{"product_id":"oxford-textbook-of-medicine-oxford-textbook-6th-ed","title":"Oxford Textbook of Medicine (Oxford Textbook) (6TH ed.)","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eJohn Firth, \n\u003cem\u003eConsultant Physician and Nephrologist, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge\u003c\/em\u003e, Christopher Conlon, \n\u003cem\u003eConsultant Physician in Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Professor of Infectious Diseases, University of Oxford, Oxford\u003c\/em\u003e, Timothy Cox, \n\u003cem\u003eProfessor of Medicine, University of\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eCambridge, School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Due to the easy to read nature of the handbook and the concise way in which is written I would recommend the book to any medical student who is studying their specialities. It has all the information in one place- perfect for note-taking and revision.\" -- \n\u003cem\u003eNorth Wing Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSection 1 - Patients and their treatment\u003c\/strong\u003e1.1. An older patient's story, \n\u003cem\u003eTimothy M. Cox\u003c\/em\u003e1.2. A younger patient's experience of healthcare1.3. The patient in control, \n\u003cem\u003eRosamund Snow\u003c\/em\u003e1.4. What do patients need?, \n\u003cem\u003eDes Spence\u003c\/em\u003e1.5. Medical ethics, \n\u003cem\u003eMike Parker, Suleman Mehrunisha\u003c\/em\u003e1.6. Principles of clinical decision making, \n\u003cem\u003eTim Peto, Philippa Peto\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSection 2 - Background to medicine\u003c\/strong\u003e2.1. Science in medicine: when, how, and what, \n\u003cem\u003eWilliam F. Bynum\u003c\/em\u003e2.2. Evolutionary medicine, \n\u003cem\u003eNesse Randolph\u003c\/em\u003e2.3. The global burden of disease, \n\u003cem\u003eVos Theo, Alan Lopez, and Christopher Murray\u003c\/em\u003e2.4. Large-scale randomized evidence: trials and meta-analyses of trials, \n\u003cem\u003eColin Baigent, R. Collins, R. Peto, R. Gray, and S. Parish\u003c\/em\u003e2.5. Bioinformatics, \n\u003cem\u003eAfzal Chaudhry\u003c\/em\u003e2.6. Clinical Pharmacology, \n\u003cem\u003eKevin O'Shaughnessy\u003c\/em\u003e2.7. Biological Therapies in rheumatic diseases, \n\u003cem\u003eJohn Isaacs, Nishanthi Thalayasingam\u003c\/em\u003e2.8. Traditional Medicine exemplified by Traditional Chinese Medicine, \n\u003cem\u003eYouyou Tu, Fulong Liao, and Jiang Tingliang\u003c\/em\u003e2.9. Engaging patients in therapeutic development, \n\u003cem\u003eEmil Kakkis, Max Bronstein\u003c\/em\u003e2.10. Medicine quality, physicians and patients, \n\u003cem\u003ePaul Newton\u003c\/em\u003e2.11. Preventive medicine, \n\u003cem\u003eDavid Mant\u003c\/em\u003e2.12. Medical screening, \n\u003cem\u003eNick Wald\u003c\/em\u003e2.13. Health promotion, \n\u003cem\u003eEvelyne de Leeuw\u003c\/em\u003e2.14. Deprivation and health, \n\u003cem\u003eHarry Burns\u003c\/em\u003e2.15. How much should rich country governments spend on healthcare?, \n\u003cem\u003eAllyson M. Pollock and David Price\u003c\/em\u003e2.16. Financing healthcare in low- income developing co untries: A challenge for equity in health, \n\u003cem\u003eLuis G. Sambo, Jorge Simões, and Maria do Rosario O. Martins\u003c\/em\u003e2.17. Research in the developed world, \n\u003cem\u003eJeremy Farrar\u003c\/em\u003e2.18. Fostering medical and health research in resource-constrained countries, \n\u003cem\u003eMalegapuru (William) Makgoba, Steve Tollman\u003c\/em\u003e2.19. Regulation versus innovation in medicine, \n\u003cem\u003eMichael Rawlins\u003c\/em\u003e2.20. Human disasters, \n\u003cem\u003eAmartya Sen\u003c\/em\u003e2.21. Humanitarian medicine, \n\u003cem\u003eAmy Kravitz\u003c\/em\u003e2.22. Complementary and Alternative medicine, \n\u003cem\u003eEdzard Ernst\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSection 3 - Cell biology\u003c\/strong\u003e3.1. The cell, \n\u003cem\u003eGeorge Banting, Paul Luzio\u003c\/em\u003e3.2. The genomic basis of medicine, \n\u003cem\u003eJames Lupski, Pawel Stankiewicz\u003c\/em\u003e3.3. Cytokines, \n\u003cem\u003eIain B. McInnes\u003c\/em\u003e3.4. Ion channels and disease, \n\u003cem\u003eFrancis M. Ashcroft, PauloTammaro\u003c\/em\u003e3.5. Intracellular signalling, \n\u003cem\u003eRodrigo Andres Floto\u003c\/em\u003e3.6. Apoptosis in health and disease, \n\u003cem\u003eMark Arends, Chris Gregory\u003c\/em\u003e3.7. Stem cells and regenerative medicine, \n\u003cem\u003eSiddharthan Chandran, Alexis Joannides, and Ludovic Vallier\u003c\/em\u003e3.8. The evolution of therapeutic antibodies, \n\u003cem\u003eHerman Waldmann, Gregory Winter\u003c\/em\u003e3.9. Circulating DNA for molecular diagnostics, \n\u003cem\u003eDennis Lo, Rossa Chiu\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSection 4 - Immunological mechanisms\u003c\/strong\u003e4.1. The innate immune system, \n\u003cem\u003ePaul Bowness\u003c\/em\u003e4.2. The complement system, \n\u003cem\u003eMarina Botto, Matthew Pickering\u003c\/em\u003e4.3. Adapative immunity, \n\u003cem\u003ePaul Klenerman, Constantino Lopez\u003c\/em\u003e4.4. Immunodeficiency, \n\u003cem\u003eDinakantha Kumararatne, Sophie Hambleton, Sara Marshall\u003c\/em\u003e4.5. Allergy, \n\u003cem\u003ePamela Ewan\u003c\/em\u003e4.6. Autoimmunity, \n\u003cem\u003eAntony Rosen\u003c\/em\u003e4.7. Principles of transplantation immunology, \n\u003cem\u003eKathryn J. Wood, Elizabeth Wallin\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSection 5 - Principles of