis
Julio A. Ramirez, MD
Pulmonary
Embolism
Victor J. Test, MD, FCCP
Sarcoidosis
Surendra K. Sharma, MD, PhD, and Alladi Mohan, MD Silicosis and Asbestosis
Vinicius C.
S. Antao, MD, MSc, PhD, and John E.
Parker, MD
Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
Michael C. Zacharisen, MD
Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial
Diseases
John Brusch, MD
SECTION 4
Surendra K. Sharma, MD, PhD, and Alladi Mohan, MD
SECTION 5 The Cardiovascular
System Acquired Diseases of the Aorta
John Byrne, MCh, and R. Clement Darling III, MD Angina Pectoris
John F. Moran, MD
Cardiac
Arrest: Sudden Cardiac Death
Robert W. Rho, MD
Atrial Fibrillation
Ruth Falik, MD
Premature Beats
Prakash C. Deedwania, MD, and Enrique
V.
Carbajal, MD
Heart Block
Albert A. Del Negro, MD
Tachycardias
Chirag Sandesara, MD, and Brian Olshansky, MD Congenital Heart Disease
Robb L. Romp, MD, and Yung R. Lau, MD
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Ali J. Marian, MD
Mitral Valve Prolapse: The Floppy Mitral Valve,
Mitral Valve Prolapse, and Mitral Valvular
Regurgitation
Charles F. Wooley, MD, and Harisios
Boudoulas, MD, PhD
Heart Failure
Marc
A. Silver, MD
Infective Endocarditis
Navin M. Amin, MD
Hypertension
L. Michael Prisant, MD
Acute Myocardial Infarction
Kevin A. Bybee,
MD, and Stephen L. Kopecky, MD Pericarditis
Brian D. Hoit, MD
Peripheral Arterial Disease
Jason T. Lee, MD, Maisie M. Fung, MD, and
E. John
Harris, Jr., MD
Venous Thrombosis
Paul L. F. Giangrande, MD
SECTION 6 The Blood and Spleen Aplastic Anemia
Abdo
Haddad, MD, and Jaroslaw P. Maciejewski, MD, PhD Iron Deficiency
James C. Barton, MD
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
Charles J. Parker,
MD
Nonimmune Hemolytic Anemia
Stella T. Chou, MD, and Mitchell J. Weiss, MD, PhD Pernicious Anemia and Other Megaloblastic
Anemias
Eugene
P. Frenkel, MD
Thalassemia
Susan P. Perrine, MD, and Serguei A. Castaneda, MD Sickle Cell Disease
Mark Layton, MD, and Antonio Almeida,
MD Neutropenia
Melvin H. Freedman, MD
Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn
James W. Kendig, MD
Hemophilia and Related Disorders
Wing-Yen
Wong, MD
Platelet-Mediated Bleeding Disorders
Suman Sood, MD, and Charles S. Abrams, MD
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
Marcel
Levi, MD
Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
James N. George, MD
Hemochromatosis
Lawrie W. Powell, MD, PhD
Hodgkin?s Disease: Chemotherapy
David J. Straus, MD
Hodgkin?s Disease: Radiation Therapy
Pelayo C. Besa, MD
Acute Leukemias in Adults
Jonathan E. Kolitz, MD
Acute
Leukemia in Children
Maureen M. O?Brien, MD, and Norman J.
Lacayo, MD
Chronic Leukemias
Helen Enright, MD, and Jonathan Bond, MB, MRCPI
Non-Hodgkin?s Lymphoma
Lawrence Rice, MD, and Uday Popat, MD Multiple Myeloma
Rodger E. Tiedemann, MB, ChB, PhD, and A. Keith
Stewart,
MB, ChB
Polycythemia Vera
Michael Kroll, MD, and Jennifer Wright, MD Porphyria
Herbert L. Bonkovsky, MD, and Manish Thapar, MD Therapeutic
Use of Blood Components
Peter A. Millward, MD, and Mark E. Brecher, MD Adverse Effects of Blood Transfusion
Chelsea A. Sheppard, MD,
and Christopher D.
