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Current Medical Diagnosis 2011 Front Copyright TOC Editors preface Chapter 1. Disease Prevention-Health Promotion Chapter 2. Common Symptoms Chapter 3. Preoperative Evaluation-Management Chapter 4. Geriatric Disorders Chapter 5. Palliative Care-Pain Management Chapter 6. Dermatologic Disorders Chapter 7. Disorders of the Eyes-Lids Chapter 8. Ear, Nose,Throat Disorders Chapter 9. Pulmonary Disorders Chapter 10. Heart Disease Chapter 11. Systemic Hypertension Chapter 12. Blood Vessel-Lymphatic Disorders Chapter 13. Blood Disorders Chapter 14. Disorders of Hemostasis, Thrombosis Chapter 15. Gastrointestinal Disorders Chapter 16. Liver, Biliary Tract Chapter 17. Breast Disorders Chapter 18. Gynecologic Disorders Chapter 19. Obstetrics-Obstetric Disorders Chapter 20. Musculoskeletal-Immunologic Disorders Chapter 21. Electrolyte-Acid-Base Disorders Chapter 22. Kidney Disease Chapter 23. Urologic Disorders Chapter 24. Nervous System Disorders Chapter 25. Psychiatric Disorders Chapter 26. Endocrine Disorders Chapter 27. Diabetes Mellitus-Hypoglycemia Chapter 28. Lipid Disorders Chapter 29. Nutritional Disorders Chapter 30.e1. Anti-infective Chemotherapeutic Chapter 30. Common Problems in Infectious Diseases Chapter 31. HIV Infection-AIDS Chapter 32. Viral-Rickettsial Infections Chapter 33. Bacterial-Chlamydial Infections Chapter 34. Spirochetal Infections Chapter 35. Protozoal-Helminthic Infections
Chapter 36. Mycotic Infections Chapter 37. Disorders Related to Environmental Factors Chapter 38. Poisoning Chapter 39. Cancer Chapter 40.e2. Basic Genetics Chapter 40. Clinical Genetic Disorders Chapter 41. Complementary-Alternative Medicine Chapter e3. Diagnostic Testing-Decision Making Chapter e4. Information Technology in Patient Care Chapter e5. Sports Medicine-Outpatient Orthopedics Appendix Appendix-Therapeutic Drug Monitoring-Laboratory Reference