clinical oncology\u003c\/strong\u003e5.1. Epidemiology of cancer, \n\u003cem\u003eAnthony Swerdlow, Richard Peto\u003c\/em\u003e5.2. The nature and development of cancer: cancer mutations and their implications, \n\u003cem\u003eJames Brenton\u003c\/em\u003e5.3. The genetics of inherited cancers, \n\u003cem\u003eRosalind Eeles\u003c\/em\u003e5.4. Cancer immunity and immunotherapy, \n\u003cem\u003eCharles Drake\u003c\/em\u003e5.5. Clinical features and management, \n\u003cem\u003eMartin Gore, Tim Eisen\u003c\/em\u003e5.6. Systemic treatment and radiotherapy, \n\u003cem\u003eRajesh Jena, Peter Harper\u003c\/em\u003e5.7. Medical management of breast cancer, \n\u003cem\u003eTim Crook\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSection 6 - Old age medicine\u003c\/strong\u003e6.1. Ageing and clinical medicine, \n\u003cem\u003eNeil Pendleton, Claire Steves\u003c\/em\u003e6.2. Frailty and sarcopenia, \n\u003cem\u003eAndrew Clegg, Harnish Patel\u003c\/em\u003e6.3. Optimising well being into old age, \n\u003cem\u003eSteve Iliffe\u003c\/em\u003e6.4. Older people and acute medical illness, \n\u003cem\u003eSimon Controy, Jay Banerjee\u003c\/em\u003e6.5. Age atuning general hospital services, \n\u003cem\u003eGraham Ellis, Alasdair MacLullich, and Rowan Harwood\u003c\/em\u003e6.6. Supporting older peoples' care in other specialist services, \n\u003cem\u003eJugdeep Dhesi, Judith Partridge, and Jacqueline Close\u003c\/em\u003e6.7. Drugs and prescribing, \n\u003cem\u003eMiles Witham, Denis O'Mahony, and Jacob George\u003c\/em\u003e6.8. Falls, Faints and Fragility Fractures, \n\u003cem\u003eTash Masud, Fiona Kearney\u003c\/em\u003e6.9. Bladder and bowels, \n\u003cem\u003eSusie Orme, Danielle Harari\u003c\/em\u003e6.10. Neurodegenerative disorders in older people, \n\u003cem\u003eJohn Hindle\u003c\/em\u003e6.11. Promotion of healthy living, dignity and quality of life, \n\u003cem\u003eEileen Burns, Claire Scampion\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSection 7 - Pain \u0026amp; Pallative\u003c\/strong\u003e7.1. Introduction to palliative care, \n\u003cem\u003eSusan Salt\u003c\/em\u003e7.2. Pain management, \n\u003cem\u003eMarie Fallon\u003c\/em\u003e7.3. Management of other symptoms, \n\u003cem\u003eRegina McQuillan\u003c\/em\u003e7.4. Care of the dying person, \n\u003cem\u003eSuzanne Kite, Adam Hurlow\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSection 8 - Infectious diseases\u003c\/strong\u003e8.1.1. Biology of pathogenic microorganisms, \n\u003cem\u003eDuncan Maskell, James Wood\u003c\/em\u003e8.1.2. Clinical features and general management of patients with severe infections, \n\u003cem\u003eDuncan Young, Peter Watkinson\u003c\/em\u003e8.2.1. Clinical approach to patient with suspected infection, \n\u003cem\u003eChristopher Ellis\u003c\/em\u003e8.2.2. Fever of unknown origin, \n\u003cem\u003eSteven Vanderschueren\u003c\/em\u003e8.2.3. Nosocomial infection, \n\u003cem\u003eIan C.J.W. Bowler, Matthew Scarborough\u003c\/em\u003e8.2.4. Infection in the immunocompromised host, \n\u003cem\u003eJonathan Cohen, Elham Khatamzas\u003c\/em\u003e8.2.5. Antimicrobial chemotherapy, \n\u003cem\u003eAlisdair P. MacGowan\u003c\/em\u003e8.3.1. Immunization, \n\u003cem\u003eDavid Goldblatt, Mary Ramsay\u003c\/em\u003e8.4.1. Travel \u0026amp; expedition medicine, \n\u003cem\u003eChris P. Conlon, Susanna Dunachie\u003c\/em\u003e8.5.1. Respiratory tract viruses, \n\u003cem\u003eMalik Peiris\u003c\/em\u003e8.5.2. Herpesviruses (excluding Epstein Barr virus), \n\u003cem\u003ePatrick Sissons\u003c\/em\u003e8.5.3. Epstein-Barr virus, \n\u003cem\u003eAlan B. Rickinson\u003c\/em\u003e8.5.4. Poxviruses, \n\u003cem\u003eGeoffrey L. Smith\u003c\/em\u003e8.5.5. Mumps: epidemic parotitis, \n\u003cem\u003eB.K. Rima\u003c\/em\u003e8.5.6. Measles, \n\u003cem\u003eH.C. Whittle, Peter Aaby\u003c\/em\u003e8.5.7. Nipah and Hendra virus encephalitides, \n\u003cem\u003eC.T. Tan\u003c\/em\u003e8.5.8. Enterovirus infections, \n\u003cem\u003ePhillip Minor, Ulrich Desselberger\u003c\/em\u003e8.5.9. Virus infections causing diarrhoea and vomiting, \n\u003cem\u003ePhilip Dormitzer, Ulrich Desselberger\u003c\/em\u003e8.5.10. Rhabdoviruses: rabies and rabies-related lyssaviruses, \n\u003cem\u003eM.J. Warrell, David A. Warrell\u003c\/em\u003e8.5.11. Colorado tick fever \u0026amp; other arthropod-borne reoviruses, \n\u003cem\u003eM.J. Warrell, David A. Warrell\u003c\/em\u003e8.5.12. Alphaviruses, \n\u003cem\u003eAnn Powers\u003c\/em\u003e8.5.13. Rubella, \n\u003cem\u003ePat Tookey, Jennifer M. Best\u003c\/em\u003e8.5.14. Flaviviruses (excepting Dengue), \n\u003cem\u003eNikos Vasilakis, Shannan Rossi\u003c\/em\u003e8.5.15. Dengue, \n\u003cem\u003eBridget A. Wills, Leo Yee-Sin\u003c\/em\u003e8.5.16. Bunyaviridae, \n\u003cem\u003eJames W. LeDuc, Dennis Bente\u003c\/em\u003e8.5.17. Arenaviruses, \n\u003cem\u003eJan ter Meulen\u003c\/em\u003e8.5.18. Filoviruses, \n\u003cem\u003eJan ter Meulen\u003c\/em\u003e8.5.19. Papovaviruses and polyomaviruses, \n\u003cem\u003eRaphael P. Viscidi, Chen Sabrina Tan\u003c\/em\u003e8.5.20. Parvovirus B19, \n\u003cem\u003eKevin E. Brown\u003c\/em\u003e8.5.21. Hepatitis viruses (excluding hepatitis C virus), \n\u003cem\u003eMatthew Cramp, Ashwin Dhanda\u003c\/em\u003e8.5.22. Hepatitis C virus, \n\u003cem\u003ePaul Klenerman, Jane Collier\u003c\/em\u003e8.5.23. HIV and AIDS, \n\u003cem\u003eSarah Fidler, Tim Peto, Philip Goulder, and Christopher Conlon\u003c\/em\u003e8.5.24. HIV in low- and middle-income countries, \n\u003cem\u003eKevin M. De Cock, Alison