Hillyer, MD
SECTION 7 The Digestive System Cholelithiasis and Cholecystitis
Grant R. Caddy, MD
Cirrhosis
Richard K. Sterling, MD, Wissam E. Mattar, MD, and Paul Y. Kwo, MD
Bleeding Esophageal Varices
Gary C. Chen, MD, and Rome Jutabha, MD
Dysphagia and Esophageal Obstruction
Philip O. Katz, MD, and Girish Anand, MD Diverticula of the Alimentary Tract
Harris R. Clearfield,
MD
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Mark A. Peppercorn, MD, and Alan C. Moss, MD Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Michael P. Jones, MD
Hemorrhoids,
Anal Fissure, and Anorectal
Abscess and Fistula
Neil H. Hyman, MD
Gastritis and Peptic Ulcer Disease
Sripathi R. Kethu, MD, and Steven
F. Moss, MD Acute and Chronic Hepatitis
Mamta K. Jain, MD, MPH, and Daniel M. Brailita, MD Malabsorption
Lawrence R. Schiller, MD
Acute
and Chronic Pancreatitis
Carmen C. Solorzano, MD, and Richard A. Prinz, MD Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
Sachin Wani, MD, and Prateek
Sharma, MD Tumors of the Stomach
Scott A. Hundahl, MD
Tumors of the Rectum and Colon
Dana M. Hayden, MD, MPH, and Marc Brand, MD Intestinal
Parasites
Douglas W. MacPherson, MD, MSc (CTM)
SECTION 8 Metabolic Disorders
Diabetes Mellitus in Adults
Anthony L. McCall,
MD, PhD, and J. Terry
Saunders, PhD
Diabetes Mellitus in Children and Adolescents
Lori M. B. Laffel, MD, MPH, and Jamie R. S.
Wood,
MD
Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hyperglycemic
Hyperosmolar Syndrome
Robert A. Kreisberg, MD, and Elizabeth D. Ennis, MD Hyponatremia
Gregory
Proctor, MD, and Moshe Levi, MD Hyperuricemia and Gout
Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
Dyslipoproteinemias
Peter P. Toth, MD, PhD
Obesity
Christopher D. Still, DO, and Gordon L.
Jensen, MD, PhD
Osteoporosis
Bart L. Clarke, MD, and Sundeep Khosla, MD
Paget?s Disease of
Bone
Paul D. Miller, MD
Parenteral Nutrition in Adults
Jeffrey Jim, MD, MS, and Darryl T. Hiyama, MD Parenteral Fluid Therapy for Infants
and Children
Jeremy N. Friedman, MB, ChB, and Carolyn E.
Beck, MD, MSc
SECTION 9 The Endocrine System Acromegaly
Mary
Lee Vance, MD
Adrenocortical Insufficiency
Carl D. Malchoff, MD, PhD
Cushing?s Syndrome
Kathryn G. Schuff, MD
Diabetes Insipidus
Jennifer
Kelly, DO, and Arnold M. Moses, MD Primary Hyperparathyroidism and
Hypoparathyroidism
John P. Bilezikian, MD
Primary Aldosteronism
William
F. Young, Jr., MD, MSc
Hypopituitarism
Mary Lee Vance, MD
Hyperprolactinemia
Joumana T. Chaiban, MD, and Baha M. Arafah, MD Hypothyroidism
John T. Nicoloff, MD, and Jonathan S.
LoPresti, MD, PhD
Hyperthyroidism
Peter A. Singer, MD
Thyroid Cancer
Marlon A. Guerrero, MD, and
Nancy D. Perrier, MD Pheochromocytomas
Pierre-Francois Plouin, MD
Thyroiditis
Katherine Hughes, MB, ChB, and Mark W. J. Strachan, MD
SECTION 10 The Urogenital Tract
Bacterial In fections of the Urinary Tract
in Males
Brian A. VanderBrink, MD, and Robert
M. Moldwin, MD Urinary Tract Infections in Women
Burke A. Cunha, MD
Bacterial In fections of the Urinary Tract
in Girls
Candice E.
