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The Washington Manual of Medical Therapeutics, 33rd Edition 2010 cover Copyright contents Dedication Editors Chairman s Note Preface 1 - Patient Care in Internal Medicine 2 - Nutrition Support 3 - Preventative Cardiology and Ischemic Heart Disease 4 - Heart Failure, Cardiomyopathy, and Valvular Heart Disease 5 - Cardiac Arrhythmias 6 - Critical Care 7 - Pulmonary Diseases 8 - Allergy and Immunology 9 - Fluid and Electrolyte Management 10 - Renal Diseases
11 - Treatment of Infectious Diseases 12 - Antimicrobials 13 - Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome 14 - Solid Organ Transplant Medicine 15 - Gastrointestinal Diseases 16 - Liver Diseases 17 - Disorders of Hemostasis and Thrombosis 18 - Anemia and Transfusion Therapy 19 - Medical Management of Malignant Disease 20 - Diabetes Mellitus and Related Disorders 21 - Endocrine Diseases 22 - Arthritis and Rheumatologic Diseases 23 - Neurologic Disorders 24 - Medical Emergencies Appendix Appendix - A - Immunizations and Postexposure Therapies Appendix B - Infection Control and Isolation Recommendations Appendix C - Advanced Cardiac Life Support Algorithms