D. Grant\u003c\/em\u003e8.5.25. HTLV-1, HTLV-2 and associated diseases, \n\u003cem\u003eK (Tine) Verdonck, Eduardo Gotuzzo\u003c\/em\u003e8.5.26. Viruses and cancer, \n\u003cem\u003eRobin A. Weiss\u003c\/em\u003e8.5.27. Orf and Milker s Nodule, \n\u003cem\u003eEmma Aarons, David Warrell\u003c\/em\u003e8.5.28. Molluscum contagiosum, \n\u003cem\u003eDavid Warrell and Christopher Conlon\u003c\/em\u003e8.5.29. Newly discovered viruses, \n\u003cem\u003eHarriet Hughes, Susanna Froude\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.1. Diphtheria, \n\u003cem\u003eDelia B. Bethell, Tran Tinh Hien\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.2. Streptococci and enterococci, \n\u003cem\u003eDennis L. Stevens, Sarah E. Hobdey\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.3. Pneumococcal infections, \n\u003cem\u003eAnthony J. Scott\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.4. Staphylococci, \n\u003cem\u003eKyle Popovich, Robert Weinstein, and Bala Hota\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.5. Meningococcal infections, \n\u003cem\u003ePetter Brandtzaeg\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.6. Neisseria gonorrhoeae, \n\u003cem\u003eMagnus Unemo, Jackie Sherrard\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.7. Enterobacteria and bacterial food-poisoning, \n\u003cem\u003ePennington Hugh\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.8. Pseudomonas aeruginosa, \n\u003cem\u003eSharon Peacock, Gavin Koh\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.9. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers, \n\u003cem\u003eChris Parry, Buddha Basnyat\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.10. Intracellular klebsiella infections (donovanosis and rhinoscleroma), \n\u003cem\u003eNicole Stoesser\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.11. Anaerobic bacteria, \n\u003cem\u003eAnilrudh A. Venugopal, David W. Hecht\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.12. Cholera, \n\u003cem\u003eA.A.M. Lima, Dick Guerrant\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.13. Haemophilus influenzae, \n\u003cem\u003eEsther Robinson\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.14. Haemophilus ducreyi \u0026amp; chancroid, \n\u003cem\u003eNigel O'Farrell\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.15. Bordetella infection, \n\u003cem\u003eCameron Grant\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.16. Melioidosis \u0026amp; glanders, \n\u003cem\u003eSharon Peacock, \u003c\/em\u003e8.6.17. Plague: Yersinia pestis, \n\u003cem\u003eMichael B. Prentice\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.18. Other Yersinia infections - yersiniosis, \n\u003cem\u003eMichael B. Prentice\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.19. Pasteurella, \n\u003cem\u003eMarina S. Morgan\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.20. Francisella tularensis infection, \n\u003cem\u003ePetra C.F. Oyston\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.21. Anthrax, \n\u003cem\u003eA. Brown\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.22. Brucellosis, \n\u003cem\u003eJuan D. Colmenero, Pilar Morata\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.23. Tetanus, \n\u003cem\u003eLouisa Thwaites, Lam Minh Yen\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.24. Clostridium difficile, \n\u003cem\u003eMark Wilcox, David Eyre\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.25. Botulism, gas gangrene, and clostridial gastrointestinal infections, \n\u003cem\u003eD.L. Stevens, Michael J. Aldape, and Amy E. Bryant\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.26. Tuberculosis, \n\u003cem\u003eRichard E. Chaisson, Jean B. Nachega\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.27. Disease caused by environmental mycobacteria, \n\u003cem\u003eJakko van Ingen, P.D.O. Davies\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.28. Leprosy (Hansen's disease), \n\u003cem\u003eDiana N.J. Lockwood\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.29. Buruli ulcer: Mycobacterium ulcerans infection, \n\u003cem\u003eW.M. Meyers, Francoise Portaels\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.30. Actinomycosis, \n\u003cem\u003eKlaus P. Schaal\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.31. Nocardiosis, \n\u003cem\u003eRoderick J. Hay\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.32. Rat bite fevers (Streptobacillus moniliformis and Spirillum minus infection), \n\u003cem\u003eAndrew Woodhouse\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.33. Lyme borreliosis, \n\u003cem\u003eJohn Nowakowski\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.34. Relapsing fevers, \n\u003cem\u003eDavid A. Warrell\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.35. Leptospirosis, \n\u003cem\u003eNick Day\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.36. Nonvenereal endemic treponematoses: yaws, endemic syphilis (bejel), and pinta, \n\u003cem\u003eMichael Marks, David Mabey, and Oriol Mitja\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.37. Syphilis, \n\u003cem\u003eBasil Donovan, Phillip Read\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.38. Listeriosis, \n\u003cem\u003eHerbert Hof\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.39. Legionelleosis and legionnaires' disease, \n\u003cem\u003eJordi Carratala Fernandez, Diego Viasus\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.40. Rickettsiosis, \n\u003cem\u003ePhilippe Parola, Didier Raoult, and Karolina