Johnson, MD, PhD
Childhood Enuresis
Frank R. Cerniglia, Jr., MD
Urinary Incontinence
E. Ann Gormley, MD
Epididymitis
John N. Krieger,
MD
Primary Glomerular Diseases
Manuel Praga, MD, and Enrique Morales, MD Pyelonephritis
Patricia D. Brown, MD
Trauma to the Genitourinary
Tract
Noel A. Armenakas, MD, and J. James Bruno II, MD Prostatitis
Andrea Gallina, MD, and Pierre I. Karakiewicz, MD Benign Prostatic
Hyperplasia
Gopal H. Badlani, MD, and Matthew E. Karlovsky, MD Erectile Dysfunction
Luciano Kolodny, MD
Acute Renal Failure
Steven D.
Weisbord, MD, MSc, and Paul M.
Palevsky, MD
Chronic Renal Failure
Jeffrey A. Kraut, MD
Malignant Tumors of the Urogenital Tract
Michael
S. Cookson, MD, and Sam S. Chang, MD Management of Urethral Stricture Disease
Andrew C. Peterson, MD
Renal Calculi
Sujeet S. Acharya,
MD, and Glenn S. Gerber, MD
SECTION 11 The Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Chancroid
Stanley M. Spinola, MD
Gonorrhea
David
M. Bamberger, MD
Nongonococcal Urethritis
John N. Krieger, MD
Syphilis
Mrunal Shah, MD
Contraceptive Methods
Lama L. Tolaymat, MD,
MPH, and Andrew M.
Kaunitz, MD
SECTION 12 Diseases of Allergy
Anaphylaxis and Serum Sickness
Stephen F. Kemp, MD
Asthma
in Adolescents and Adults
Michael Schatz, MD, MS
Asthma in Children
Gerald B. Kolski, MD, PhD, FAAAAI, FAAP Allergic Rhinitis Caused
by Inhalant Factors
Richard W. Weber, MD
Allergic Reactions to Drugs
Donald McNeil, MD
Allergic Reactions to Insect Stings
David B.
K. Golden, MD
SECTION 13 Diseases of the Skin
Acne Vulgaris and Rosacea
Steven R. Feldman, MD, PhD, and Alan B. Fleischer,
Jr., MD
Diseases of the Hair
Kimberly May Eickhorst, MD, and Eyal Levit, MD Cancers of the Skin
Aleda A. Jacobs, MD, and Ida F. Orengo,
MD Cutaneous T Cell Lymphoma
Marie-France Demierre, MD
Papulosquamous Disorders
Chai Sue Lee, MD, and John Koo, MD Connective Tissue
Disorders
John Varga, MD, Susan Manzi, MD, MPH, and
Gabriella Lakos, MD, PhD
Cutaneous Vasculitis
Manisha J. Patel, MD, and Joseph L.
Jorizzo, MD Diseases of the Nails
Bianca Maria Piraccini, MD, PhD, and Matilde
Iorizzo, MD
Keloids
Tina S. Alster, MD, and Mahsa Tehrani,
MA Warts (Verrucae)
Tamara Salam Housman, MD, and Phillip M. Williford, MD Condyloma Acuminatum (Genital Warts)
Karl R. Beutner, MD,
PhD, and Alice N. Do, DO Nevi
Raymond L. Barnhill, MD, Seth I. Felder, BA, and
Brandon D. Einstein, BA
Melanoma
Frank G. Haluska, MD,
PhD
Premalignant Lesions
Donald Clemons, MD
Bacterial Diseases of the Skin
Ronald Lee Nichols, MD
Viral Diseases of the Skin
Jacqueline
M. Losi-Sasaki, MD, and Angela Yen
Moore, MD
Parasitic Diseases of the Skin
Andreas Katsambas, MD, PhD, and Electra Nicolaidou, MD,
PhD
Fungal Diseases of the Skin
Rebecca Lewis Kelso, MD, and Sharon S. Raimer, MD Diseases of the Mouth
Carl M. Allen, DDS, MSD
Venous
Stasis Ulcers
Tania J. Phillips, MD, and Chukwuemeka N.
