Diabetes Mellitus Treatment
Diabetes Mellitus Treatment Tania Babar, Mario Skugor After diagnosis of diabetes, the importance of protecting the body from damage caused by hyperglycemia cannot be overstated. In the United States, 57.9%…
Bleeding Disorders
Bleeding Disorders Rachid Baz, Tarek Mekhail EVALUATION The accurate diagnosis and treatment of patients with bleeding require some basic understanding of the pathophysiology of hemostasis. The process is divided into…
Dilated and Restrictive Cardiomyopathies
Dilated and Restrictive Cardiomyopathies Corinne Bott-Silverman Cardiomyopathies are diseases of the myocardium associated with cardiac dysfunction.1 Table 1 lists the five types of cardiomyopathy: dilated, hypertrophic, restrictive, arrhythmogenic right ventricular,…
Hypothyroidism and Hyperthyroidism
Hypothyroidism and Hyperthyroidism Mario Skugor, Maria Fleseriu ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY A normal adult thyroid weighs 10-20 g and receives blood from bilateral superior and inferior thyroid arteries and a small artery…
Interstitial Lung Disease
Interstitial Lung Disease Jeffrey T. Chapman The term interstitial lung disease (ILD) refers to a broad category of lung diseases rather than a specific disease entity.1,2 It includes a variety…
Schizophrenia and Acute Psychosis
Schizophrenia and Acute Psychosis Manu Mathews, George E. Tesar, Omar Fattal, David J. Muzina DEFINITION AND ETIOLOGY Schizophrenia is a chronic and disabling neuropsychiatric illness possibly best characterized as a…
Cervical Cancer Screening and Prevention
Cervical Cancer Screening and Prevention Xian Wen Jin This chapter provides a concise review of the definition, prevalence, and contemporary concepts of the pathogenesis of cervical cancer. In addition, the…
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Georges Juvelekian, James K. Stoller Recently, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has gained interest as a major public health concern and is currently the focus of…
Multiple Myeloma
Multiple Myeloma Rachid Baz, Brian Bolwell DEFINITION Plasma cell disorders are a heterogeneous group of diseases characterized by a clonal population of B cells (plasma cells) that produce a monoclonal…
Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis
Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis Molloy Eamonn, Curry L. Koening, Gary S. Hoffman Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA) are two related, immune-mediated, inflammatory conditions that occur…