Griffiths\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.41. Scrub typhus, \n\u003cem\u003eDaniel Paris, Nicholas P. J. Day\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.42. Coxiella burnetti infections (Q fever), \n\u003cem\u003eThomas J. Marrie\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.43. Bartonelloses, excluding B bacilliformis, \n\u003cem\u003eBruno B. Chomel, Henri-Jean Boulouis, Matthew J. Stuckey, Jean-Marc Rolain\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.44. Bartonella bacilliformis infection, \n\u003cem\u003eA. Llanos-Cuentas, Ciro Maguina-Vargas\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.45. Chlamydial infections, \n\u003cem\u003ePatrick Horner, David Mabey, David Taylor-Robinson, Magnus Unemo\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.46. Mycoplasmas, \n\u003cem\u003eJorgen Jensen, David Taylor-Robinson\u003c\/em\u003e8.6.47. A checklist of bacteria associated with infection in humans, \n\u003cem\u003eJohn Paul\u003c\/em\u003e8.7.1. Fungal infections, \n\u003cem\u003eRoderick J. Hay\u003c\/em\u003e8.7.2. Cryptococcosis, \n\u003cem\u003eWilliam G. Powderly, \u003c\/em\u003e8.7.3. Coccidioidomycosis, \n\u003cem\u003eGregory M. Anstead, John R. Graybill\u003c\/em\u003e8.7.4. Paracoccidioidomycosis, \n\u003cem\u003eM. A. Shikanai-Yasuda\u003c\/em\u003e8.7.5. Pneumocystis jiroveci, \n\u003cem\u003eRobert F. Miller, Christopher Eades\u003c\/em\u003e8.7.6. Taralomyces (Penicillium) marneffei infection, \n\u003cem\u003eKhuanchai Supparatpinyo, Romanee Chaiwarith\u003c\/em\u003e8.7.7. Microsporidiosis, \n\u003cem\u003eLouis Weiss\u003c\/em\u003e8.8.1. Amoebic infections, \n\u003cem\u003eRichard Knight\u003c\/em\u003e8.8.2. Malaria, \n\u003cem\u003eArjen Dondorp\u003c\/em\u003e8.8.3. Babesiosis, \n\u003cem\u003ePhilippe Brasseur\u003c\/em\u003e8.8.4. Toxoplasmosis, \n\u003cem\u003eEskild Petersen, Oliver Liesenfeld\u003c\/em\u003e8.8.5. Cryptosporidium and cryptosporidiosis, \n\u003cem\u003eSimone M. Caccio\u003c\/em\u003e8.8.6. Cyclospora and cyclosporiasis, \n\u003cem\u003ePaul Kelly\u003c\/em\u003e8.8.7. Cystoisospora, \n\u003cem\u003eLouis Weiss\u003c\/em\u003e8.8.8. Sarcocystosis (sarcosporidiosis), \n\u003cem\u003eJohn Cooper\u003c\/em\u003e8.8.9. Giardiasis and balantidiasis, \n\u003cem\u003eLars Eckmann\u003c\/em\u003e8.8.10. Blastocystis infection, \n\u003cem\u003eRichard Knight\u003c\/em\u003e8.8.11. Human African trypanosomiasis, \n\u003cem\u003eReto Brun, Johannes Blum\u003c\/em\u003e8.8.12. Chagas disease, \n\u003cem\u003eMichael Miles\u003c\/em\u003e8.8.13. Leishmaniasis, \n\u003cem\u003eDiana Lockwood\u003c\/em\u003e8.8.14. Trichomoniasis, \n\u003cem\u003eJane R. Schwebke\u003c\/em\u003e8.9.1. Cutaneous filariasis, \n\u003cem\u003eG. M. Burnham\u003c\/em\u003e8.9.2. Lymphatic filariasis, \n\u003cem\u003eRichard Knight\u003c\/em\u003e8.9.3. Guinea worm disease (dracunculiasis), \n\u003cem\u003eRichard Knight\u003c\/em\u003e8.9.4. Strongyloidiasis, hookworm \u0026amp; other gut strongyloid nematodes, \n\u003cem\u003eMichael Brown\u003c\/em\u003e8.9.5. Gut and tissue nematode infections acquired by ingestion, \n\u003cem\u003ePeter Chiodini, David Grove\u003c\/em\u003e8.9.6. Angiostrongylus, \n\u003cem\u003eRichard Knight\u003c\/em\u003e8.10.1. Cestodes (tapeworms), \n\u003cem\u003eRichard Knight\u003c\/em\u003e8.10.2. Cystic hydatid disease (Echinococcus granulosus), \n\u003cem\u003ePedro Moro, Hector H. Garcia, and Armando E. Gonzalez\u003c\/em\u003e8.10.3. Cysticercosis, \n\u003cem\u003eHector H. Garcia, R. H. Gilman\u003c\/em\u003e8.11.1. Schistosomiasis, \n\u003cem\u003eDavid Dunne, Birgitte Vennervald\u003c\/em\u003e8.11.2. Liver fluke infections, \n\u003cem\u003eRoss Andrews, Paiboon Sithithaworn, Trevor Petney, and Khuntikeo Narong\u003c\/em\u003e8.11.3. Lung flukes (paragonimiasis), \n\u003cem\u003eUdomsak Silachamroon, Sirivan Vanijanonta\u003c\/em\u003e8.11.4. Intestinal trematode infections, \n\u003cem\u003eAlastair McGregor\u003c\/em\u003e8.12. Non-venomous arthropods, \n\u003cem\u003eJohn Paul\u003c\/em\u003e8.13. Pentostomiasis (porocephalosis, linguatulosis\/ linguatuliasis or tongue worm infection), \n\u003cem\u003eD. A. Warrell\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSection 9 - Sexually transmitted diseases\u003c\/strong\u003e9.1. Epidemiology of sexually transmitted diseases, \n\u003cem\u003eDavid Mabey, Anita Vas-Falcao\u003c\/em\u003e9.2. Sexual behaviour, \n\u003cem\u003eCatherine H. Mercer, Annie M. Johnson\u003c\/em\u003e9.3. Sexual history and examination, \n\u003cem\u003eGary Brook, Jackie Sherrard, and Graziano Luzzi\u003c\/em\u003e9.4. Vaginal discharge, \n\u003cem\u003ePaul Nyirjesy\u003c\/em\u003e9.5. Urethritis, \n\u003cem\u003ePaddy Horner\u003c\/em\u003e9.6. Ano-genital ulcers, \n\u003cem\u003eRaj Patel, Patrick French\u003c\/em\u003e9.7. Ano-genital lumps, \n\u003cem\u003eCharles Lacey, Henry de Vries\u003c\/em\u003e9.8. Pelvic inflammatory disease, \n\u003cem\u003eJonathan Ross\u003c\/em\u003e9.9. Principles of contraception, \n\u003cem\u003eZara Haider\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSection 10 - Chemical and physical injuries\u003c\/strong\u003e10.1. Environmental medicine, occupational medicine and poisoning - Introduction, \n\u003cem\u003eJonathan Ayres\u003c\/em\u003e10.2.1. Occupational and environmental health, \n\u003cem\u003eRaymond Agius, Sen Debasish\u003c\/em\u003e10.2.2. Occupational safety, \n\u003cem\u003eLawrence Waterman, Michelle Twigg\u003c\/em\u003e10.2.3. Aviation medicine, \n\u003cem\u003eMichael Bagshaw\u003c\/em\u003e10.2.4. Diving