Andreoli and Carpenter's Cecil Essentials of Medicine (Paperback)

Key Features
New chapters on "Pre- and Post-Operative Care" and "Palliative Care," plus the integration of molecular biology and other new horizons in medicine, familiarize you with the most current clinical concepts.
Student Consult online access offers convenient, flexible reference to the complete contents of the book plus additional clinical photos and radiologic images, videos demonstrating procedures, audio recordings of heart and lung sounds, and more.
An expanded International Editorial Board provides increased input from respected practitioners worldwide.
New to This Edition
Excellent images and clinical photographs vividly illustrate the appearance and clinical features of disease. Masterful editing and a user-friendly full-color design make absorbing and retaining information as effortless as possible. Web icons throughout the printed book call your attention to additional content available online thorough Student Consults

Table of Contents
Section I : Introduction to Molecular Medicin
1 Molecular Basis of Human Disease

Section II : Evidence-Based Medicine
2 Evidence-Based Medicine, Quality of Life, and the Cost of Medicine

Section III : Cardiovascular Disease
3 Structure and Function of the Normal Heart and Blood Vessels
4 Evaluation of the Patient with Cardiovascular Disease
5 Diagnostic Tests and Procedures in the Patient with Cardiovascular Disease
6 Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy
7 Congenital Heart Disease
8 Acquired Valvular Heart Disease
9 Coronary Heart Disease
10 Cardiac Arrhythmias
11 Pericardial and Myocardial Disease
12 Other Cardiac Topics
13 Vascular Diseases and Hypertension
Section IV : Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
14 The Lung in Health and Disease
15 General Approach to Patients with Respiratory Disorders
16 Evaluating Lung Structure and Function
17 Obstructive Lung Diseases
18 Interstitial Lung Diseases
19 Pulmonary Vascular Disease
20 Disorders of Respiratory Control
21 Disorders of the Pleura, Chest Wall, and Mediastinum
22 Infectious Diseases of the Lung
23 Essentials in Critical Care Medicine
24 Neoplastic Disorders of the Lung

Section V : Preoperative and Postoperative Care
25 Preoperative and Postoperative Care

Section VI : Renal Disease
26 Elements of Renal Structure and Function
27 Approach to the Patient with Renal Disease
28 Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders
29 Glomerular Diseases
30 Major Nonglomerular Disorders
31 Vascular Disorders of the Kidney
32 Acute Kidney Injury
33 Chronic Renal Failure

Section VII : Gastrointestinal Disease
34 Common Clinical Manifestations of Gastrointestinal Disease
35 Endoscopic and Imaging Procedures
36 Esophageal Disorders
37 Diseases of the Stomach and Duodenum
38 Inflammatory Bowel Disease
39 Neoplasms of the Gastrointestinal Tract
40 Diseases of the Pancreas

Section VIII : Diseases of the Liver and Biliary System
41 Laboratory Tests in Liver Disease
42 Jaundice
43 Acute and Chronic Hepatitis
44 Fulminant Hepatic Failure
45 Cirrhosis of the Liver and its Complications
46 Disorders of the Gallbadder and Biliary Tract

Section IX : Hematologic Disease
47 Hematopoiesis and Hematopoietic Failure
48 Clonal Disorders of the Hematopoietic Stem Cell
49 Disordrs of Red Blood Cells
50 Clinical Disorders of Neutrophils
51 Disorders of Lymphocytes
52 Normal Hemostasis
53 Disorders of Hemostasis: Bleeding
54 Disorders of Hemostasis: Thrombosis

Section X : Oncologic Disease
55 Cancer Biology and Etiologic Factors
56 Cancer Epidemiology and Cancer Prevention
57 Solid Tumors
58 Complications of Cancer and Cancer Treatment