Etufugh, MD
Pressure Ulcers
David R. Thomas, MD
Atopic Dermatitis
Sarah L. Chamlin,
MD
Erythema Multiforme, Stevens-Johnson Syndrome,
and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
Marcia G. Tonnesen, MD
Bullous Diseases
Sarah E. Dick,
MD, and Victoria Werth, MD Contact Dermatitis
Peter C. Schalock, MD, and Kathryn A. Zug, MD Pruritus Ani and Vulvae
Libby Edwards, MD
Urticaria and Angioedema
Eugene W. Monroe, MD
Pigmentary Disorders
Jacek C. Szepietowski, MD, PhD, and Adam Reich,
MD, PhD
Sunburn
Alzheimer?s
Disease
Monica Peterson Gordon, MD, and L. Jaime
Fitten, MD
Sleep Disorders
David N. Neubauer, MD
Intracerebral Hemorrhage
J. Claude
Hemphill III, MD, MAS
Ischemic Cerebrovascular Disease
Elzbieta Wirkowski, MD
Rehabilitation of the Stroke Patient
Karl J. Sandin, MD
Seizures and Epilepsy in Adolescents
and Adults
Erik K. St. Louis, MD, and Mark A. Granner, MD Epilepsy in Infancy and Childhood
Raj
D. Sheth, MD
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Timothy Wilens, MD, Thomas Spencer, MD, and
Joseph Biederman, MD
Gilles de la
Tourette Syndrome
Cathy L. Budman, MD
Headache
R. Michael Gallagher, DO
Viral Meningitis and Encephalitis
Mark J. Abzug, MD
Multiple
Sclerosis
Randall T. Schapiro, MD
Myasthenia Gravis and Related Disorders
Jenice Robinson, MD, and Milind J. Kothari, DO
Trigeminal Neuralgia
Ronald F. Young, MD
Bell?s Palsy (Idiopathic Acute Peripheral Facial
Paralysis)
W. Cooper Scurry, Jr., MD, Jon E. Isaacson, MD, and
Fred G. Fedok, MD, FACS
Parkinsonism
Julie Leegwater-Kim, MD, PhD, and Cheryl Waters, MD
Peripheral Neuropathies
Kerrie Schoffer, MD,
FRCPC
Management of Head Injuries
Todd W. Vitaz, MD
Traumatic Brain Injury in Children
Stephen R. Deputy, MD
Brain Tumors
Henry W. Lim,
MD, and Camile Hexsel, MD
SECTION 14 The Nervous System
Ashwatha Narayana, MD, and Eve S. Ferdman, BA
SECTION 15
The Locomotor System Rheumatoid Arthritis
Eric L. Matteson, MD, MPH
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Terry L. Moore, MD
Ankylosing
Spondylitis
Finbar D. O?Shea, MB, MRCPI, and Robert D. Inman, MD
Temporomandibular Disorders
Charles S. Greene, DDS
Bursitis, Tendinitis,
Myofascial Pain, and
Fibromyalgia
Andrew L. Wong, MD, and Emil R. Heinze, MD Osteoarthritis
George E. Ehrlich, MD
Polymyalgia Rheumatica
and Giant-Cell Arteritis
Gideon Nesher, MD
Osteomyelitis
Luca Lazzarini, MD
Common Sports Injuries
Suraj Achar, MD, and Alexander Espinoza,
MD
SECTION 16 Obstetrics and Gynecology
Antepartum Care
Kirk D. Ramin, MD, and Jessica P. Swartout, MD
Ectopic Pregnancy
Gary H. Lipscomb, MD
Vaginal Bleeding in Late Pregnancy
Jami Star Zeltzer, MD
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
David G. Weismiller,
MD
Postpartum Care
Lisa R. Nash, DO