medicine, \n\u003cem\u003eMark Glover\u003c\/em\u003e10.2.5. Noise, \n\u003cem\u003eDavid Koh, Tar-Ching Aw\u003c\/em\u003e10.2.6. Vibration, \n\u003cem\u003eTar-Ching Aw\u003c\/em\u003e10.3.1. Air pollution, \n\u003cem\u003eOm Kurmi, Kin Bong Hubert Lam\u003c\/em\u003e10.3.2. Heat, \n\u003cem\u003eM.A. Stroud\u003c\/em\u003e10.3.3. Cold, \n\u003cem\u003eM.A. Stroud\u003c\/em\u003e10.3.4. Drowning, \n\u003cem\u003ePeter Fenner\u003c\/em\u003e10.3.5. Lightning and electrical injuries, \n\u003cem\u003eChris Andrews\u003c\/em\u003e10.3.6. Diseases of high terrestrial altitudes, \n\u003cem\u003eEric Swenson, Tyler J. Albert\u003c\/em\u003e10.3.7. Radiation, \n\u003cem\u003eJill Meara\u003c\/em\u003e10.3.8. Disasters: earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes \u0026amp; floods, \n\u003cem\u003ePeter J. Baxter\u003c\/em\u003e10.3.9. Bioterrorism, \n\u003cem\u003eManfred Green\u003c\/em\u003e10.4.1. Poisoning by drugs and chemicals, \n\u003cem\u003eJ.A. Vale, Nick Bateman, and Sally Bradberry\u003c\/em\u003e10.4.2. Injuries, envenoming, poisoning, allergic reactions caused by animals, \n\u003cem\u003eD. A. Warrell\u003c\/em\u003e10.4.3. Poisonous fungi, \n\u003cem\u003eD. A. Warrell, Hans Persson\u003c\/em\u003e10.4.4. Poisonous plants, \n\u003cem\u003eMichael Eddleston, Hans Persson\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSection 11 - Nutrition\u003c\/strong\u003e11.1. Macronutrient metabolism, \n\u003cem\u003eKeith N. Frayn, Rhys Evans\u003c\/em\u003e11.2. Vitamins, \n\u003cem\u003eTom Hill, David Bender\u003c\/em\u003e11.3. Minerals and trace elements, \n\u003cem\u003eKatherine Younger\u003c\/em\u003e11.4. Severe malnutrition, \n\u003cem\u003eAlan Jackson\u003c\/em\u003e11.5. Diseases of affluent societies and the need for dietary change, \n\u003cem\u003eJim Mann, Stewart Truswell\u003c\/em\u003e11.6. Obesity, \n\u003cem\u003eSadaf Farooqi\u003c\/em\u003e11.7. Artificial nutrition support, \n\u003cem\u003eJeremy Woodward\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSection 12 - Metabolic disorders\u003c\/strong\u003e12.1. The inborn errors of metabolism - general aspects, \n\u003cem\u003eTimothy M. Cox\u003c\/em\u003e12.2. Protein-dependent Inborn errors of metabolism, \n\u003cem\u003eGeorge Hoffman, Stefan Koelker\u003c\/em\u003e12.3.1. Glycogen storage diseases, \n\u003cem\u003eRobin Lachmann, Timothy M. Cox\u003c\/em\u003e12.3.2. Inborn errors of fructose metabolism, \n\u003cem\u003eTimothy M. Cox\u003c\/em\u003e12.3.3. Disorders of galactose, pentose, and pyruvate metabolism, \n\u003cem\u003eTimothy M. Cox\u003c\/em\u003e12.4. Disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism, \n\u003cem\u003eLynette Fairbanks, Tony Marinaki, and Richard W. E. Watts\u003c\/em\u003e12.5. The porphyrias, \n\u003cem\u003eTimothy M. Cox\u003c\/em\u003e12.6. Lipid and lipoprotein disorders, \n\u003cem\u003eJames Scott, Jaimini Cegla\u003c\/em\u003e12.7.1. Hereditary haemochromatosis, \n\u003cem\u003eWilliam J. H. Griffiths, Timothy M. Cox\u003c\/em\u003e12.7.2. Inherited diseases of copper metabolism: Wilson's Disease and Menke's Disease, \n\u003cem\u003ePramod Mistry, Michael Schilsky\u003c\/em\u003e12.8. Lysosomal disease, \n\u003cem\u003ePatrick B. Deegan, Timothy M. Cox\u003c\/em\u003e12.9. Disorders of peroxisomal metabolism in adults, \n\u003cem\u003eAnthony Wierzbicki\u003c\/em\u003e12.10. Hereditary disorders of oxalate metabolism the primary hyperoxalurias, \n\u003cem\u003eChristopher Danpure, Sonia Fargue, and Dawn Milliner\u003c\/em\u003e12.11. Disturbances of acid base homeostasis, \n\u003cem\u003eJulian Seifter\u003c\/em\u003e12.12.1. The acute phase response and C-reactive protein, \n\u003cem\u003eMark Pepys\u003c\/em\u003e12.12.2. Hereditary periodic fever syndrome, \n\u003cem\u003eHelen Lachmann, Philip Hawkins, and Stefan Berg\u003c\/em\u003e12.12.3. Amyloidosis, \n\u003cem\u003eMark Pepys, Philip Hawkins\u003c\/em\u003e12.13. Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and the serpinopathies, \n\u003cem\u003eDavid A. Lomas\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSection 13 - Endocrine disorders\u003c\/strong\u003e13.1. Principles of hormone action, \n\u003cem\u003eV. Krishna Chatterjee, Mark Gurnell, and Rob Fowkes\u003c\/em\u003e13.2.1. Disorders of the anterior pituitary gland, \n\u003cem\u003eJohn Wass, Niki Karavitaki\u003c\/em\u003e13.2.2. Disorders of the posterior pituitary gland, \n\u003cem\u003eJohn Wass, Niki Karavitaki, and Shahzada K. Ahmed\u003c\/em\u003e13.3.1. The thyroid gland and disorders of thyroid function, \n\u003cem\u003eAnthony P. Weetman, Kristien Boelaert\u003c\/em\u003e13.3.2. Thyroid cancer, \n\u003cem\u003eKristien Boelaert, Anthony P. Weetman\u003c\/em\u003e13.4. Parathyroid disorders \u0026amp; diseases altering calcium metabolism, \n\u003cem\u003eRajesh V. Thakker\u003c\/em\u003e13.5.1. Disorders of the adrenal cortex, \n\u003cem\u003eMark Sherlock, Will Drake, and Mark Gurnell\u003c\/em\u003e13.5.2. Congenital adrenal hyperplasia, \n\u003cem\u003eNils Krone\u003c\/em\u003e13.6.1. Ovarian disorders, \n\u003cem\u003eStephen Franks\u003c\/em\u003e13.6.2. Disorders of male reproduction, \n\u003cem\u003ePierre Bouloux\u003c\/em\u003e13.6.3. Benign breast disease, \n\u003cem\u003eGael M. MacLean\u003c\/em\u003e13.6.4. Sexual dysfunction, \n\u003cem\u003eIan Eardley\u003c\/em\u003e13.7.1. Normal growth and its disorders, \n\u003cem\u003eGary Butler\u003c\/em\u003e13.7.2. Normal puberty and its disorders, \n\u003cem\u003eFiona Ryan, Sejal Patel\u003c\/em\u003e13.7.3. Normal