Blueprints Medicine (Blueprints Series)

✍ Scribed by Vincent Young MD PhD, William Kormos, Dr. Davoren Chick MD FACP

• Publisher: LWW
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 418
• Edition: 6
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Now fully revised and updated, this best-selling Blueprints title is an ideal resource for your internal medicine clerkship, USMLE review, and as a rapid reference in day-to-day patient care. Practical and concise, it includes user-friendly features such as bolded key words, ample tables and figures, and the popular Key Points boxes, with must-know clinical information. The Sixth Edition has been thoroughly updated to include new clinical guidelines and therapeutic recommendations and includes 100 board-format questions and answers at the end of the book (plus 50 more online) for self-assessment.

Thoroughly updated to reflect the latest developments in evidence-based medicine.
Organized according to CDIM guidelines with updated content, tables, and figures.
Emphasizes “must-know” information throughout, distilling the most important information in the end-of-chapter Key Points boxes.
Chapters are consistently organized to provide high-yield content on major disorders, including epidemiology, etiology, risk factors, history, physical examination, differential diagnosis, and treatment.
Includes 100 board-formatted questions and rationales for each choice, as well as 50 additional questions online.

✦ Table of Contents

Blueprints MEDICINE
Half Title Page
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Part 1: Cardiovascular
Chapter 1: Chest Pain
RISK FACTORS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
CONTINUED CARE
Chapter 2: Shock
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION AND TREATMENT
CONTINUED CARE
Chapter 3: Coronary Heart Disease and Chronic Angina
EPIDEMIOLOGY
ETIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS
RISK FACTORS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
CONTINUED CARE
Chapter 4: Acute Coronary Syndromes
EPIDEMIOLOGY
ETIOLOGY/PATHOGENESIS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION AND RISK STRATIFICATION
TREATMENT
CONTINUED CARE
Chapter 5: Heart Failure
EPIDEMIOLOGY
ETIOLOGY
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
CONTINUED CARE
Chapter 6: Bradyarrhythmias
ETIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
CONTINUED CARE
Chapter 7: Tachyarrhythmias
ETIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS
RISK FACTORS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT: GENERAL PRINCIPLES
TREATMENT: SPECIFIC ARRHYTHMIAS
CONTINUED CARE
Chapter 8: Hypertension
DEFINITION AND CLASSIFICATION
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND RISK FACTORS
ETIOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT: GOALS
TREATMENT: NONPHARMACOLOGIC
TREATMENT: PHARMACOLOGIC
TREATMENT: URGENT CONDITIONS
CONTINUED CARE
Chapter 9: Valvular Heart Disease
EPIDEMIOLOGY
ETIOLOGY
PATHOGENESIS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
CONTINUED CARE
Chapter 10: Vascular Disease
EPIDEMIOLOGY
ETIOLOGY
RISK FACTORS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
CONTINUED CARE
Chapter 11: Syncope
EPIDEMIOLOGY
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
PROGNOSIS
TREATMENT
CONTINUED CARE
Part 2: Respiratory
Chapter 12: Dyspnea
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
Chapter 13: Cough
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
Chapter 14: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND RISK FACTORS
PATHOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
CONTINUED CARE
Chapter 15: Asthma
EPIDEMIOLOGY
ETIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
Chapter 16: Pulmonary Embolism
EPIDEMIOLOGY
ETIOLOGY
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
CONTINUED CARE
Chapter 17: Interstitial Lung Disease
ETIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
Chapter 18: Pleural Effusions
ETIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
Chapter 19: Lung Cancer
EPIDEMIOLOGY
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
Part 3: Renal
Chapter 20: Acid–Base Disturbances
PATHOGENESIS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
CONTINUED CARE
Chapter 21: Fluid and Electrolytes
REGULATION OF SODIUM AND WATER
DISTURBANCES IN SODIUM AND WATER BALANCE
DISORDERS OF POTASSIUM BALANCE
Chapter 22: Acute Kidney Injury
ETIOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
RISK FACTORS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
CONTINUED CARE
Chapter 23: Chronic Kidney Disease
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ETIOLOGY
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
CONTINUED CARE
Chapter 24: Glomerular Disease
ETIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
CONTINUED CARE
Chapter 25: Nephrolithiasis
EPIDEMIOLOGY
RISK FACTORS
ETIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT: ACUTE MANAGEMENT
TREATMENT: PREVENTION OF RECURRENCE
CONTINUED CARE
Chapter 26: Hematuria
ETIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
CONTINUED CARE
Part 4: Infectious Disease
Chapter 27: Fever and Rash
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
HISTORY
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
Chapter 28: Pneumonia
EPIDEMIOLOGY
ETIOLOGY
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
Chapter 29: Sexually Transmitted Infections
EPIDEMIOLOGY
ETIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
SYPHILIS
Chapter 30: Urinary Tract Infections
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS
RISK FACTORS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
Chapter 31: Tuberculosis
PATHOGENESIS
EPIDEMIOLOGY
RISK FACTORS
CLINICAL FINDINGS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
Chapter 32: Gastroenteritis
EPIDEMIOLOGY
ETIOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
