Approach to the Patient with Liver Disease A Guide to Commonly Used Liver Tests William D. Carey Laboratory assessment of the patient with suspected or clinically obvious liver disease is…
Brain Tumors Meningiomas and Gliomas Glen H.J. Stevens Primary brain tumors are tumors that arise from brain tissue itself as compared with metastatic tumors, whereby tumor cells travel to the…
Cancer Pain Mellar Davis Cancer occurs in 1.2 million people in the United States each year and nearly one half of cancer patients die as a result of their cancer….
Coronary Artery Disease Curtis M. Rimmerman DEFINITION Coronary artery disease is characterized by atherosclerosis in the epicardial coronary arteries. Atherosclerotic plaques, the hallmark of atherosclerosis, progressively narrow the coronary artery…
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 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 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 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 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 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…
