Table of Contents

CONTENTS
PART1
SECTION 1　DISORDERS OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM 1
Chapter 1　Approach to the Patient with Disease of the Respiratory System 1
Chapter 2　Disturbances of Respiratory Function 6
Chapter 3 Diagnostic Procedures in Respiratory Disease 16
Chapter 4 Approach to the Patient with Critical Illness 24
Chapter 5 Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis and Pulmonary Infiltrates with Eosinophilia 35
Chapter 6 Asthma 42
Chapter 7 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 59
Chapter 8 Pneumonia 71
Chapter 9 Bronchiectasis and Lung Abscess 85
Chapter 10 Occupational and Environmental Lung Disease 91
Chapter 11 Interstitial Lung Diseases 102
Chapter 12 Neoplasms of the Lung 115
Chapter 13 Disorders of the Pleura and Mediastinum 134
Chapter 14 Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Thromboembolism 140
Chapter 15 Sleep Apnea 149
Chapter 16 Disorders of Ventilation 153
Chapter 17 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome 157
Chapter 18 Mechanical Ventilatory Support 163
Chapter 19 Lung Transplantation 170
SECTION 2 DISORDERS OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM 176
Chapter 1 Basic Biology of the Cardiovascular System 176
Chapter 2 Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease 194
Chapter 3 Approach to the Patient with Possible Cardiovascular Disease 199
Chapter 4 Physical Examination of the Cardiovascular System 204
Chapter 5 Electrocardiography 213
Chapter 6 Nuclear Cardiology 223
Chapter 7 Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography 233
Chapter 8 Principles of Electrophysiology 240
Chapter 9 The Bradyarrhythmias 247
Chapter 10 The Tachyarrhythmias 258
Chapter 11 Heart Failure and Cor Pulmonale 274
Chapter 12 Cardiac Transplantation and Prolonged Assisted Circulation 292
Chapter 13 Congenital Heart Disease in the Adult 296
Chapter 14 Valvular Heart Disease 306
Chapter 15 Cardiomyopathy and Myocarditis 331
Chapter 16 Pericardial Disease 346
Chapter 17 Tumors of and Trauma of the Heart 353
Chapter 18 The Pathogenesis Prevention， and Treatment of Atherosclerosis 357
Chapter 19 The Metabolic Syndrome 369
Chapter 20 Ischemic Heart Disease 376
Chapter 21 Unstable Angina and Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction 396
Chapter 22 ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction 403
Chapter 23 Percutaneous Coronary Interventions and Other Interventional Procedures 421
Chapter 24 Hypertensive Vascular Disease 429
Chapter 25 Diseases of the Aorta 447
Chapter 26　Vascular Diseases of the Extremities 456
Chapter 27 Pulmonary Hypertension 466
Chapter 28 Cardiogenic Shock and Pulmonary Edema 474
Chapter 29 Cardiovascular Collapse， Cardiac Arrest， and Sudden Cardiac Death 481
SECTION 3 DISORDERS OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM 490
Chapter 1 Approach to the Patient with Gastrointestinal Diseases 490
Chapter 2 Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 497
Chapter 3 Diseases of the Esophagus 514
Chapter 4 Peptic Ulcer Disease 527
Chapter 5 Gastritis 535
Chapter 6 Inflammatory Bowel Disease 538
Chapter 7 Irritable Bowel Syndrome 548
Chapter 8 Diverticular Disease and Common Anorectal Disorders 552
Chapter 9 Mesenteric Vascular Insufficiency 558
Chapter 10 Disorders of Absorption 561
Chapter 11 Acute Intestinal Obstruction and Peritonitis 571
Chapter 12 Approach to the Patient with Liver Disease 575
Chapter 13 Evaluation of Liver Function 582
Chapter 14 The Hyperbilirubinemias 588
Chapter 15 Acute Viral Hepatitis 594
Chapter 16 Toxic and Drug-Induced Hepatitis 606
Chapter 17 Chronic Hepatitis 613
Chapter 18 Alcoholic Liver Disease 625
Chapter 19 Cirrhosis and Its Complications 628
Chapter 20 Genetic， Metabolic， and Infiltrative Diseases Affecting the Liver 638
Chapter 21 Approach to the Patient with Pancreatic Disease 642
Chapter 22 Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis 645
Chapter 23 Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer 657
Chapter 24 Tumors of the Liver and Biliary Tree 666
SECTION 4 DISORDERS OFTHE KIDNEYAND URINARYTRACT 675
Chapter 1 Cellular and Molecular Biology of the Kidney 675
Chapter 2 Adaption of the Kidney to Renal Injury 687
Chapter 3 Acute Kidney Injury 693
Chapter 4 Chronic Kidney Disease 711
Chapter 5 Dialysis in the Treatment of Renal Failure 728
Chapter 6 Transplantation in the Treatment of Renal Failure 735
Chapter 7 Glomerular Diseases 745
Chapter 8 Polycystic Kidney Disease and Other Inherited Tubular Disorders 771
Chapter 9 Tubulointerstitial Diseases of the Kidney 786
Chapter 10 Vascular Injury to the Kidney 796
Chapter 11 Nephrolithiasis 806
Chapter 12 Urinary Tract Infections， Pyelonephritis， and Prostatitis 813
Chapter 13 Urinary Tract Obstruction 824
PART 2
SECTION 5 DISORDERS OF THE HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM 829
Chapter 1 Iron Deficiency and Other Hypoproliferative Anemias 829
Chapter 2 Disorders of Hemoglo
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