Soap For Internal Medicine

Editors and Contributors ix Reviewers x To the Reader xi Acknowledgments xiii Abbreviations xiv Normal Lab Values xxi I. Neurology 1(14) 1. Headache 2(2) 2. Altered Mental Status 4(2) 3. Syncope 6(2) 4. Stroke 8(2) 5. Seizure 10(2) 6. Vertigo 12(3) II. Pulmonary 15(14) 7. Community-Acquired Pneumonia 16(2) 8. Asthma 18(2) 9. Tuberculosis 20(2) 10. Pulmonary Embolism 22(2) 11. Interstitial Lung Disease 24(2) 12. Solitary Pulmonary Nodule 26(3) III. Cardiology 29(20) 13. Chest Pain Evaluation 30(2) 14. Stable Angina 32(2) 15. Acute Coronary Syndrome 34(2) 16. Congestive Heart Failure 36(2) 17. Systolic Murmur 38(2) 18. Diastolic Murmur 40(2) 19. Atrial Fibrillation 42(2) 20. Pericarditis 44(2) 21. Preoperative Cardiac Clearance 46(3) IV. Gastroenterology 49(18) 22. Epigastric Pain 50(2) 23. Pancreatitis 52(2) 24. Right Upper Quadrant Pain 54(2) 25. Abnormal Liver Tests 56(2) 26. Hepatitis 58(2) 27. Cirrhosis 60(2) 28. Diarrhea 62(2) 29. Acute GI Bleed 64(3) V. Nephrology 67(22) 30. Hypertension 68(2) 31. Acute Renal Failure 70(2) 32. Chronic Renal Failure 72(2) 33. Nephrotic Syndrome 74(2) 34. Hematuria 76(2) 35. Hyponatremia 78(2) 36. Hypernatremia 80(2) 37. Hypokalemia 82(2) 38. Hyperkalemia 84(2) 39. Urinary Tract Infection 86(3) VI. Hematology/Oncology 89(26) 40. Anemia 90(2) 41. Thrombocytopenia 92(2) 42. Polycythemia 94(2) 43. Coagulopathy 96(2) 44. Deep Vein Thrombosis 98(2) 45. Lymphoma 100(2) 46. Leukemia 102(2) 47. Breast Mass Evaluation 104(2) 48. Breast Cancer 106(2) 49. Lung Cancer 108(2) 50. Colon Cancer 110(2) 51. Prostate Cancer 112(3) VII. Infectious Disease 115(10) 52. Fever of Unknown Origin 116(2) 53. Acute Bacterial Endocarditis 118(2) 54. HIV with Fever 120(2) 55. Ccllulitis 122(3) VIII. Endocrinology 125(20) 56. Diabetes 126(2) 57. Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hyperosmolar Nonketonic Coma 128(2) 58. Hypothyroidism 130(2) 59. Hyperthyroidism 132(2) 60. Hyperparathyroidism 134(2) 61. Adrenal Insufficiency 136(2) 62. Cushing's Syndrome 138(2) 63. Osteoporosis 140(2) 64. Dyslipidemia 142(3) IX. Rheumatology 145(20) 65. Low Back Pain 146(2) 66. Polyarthritis 148(2) 67. Gout 150(2) 68. Rheumatoid Arthritis 152(2) 69. Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies 154(2) 70. Inflammatory Myopathies 156(2) 71. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus 158(2) 72. Vasculitis 160(2) 73. Systemic Sclerosis 162(3) X. Toxicology 165(6) 74. Alcohol Intoxication and Withdrawal 166(2) 75. Cocaine Intoxication and Withdrawal 168(3) Appendix A 171(2) Index 173