and abnormal sexual differentiation, \n\u003cem\u003eAhmed Faisal, Angela Lucas-Herald\u003c\/em\u003e13.8. Pancreatic endocrine disorders \u0026amp; MEN, \n\u003cem\u003eStephen Bloom, Tricia Tan, and Bernard Khoo\u003c\/em\u003e13.9.1. Diabetes mellitus, \n\u003cem\u003eColin Dayan, Julia Platts\u003c\/em\u003e13.9.2. Hypoglycaemia, \n\u003cem\u003eMark Evans, Ben Challis\u003c\/em\u003e13.10. Hormonal manifestations of non-endocrine disorders, \n\u003cem\u003eJohn Wass, Tom Barber\u003c\/em\u003e13.11. The pineal gland and melatonin, \n\u003cem\u003eJo Arendt, Tim Cox\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSection 14 - Pregnancy\u003c\/strong\u003e14.1. Physiological changes of normal pregnancy, \n\u003cem\u003eDavid J. Williams\u003c\/em\u003e14.2. Nutrition in pregnancy, \n\u003cem\u003eDavid J. Williams\u003c\/em\u003e14.3. Medical management of normal pregnancy, \n\u003cem\u003eDavid J. Williams\u003c\/em\u003e14.4. Hypertension in pregnancy, \n\u003cem\u003eFergus McCarthy\u003c\/em\u003e14.5. Renal disease in pregnancy, \n\u003cem\u003eKate Wiles\u003c\/em\u003e14.6. Heart disease in pregnancy, \n\u003cem\u003eCatherine E. Head\u003c\/em\u003e14.7. Thrombosis in pregnancy, \n\u003cem\u003ePeter McCallum, Louise Bowles\u003c\/em\u003e14.8. Chest disease in pregnancy, \n\u003cem\u003eTina Hartert, Meredith Pugh\u003c\/em\u003e14.9. Liver and gastrointestinal disease during pregnancy, \n\u003cem\u003eCath Williamson, Michael Heneghan\u003c\/em\u003e14.10. Diabetes in pregnancy, \n\u003cem\u003eBryony Jones, Anne Dornhurst\u003c\/em\u003e14.11. Endocrine disease in pregnancy, \n\u003cem\u003eDavid Carty\u003c\/em\u003e14.12. Neurological conditions in pregnancy, \n\u003cem\u003ePooja Dassan\u003c\/em\u003e14.13. The skin in pregnancy, \n\u003cem\u003eGudula Kirtschig, Fenella Wojnarowska\u003c\/em\u003e14.14. Autoimmune rheumatic disorders \u0026amp; vasculitis in pregnancy, \n\u003cem\u003eCathy Nelson-Piercy, May Ching Soh\u003c\/em\u003e14.15. Maternal infection in pregnancy, \n\u003cem\u003eRosie Burton\u003c\/em\u003e14.16. Fetal effects of maternal infection, \n\u003cem\u003eLawrence Impey\u003c\/em\u003e14.17. Blood disorders in pregnancy, \n\u003cem\u003eDavid Perry, Katharine Lowndes\u003c\/em\u003e14.18. Malignant disease in pregnancy, \n\u003cem\u003eRobin A. F. Crawford\u003c\/em\u003e14.19. Maternal critical care, \n\u003cem\u003eRupert Gauntlett\u003c\/em\u003e14.20. Prescribing in pregnancy, \n\u003cem\u003eLucy MacKillop, Charlotte Frise\u003c\/em\u003e14.21. Contraception for women with medical diseases, \n\u003cem\u003eAarthi Mohan\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSection 15 - Gastroenterological disorders\u003c\/strong\u003e15.1. Structure and function of the gastrointestinal tract, \n\u003cem\u003eSatish Keshav, Michael FitzPatrick\u003c\/em\u003e15.2. Symptoms of gastrointestinal disease, \n\u003cem\u003eJeremy Woodward\u003c\/em\u003e15.3.1. Colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy, \n\u003cem\u003eJames East, Brian P. Saunders\u003c\/em\u003e15.3.2. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, \n\u003cem\u003eJames East, George Webster\u003c\/em\u003e15.3.3. Radiology of the gastrointestinal tract, \n\u003cem\u003eMichael Maher, Fiona Moloney\u003c\/em\u003e15.3.4. Investigation of gastrointestinal function, \n\u003cem\u003eJervoise Andreyev\u003c\/em\u003e15.4.1. The acute abdomen, \n\u003cem\u003eJustin Davies, Simon Buczacki\u003c\/em\u003e15.4.2. Gastrointestinal Bleeding, \n\u003cem\u003eVanessa Brown, TA Rockall\u003c\/em\u003e15.5. Immune disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, \n\u003cem\u003eArthur Kaser, Joya Bhattacharyya\u003c\/em\u003e15.6. The mouth and salivary glands, \n\u003cem\u003eJohn Gibson, Douglas Robertson\u003c\/em\u003e15.7. Diseases of the oesophagus, \n\u003cem\u003eRebecca C. Fitzgerald, Massimiliano di Pietro\u003c\/em\u003e15.8. Peptic ulcer disease, \n\u003cem\u003eJoseph Sung, Mok Hing Yiu\u003c\/em\u003e15.9.1. Hormones and the gastrointestinal tract, \n\u003cem\u003eRebecca Scott, T.M. Tan, S.R. Bloom\u003c\/em\u003e15.9.2. Carcinoid syndrome, \n\u003cem\u003eB. Khoo, T.M. Tan, S.R. Bloom\u003c\/em\u003e15.10.1. Differential diagnosis and investigation of malabsorption, \n\u003cem\u003eAlastair Forbes, Victoria Mulcahy\u003c\/em\u003e15.10.2. Bacterial overgrowth of the small intestine, \n\u003cem\u003eRay Playford, Stephen Middleton\u003c\/em\u003e15.10.3. Coeliac disease, \n\u003cem\u003eDavid Sanders, Peter Mooney\u003c\/em\u003e15.10.4. Gastrointestinal lymphomas, \n\u003cem\u003eKikkeri N. Naresh\u003c\/em\u003e15.10.5. Disaccharidase Deficiency, \n\u003cem\u003eTimothy M. Cox\u003c\/em\u003e15.10.6. Whipple's Disease, \n\u003cem\u003eDidier Raoult, Florence Fenollar\u003c\/em\u003e15.10.7. Effects of massive bowel resection, \n\u003cem\u003eStephen Middleton, Simon Gabe, Raymond Playford\u003c\/em\u003e15.10.8. Malabsorption syndromes in the Tropics, \n\u003cem\u003eVineet Ahuja, Govind Makharia\u003c\/em\u003e15.11. Crohn's disease, \n\u003cem\u003eMiles Parkes, Tim Raine\u003c\/em\u003e15.12. Ulcerative colitis, \n\u003cem\u003ePeter Irving, Jeremy Sanderson\u003c\/em\u003e15.13. Irritable bowel syndrome, \n\u003cem\u003eQasim Aziz, Adam Farmer\u003c\/em\u003e15.14. Colonic diverticular disease, \n\u003cem\u003eNiel Mortensen, Nicholas Buchs, Roel Hompes, Shazad Ashraf\u003c\/em\u003e15.15. Congenital abnormalities of the gastrointestinal tract, \n\u003cem\u003eUhlig Holm\u003c\/em\u003e15.16. Cancers of the