Chapter 33: Infective Endocarditis
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CASE DEFINITION
ETIOLOGY
RISK FACTORS AND PATHOGENESIS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
Chapter 34: Meningitis
EPIDEMIOLOGY
ETIOLOGY
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
Chapter 35: HIV Part I: Primary Care of the HIV-Infected Patient
EPIDEMIOLOGY
ETIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS
CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND NATURAL HISTORY
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
Chapter 36: HIV Part II: Prophylaxis and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in HIV
RISK FACTORS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
TREATMENT
Part 5: Gastrointestinal
Chapter 37: Abdominal Pain
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
Chapter 38: Diarrhea
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
Chapter 39: Dyspepsia
EPIDEMIOLOGY
ETIOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
RISK FACTORS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
TREATMENT
Chapter 40: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
EPIDEMIOLOGY
ETIOLOGY
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
Chapter 41: Hepatitis
ETIOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
Chapter 42: Cirrhosis
ETIOLOGY
INHERITED DISORDERS
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
Chapter 43: Cholestatic Liver Disease
EPIDEMIOLOGY
ETIOLOGY AND RISK FACTORS
CLINICAL EVALUATION
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
Chapter 44: Pancreatitis
ETIOLOGY
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
Chapter 45: Colorectal Cancer
EPIDEMIOLOGY
ETIOLOGY
RISK FACTORS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
Part 6: Endocrine
Chapter 46: Weight Loss
PATHOGENESIS
ETIOLOGY
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
Chapter 47: Hyperthyroidism
EPIDEMIOLOGY
ETIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS
CLINICAL FINDINGS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
FOLLOW UP
Chapter 48: Hypothyroidism
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS
RISK FACTORS
CLINICAL FINDINGS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
Chapter 49: Diabetes Mellitus
EPIDEMIOLOGY
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
COMPLICATIONS
Chapter 50: Hypercalcemia
EPIDEMIOLOGY
ETIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
Chapter 51: Adrenal Insufficiency
EPIDEMIOLOGY
ETIOLOGY
CLINICAL FINDINGS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
Chapter 52: Cushing Syndrome
EPIDEMIOLOGY
ETIOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
CLINICAL FINDINGS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
Chapter 53: Pituitary Disease
EPIDEMIOLOGY
RISK FACTORS
CLINICAL FINDINGS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
Chapter 54: Nutritional Disorders
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND RISK FACTORS
Chapter 55: Dyslipidemia
EPIDEMIOLOGY
ETIOLOGY
RISK FACTORS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
TREATMENT
Part 7: Rheumatology
Chapter 56: Acute Monoarticular Arthritis
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
Chapter 57: Low Back Pain
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
Chapter 58: Rheumatoid Arthritis
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND RISK FACTORS
PATHOGENESIS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
Chapter 59: Seronegative Spondylo-arthropathies
EPIDEMIOLOGY
ETIOLOGY
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
Chapter 60: Connective Tissue Diseases
EPIDEMIOLOGY
ETIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
Chapter 61: Vasculitis
EPIDEMIOLOGY
ETIOLOGY
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
Chapter 62: Amyloidosis
EPIDEMIOLOGY
ETIOLOGY
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
Part 8: Hematology/Oncology
Chapter 63: Anemia
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
CLINICAL FINDINGS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
Chapter 64: Hemolytic Anemia
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
CLINICAL FINDINGS
Chapter 65: Adenopathy
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
Chapter 66: Bleeding Disorders
ETIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
Chapter 67: Breast Cancer
EPIDEMIOLOGY
RISK FACTORS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
STAGING OF BREAST CANCER
TREATMENT
Chapter 68: Prostate Cancer
EPIDEMIOLOGY
RISK FACTORS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
STAGING
TREATMENT
Chapter 69: Leukemia
EPIDEMIOLOGY
ETIOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
Chapter 70: Lymphoma
EPIDEMIOLOGY
ETIOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
Part 9: Neurology
Chapter 71: Headache
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND RISK FACTORS
CLINICAL PRESENTATION
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
CONTINUED CARE
Chapter 72: Delirium
EPIDEMIOLOGY
ETIOLOGY, PATHOGENESIS, AND RISK FACTORS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
PROGNOSIS
CONTINUED CARE
Chapter 73: Dizziness
EPIDEMIOLOGY
ETIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
Chapter 74: Dementia
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS
RISK FACTORS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS AND DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
CONTINUED CARE AND PROGNOSIS
Chapter 75: Stroke
EPIDEMIOLOGY
PATHOGENESIS AND RISK FACTORS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS AND DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
Chapter 76: Seizures
EPIDEMIOLOGY
ETIOLOGY, PATHOGENESIS, AND RISK FACTORS
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS AND DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
TREATMENT
PROGNOSIS
CONTINUED CARE
Questions
Answers
Index