Resuscitation of the Newborn
Derek S. Wheeler, MD, and Martin J. McCaffrey, MD Care of the High-Risk
Neonate
Dilcia McLenan, MD
Normal Infant Feeding
Meg Begany, RD, CSP, LDN, and Maria Mascarenhas,
MBBS
Diseases of the Breast
Paniti
Sukumvanich, MD, and Patrick Borgen, MD
Endometriosis
David L. Olive, MD
Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding
Beth W. Rackow, MD, and Aydin
Arici, MD
Infertility
Steven R. Williams, MD
Amenorrhea
Vickie Martin, MD, and Robert L. Reid, MD
Dysmenorrhea
Laeth S. Nasir, MBBS
Premenstrual Syndrome
Ellen W. Freeman, PhD
Menopause
Irina Burd, MD, PhD, Stacey A. Scheib, MD, and
Krystene I. Boyle, MD
Vulvovaginitis
David A. Baker, MD
Chlamydia trachomatis
Catherine Stevens-Simon, MD
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
Adrianne Williams Bagley, MD, and Maria
Trent, MD, MPH
Uterine Leiomyomas
Tod C. Aeby, MD, and Stella Dantas, MD Cancer of the Endometrium
D. Scott McMeekin, MD, and Tashanna
K.N.
Myers, MD
Cancer of the Uterine Cervix
Nader Husseinzadeh, MD
Neoplasms of the Vulva
Susan A. Davidson, MD
Ovarian Cancer
Amanda
Nickles Fader, MD, and Jerome Belinson, MD
SECTION 17 Psychiatric Disorders
Alcoholism
Richard N. Rosenthal, MD
Drug Abuse
Joyce A. Tinsley, MD
Anxiety Disorders
Jacqueline Carinhas McGregor, MD Bulimia Nervosa
David B. Herzog, MD, and Kamryn T. Eddy, PhD
Delirium
Soenke Boettger, MD
Mood Disorders
Melanie W. Conway, MD, and Merry N. Miller, MD Schizophrenia
Andriana Foster, MD, and Peter
Buckley, MD
Panic Disorder
Alexander Bystritsky, MD, PhD, and Kira Williams, MD
SECTION 18 Physical and Chemical Injuries
Burn Treatment Guidelines
Barbara A. Latenser, MD
High-Altitude Illness
James A. Litch, MD, DTMH
Disturbances Due to Cold
Frederick K.
Korley, MD, and Jerrold B. Leikin, MD
Disturbances Caused by Heat
John F. Coyle II, MD
Spider Bites and Scorpion Stings
Rachel Haroz,
MD, and James R. Roberts, MD
Snakebite
Craig S. Kitchens, MD
Marine Trauma, Envenomations, and Intoxications
John E. Gough, MD, FACEP
Medical Toxicology: Ingestions, Inhalations,
and Dermal and Ocular Absorptions
Howard C. Mofenson, MD, Thomas R. Caraccio,
PharmD, Michael
McGuigan, MD, and Joseph
Greensher, MD
SECTION 19
Appendices and Index Reference Intervals for the Interpretation of Laboratory
Tests
Laura J. McCloskey, PhD
Toxic Chemical Agents Reference Chart:
Symptoms and Treatment
James J. James, MD, DrPH, MHA, and James
M.
Lyznicki, MS, MPH
Biologic Agents Reference Chart?
Symptoms, Tests, and Treatment
James J. James, MD, DrPH, MHA, and James M.
Lyznicki,
MS, MPH
Popular Herbs and Nutritional Supplements
Miriam M. Chan, RPh, PharmD
New Drugs
Miriam M. Chan, RPh, PharmD
Index
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