gastrointestinal tract, \n\u003cem\u003eJ. Bridgewater, Stephen Pereira, Peter Labib, \u003c\/em\u003e15.17. Vascular disorders of the GI tract, \n\u003cem\u003eRay Boyapati\u003c\/em\u003e15.18. Gastrointestinal infections, \n\u003cem\u003eSarah O'Brien\u003c\/em\u003e15.19. Miscellaneous disorders of the bowel, \n\u003cem\u003eAlexander E. S. Gimson\u003c\/em\u003e15.20. Structure and function of the liver, biliary tree and pancreas, \n\u003cem\u003eAlexander E. S. Gimson, William Gelson\u003c\/em\u003e15.21. Pathobiology of chronic liver disease, \n\u003cem\u003eWajahat Mehal\u003c\/em\u003e15.22.1. Investigation and management of jaundice, \n\u003cem\u003eJane Collier\u003c\/em\u003e15.22.2. Cirrhosis and ascites, \n\u003cem\u003eArroyo Vicente, Javier Fernandez\u003c\/em\u003e15.22.3. Portal hypertension and variceal bleeding, \n\u003cem\u003ePeter Hayes, Marcus Robertson\u003c\/em\u003e15.22.4. Hepatic encephalopathy, \n\u003cem\u003eDebbie Shawcross, Paul Middleton\u003c\/em\u003e15.22.5. Liver failure, \n\u003cem\u003eRajiv Jalan, Jane Macnaughtan\u003c\/em\u003e15.22.6. Liver transplantation, \n\u003cem\u003eJohn O'Grady\u003c\/em\u003e15.23.1. Hepatitis A to E, \n\u003cem\u003eAlexander Graeme, Kate Nash\u003c\/em\u003e15.23.2. Autoimmune hepatitis, \n\u003cem\u003eGideon Hirschfield, G. J. Webb\u003c\/em\u003e15.23.3. Primary biliary cholangitis, \n\u003cem\u003eDavid Jones, Jessica Dyson\u003c\/em\u003e15.23.4. Primary sclerosing cholangitis, \n\u003cem\u003eRoger W. Chapman, Kate Williamson\u003c\/em\u003e15.24.1. Alcoholic liver disease, \n\u003cem\u003eEwan Forrest\u003c\/em\u003e15.24.2. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, \n\u003cem\u003eQuentin Anstee, Chris Day\u003c\/em\u003e15.24.3. Drug-induced liver disease, \n\u003cem\u003eGuruprasad Aithal\u003c\/em\u003e15.24.4. Vascular disorders of the liver, \n\u003cem\u003eAlexander Gimson\u003c\/em\u003e15.24.5. The liver in systemic disease, \n\u003cem\u003eJames Neuberger\u003c\/em\u003e15.24.6. Primary and secondary liver tumours, \n\u003cem\u003eMichael Allison, Graeme Alexander, David Lomas\u003c\/em\u003e15.24.7. Liver and biliary diseases in infancy and childhood, \n\u003cem\u003eRichard Thompson\u003c\/em\u003e15.25. Diseases of the gallbladder and biliary tree, \n\u003cem\u003eColin Johnson, Mark Wright\u003c\/em\u003e15.26.1. Acute pancreatitis, \n\u003cem\u003eRoss Carter, Colin McKay, Euan Dickson\u003c\/em\u003e15.26.2. Chronic pancreatitis, \n\u003cem\u003eMarco Bruno, Djuna Cahen\u003c\/em\u003e15.26.3. Tumours of the pancreas, \n\u003cem\u003eSteve Pereira, James Skipworth\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSection 16 - Cardiovascular\u003c\/strong\u003e16.1.1. Blood vessels and the endothelium, \n\u003cem\u003eKeith Channon, Patrick Vallance\u003c\/em\u003e16.1.2. Cardiac physiology, \n\u003cem\u003eRhys Evans, Kenneth MacLeod, Steven B. Marston, and Nicholas J. Severs\u003c\/em\u003e16.2.1. Chest pain, breathlessness and fatigue, \n\u003cem\u003eJeremy Dwight\u003c\/em\u003e16.2.2. Syncope and palpitation, \n\u003cem\u003eKim Rajappan, A. C. Rankin, A. D. McGavigan, and S. M. Cobbe\u003c\/em\u003e16.3.1. Electrocardiography, \n\u003cem\u003eAndrew R. Houghton, David Gray\u003c\/em\u003e16.3.2. Echocardiography, \n\u003cem\u003eAdrian P. Banning, Andrew R. J. Mitchell, and James D. Newton\u003c\/em\u003e16.3.3. Cardiac investigations: nuclear, MRI and CT, \n\u003cem\u003eNikant Sabharwal, Andrew Kelion, Theo Karamitos, and Stefan Neubauer\u003c\/em\u003e16.3.4. Cardiac catheterisation and angiography, \n\u003cem\u003eEdward D. Folland\u003c\/em\u003e16.4. Cardiac arrhythmias, \n\u003cem\u003eMatthew Ginks, Gregory Y. H. Lip, D. Lane, S. M. Cobbe, A. D. McGavigan, and A. C. Rankin\u003c\/em\u003e16.5.1. Epidemiology and general pathophysiological classification of heart failure, \n\u003cem\u003eTheresa McDonagh, Kaushik Guha\u003c\/em\u003e16.5.2. Acute heart failure: definitions, investigation and management, \n\u003cem\u003eAndrew L. Clark, John G. F. Cleland\u003c\/em\u003e16.5.3. Chronic heart failure: definitions, investigation and management, \n\u003cem\u003eJohn G. F. Cleland, Andrew L. Clark\u003c\/em\u003e16.5.4. Cardiorenal syndrome, \n\u003cem\u003eDarren Green, Philip Kalra\u003c\/em\u003e16.5.5. Cardiac transplantation and mechanical circulatory support, \n\u003cem\u003eJayan Parameshwar, Steven Tsui\u003c\/em\u003e16.6. Valvular heart disease, \n\u003cem\u003eMichael Henein\u003c\/em\u003e16.7.1. Myocarditis, \n\u003cem\u003eJay W. Mason\u003c\/em\u003e16.7.2. The cardiomyopathies: hypertrophic, dilated, restrictive and right ventricular, \n\u003cem\u003eWilliam J. McKenna, Perry Elliot, and Oliver Guttman\u003c\/em\u003e16.7.3. Speciac heart muscle disorders16.8. Pericardial disease, \n\u003cem\u003eMichael Henein\u003c\/em\u003e16.9.1. Acute rheumatic fever, \n\u003cem\u003eJonathan R. Carapetis\u003c\/em\u003e16.9.2. Endocarditis, \n\u003cem\u003eJames L. Harrison, Bernard D. Prendergast, and William A. Littler\u003c\/em\u003e16.9.3. Cardiac disease in HIV infection, \n\u003cem\u003ePeter F. Currie\u003c\/em\u003e16.9.4. Cardiovascular syphilis, \n\u003cem\u003eKrishna Somers\u003c\/em\u003e16.10. Tumours of the heart, \n\u003cem\u003eThomas A. Traill\u003c\/em\u003e16.11. Cardiac involvement in genetic disease, \n\u003cem\u003eThomas A. Traill\u003c\/em\u003e16.12. Congenital heart disease in the adult, \n\u003cem\u003eS. A. Thorne\u003c\/em\u003e16.13.1. Biology \u0026amp; pathology of atherosclerosis, \n\u003cem\u003eRobin P. Choudhury, Edward A. Fisher\u003c\/em\u003e16.13.2. Coronary heart disease: epidemiology and prevention, \n\u003cem\u003eGoodarz Danaei, Kazem Rahimi\u003c\/em\u003e16.13.3. Management of stable angina, \n\u003cem\u003eAdam D. Timmis\u003c\/em\u003e16.13.4. Management of acute coronary syndromes, \n\u003cem\u003eKeith A. A. Fox, Rajesh K. Kharbanda\u003c\/em\u003e16.13.5. Percutaneous interventional cardiac procedures, \n\u003cem\u003eEdward D. Folland\u003c\/em\u003e16.13.6. Coronary artery bypass and valve surgery, \n\u003cem\u003eRana Sayeed, David Taggart\u003c\/em\u003e16.14.1. Acute aortic syndromes, \n\u003cem\u003eAndrew R. J. Mitchell, James D. Newton, and Adrian P. Banning\u003c\/em\u003e16.14.2. Peripheral arterial disease, \n\u003cem\u003eJanet Powell, Alun Davies\u003c\/em\u003e16.14.3. Cholesterol embolism, \n\u003cem\u003eChristopher Dudley\u003c\/em\u003e16.15.1. Structure and function of the pulmonary circulation, \n\u003cem\u003eNicholas W. Morrell\u003c\/em\u003e16.15.2. Pulmonary hypertension, \n\u003cem\u003eNicholas W. Morrell\u003c\/em\u003e16.16.1. Deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, \n\u003cem\u003ePaul D. Stein, Fadi Matta, and John D. Firth\u003c\/em\u003e16.16.2. Therapeutic anticoagulation, \n\u003cem\u003eDavid Keeling\u003c\/em\u003e16.17.1. Essential hypertension: definition, epidemiology and pathophysiology, \n\u003cem\u003eBryan Williams\u003c\/em\u003e16.17.2. Essential hypertension: diagnosis, assessment and treatment, \n\u003cem\u003eBryan Williams, John D. Firth\u003c\/em\u003e16.17.3. Secondary hypertension, \n\u003cem\u003eMorris J. Brown, Fraz Mir\u003c\/em\u003e16.17.4. Mendelian disorders causing hypertension, \n\u003cem\u003eNilesh J. Samani, Maciej Tomaszewski\u003c\/em\u003e16.17.5. Hypertensive urgencies and emergencies, \n\u003cem\u003eGregory Y. H. Lip, Gareth Beevers\u003c\/em\u003e16.18. Chronic peripheral oedema and lymphoedema, \n\u003cem\u003ePeter S. Mortimer\u003c\/em\u003e16.19. Idiopathic oedema of women, \n\u003cem\u003eJohn D. Firth\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSection 17 - Critical care\u003c\/strong\u003e17.1. The clinical approach to the patient who is very ill, \n\u003cem\u003eCarole Foot, Liz Hickson\u003c\/em\u003e17.2. Cardiac arrest, \n\u003cem\u003eGavin Perkins, Jasmeet Soar, Jerry P. Nolan, and David A. Gabbott, \u003c\/em\u003e17.3. Anaphylaxis, \n\u003cem\u003eAnthony F. T. Brown\u003c\/em\u003e17.4. Preparing patients with medical conditions for major surgery, \n\u003cem\u003eRupert Pearse, Tom Abbott\u003c\/em\u003e17.5. Acute respiratory failure, \n\u003cem\u003eMark Griffiths, Simon Finney, Jeremy Cordingley, and Susannah Leaver, \u003c\/em\u003e17.6. The circulation and circulatory support in the critically ill, \n\u003cem\u003eMichael Pinsky\u003c\/em\u003e17.7. Management of raised intracranial pressure, \n\u003cem\u003eDavid K. Menon\u003c\/em\u003e17.8. Sedation and analgesia in the ICU, \n\u003cem\u003eMichael Reade\u003c\/em\u003e17.9. Metabolic and endocrine changes in acute and chronic critical illness, \n\u003cem\u003eGreet Van den Berghe, Eva Boonen\u003c\/em\u003e17.10. Palliative and end of life care in the ICU, \n\u003cem\u003ePhilip Levin, Charles Sprung\u003c\/em\u003e17.11. Neurological death and organ donation, \n\u003cem\u003ePaul Murphy\u003c\/em\u003e17.12. Medical problems in ICU survivors, \n\u003cem\u003eT Jack Iwashyna, Mark Mikkelsen\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSection 18 - Respiratory medicine\u003c\/strong\u003e18.1.1. The upper respiratory tract, \n\u003cem\u003ePallav Shah\u003c\/em\u003e18.1.2. Airways and alveoli, \n\u003cem\u003ePallav Shah\u003c\/em\u003e18.2. The clinical presentation of respiratory disease, \n\u003cem\u003eSamuel Kemp, Julian Hopkin\u003c\/em\u003e18.3.1. Respiratory function tests, \n\u003cem\u003eG. J. Gibson\u003c\/em\u003e18.3.2. Thoracic imaging, \n\u003cem\u003eSue Copley\u003c\/em\u003e18.3.3. Bronchoscopy, thoracoscopy and tissue biopsy, \n\u003cem\u003ePallav Shah\u003c\/em\u003e18.4.1. Upper respiratory tract infections, \n\u003cem\u003ePaul Little\u003c\/em\u003e18.4.2. Pneumonia in the normal host, \n\u003cem\u003eWei Shen Lim\u003c\/em\u003e18.4.3. Nosocomial pneumonia, \n\u003cem\u003eWei Shen Lim\u003c\/em\u003e18.4.4. Mycobacteria, \n\u003cem\u003eOnn Min Kon, Hannah Jarvis\u003c\/em\u003e18.4.5. Pulmonary complications of HIV infection, \n\u003cem\u003eAnton Pozniak, Julia Choy, \u003c\/em\u003e18.5.1. Upper airway obstruction, \n\u003cem\u003eMatthew Hind, James Hull\u003c\/em\u003e18.5.2. Sleep-related breathing disorders, \n\u003cem\u003eMary Morrell, Matthew Hind, Julia Kelly, and Alison McMillan\u003c\/em\u003e18.6. Allergic rhinitis, \n\u003cem\u003eS. R. Durham, Hesham Saleh\u003c\/em\u003e18.7. Asthma, \n\u003cem\u003eAndrew Menzies-Gow, Alexandra Nanzer-Kelly\u003c\/em\u003e18.8. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, \n\u003cem\u003eNicholas Hopkinson\u003c\/em\u003e18.9. Bronchiectasis, \n\u003cem\u003eWilson Robert\u003c\/em\u003e18.10. Cystic fibrosis, \n\u003cem\u003eAndrew Bush, Caroline Elston\u003c\/em\u003e18.11.1. Diffuse parenchymal lung disease: an introduction, \n\u003cem\u003eAthol U. Wells, Felicia Teo\u003c\/em\u003e18.11.2. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, \n\u003cem\u003eAthol U. Wells, P. Molyneaux, and A. G. Nicholson\u003c\/em\u003e18.11.3. Bronchiolitis obliterans and cryptogenic organising pneumonia, \n\u003cem\u003eAthol U. Wells, V. 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