Conn's Current Therapy 2008: Text with Online Reference

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SECTION 1 Symptomatic Care Pending Diagnosis

Pain
Ruth Falik, MD
Nausea and Vomiting
Chad M. Braun, MD
Gaseousness and Indigestion
Ram Dickman, MD, and Ronnie Fass, MD Hiccups
Michael J. Pollack, MD
Acute Infectious Diarrhea
Matthew T. Oughton, MD, FRCPC, and Andre Dascal,
MD, FRCPC
Constipation
Warren P. Bishop, MD
Fever
Ian M. Paul, MD, MSc
Cough
David G. Hill, MD
Treatment of Insomnia
Martin Reite, MD
Pruritus
Scott Moses, MD
Tinnitus
Claus-Frenz Claussen, MD
Spine Pain
Michael T. McCann, MD

SECTION 2 The Infectious Diseases Management of the Patient with HIV Disease

Surendra K. Sharma, MD, PhD, and Tamilarasu
Kadhiravan, MD
Amebiasis
Rashidul Haque, MB, PhD, and William A.
Petri, Jr., MD, PhD
Giardiasis
M. Ekramul Hoque, MBBS, MPH (Hons), PhD
Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock
Eleni Patrozou, MD, and Steven M. Opal, MD Brucellosis
Basak Dokuzoguz, MD, and Nurcan Baykam, MD Varicella (Chickenpox)
Charles Grose, MD
Cholera
Carlos Seas, MD, and Eduardo Gotuzzo, MD Foodborne Illness
Lester M. Crawford, PhD
Necrotizing Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
John M. Embil, MD, FRCP(C), FACP, and Donald C.
Vinh, MD, FRCP(C), Dip(ABIM)
Toxic Shock Syndrome
Marty S. Teltscher, MD, CM, and Andre Dascal, MD,
FRCPC
Influenza
Michael B. Rothberg, MD, MPH
Leishmaniasis
Karim Aoun, MD, and Aida Bouratbine, MD Leprosy
Bhushan Kumar, MD, MNAMS, and Sunil Dogra, MD,
DNB, MNAMS
Malaria
Paul M. Arguin, MD, and S. Patrick Kachur, MD Bacterial Meningitis
Gary D. Overturf, MD
Infectious Mononucleosis
Leonard R. Krilov, MD
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
James F. Jones, MD
Mumps
Joel D. Klein, MD, FAAP
Plague
Douglas A. Drevets, MD, DTM&H
Anthrax
Jon B. Woods, MD
Psittacosis
Julian Elliott, MB, BS, FRACP
Q Fever
Didier Raoult, PhD
Rabies
Alan C. Jackson, MD, FRCPC
Rat-Bite Fever
Jean Dudler, MD
Relapsing Fever
Diego Cadavid, MD
Lyme Disease
Arthur Weinstein, MD, FACP, FACR, and Shobha Wani, MD Rubella and Congenital Rubella Syndrome
Susan E. Reef, MD
Measles (Rubeola)
Claude P. Muller, MD, and Jacques Kremer, PhD Tetanus
Sam S. Hsu, MD
Pertussis
Michael E. Pichichero, MD
Office-Based Immunization Practices
Robert M. Jacobson, MD
Travel Medicine
Cynthia B. Snider, MD, MPH, and William A. Petri, MD, PhD
Toxoplasmosis
Thomas T. Ward, MD
Cat-Scratch Disease
Michael J. Smith, MD
Salmonellosis
Arvid E. Underman, MD, FACP, DTMH Typhoid Fever
Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, MB, BS, PhD
Rickettsial and Ehrlichial Infections
Deverick J. Anderson, MD, and Daniel J. Sexton, MD Smallpox
Isao Arita, MD

SECTION 3 Diseases of the Head and Neck Vision Correction Procedures

Neil J. Friedman, MD
Conjunctivitis
Arti Sinha, MB, BS, and Ramesh Ayyala, MD
Optic Neuritis
Andrew G. Lee, MD, and Steven L. Galetta, MD Glaucoma
Misha F. Syed, MD, and Nicholas P. Bell, MD Otitis Externa
Jeffrey T. Vrabec, MD
Otitis Media
J. Scott McMurray, MD
Episodic Vertigo
Joseph M. Furman, MD, PhD
Mèniére's Disease
Ted A. Meyer, MD, PhD, and Paul R.
Lambert, MD
Sinusitis
Richard R. Orlandi, MD
Nonallergic Perennial Rhinitis
Claus Bachert, MD, PhD, and Nicholas Van
Bruaene, MD
Hoarseness and Laryngitis
Michael Johns, MD, and Rupali Shah, MD Streptococcal Pharyngitis
The Respiratory System Acute Respiratory Failure
William Henderson, MD, and Sean Keenan, MD Atelectasis
Craig Michael Schramm, MD
Management of Chronic Obstructive
Pulmonary Disease
Juan Armando Garcia, MD, and Stephen G.
Jenkinson, MD
Cystic Fibrosis
Deborah K. Froh, MD
Sleep Apnea
Leon Rosenthal, MD
Primary Lung Cancer
Christopher S. George, MD, and Teresa M.
George, MD
Coccidioidomycosis
Duane R. Hospenthal, MD, PhD
Histoplasmosis
Linus H. Santo Tomas, MD, MS, and Ralph M.
Schapira, MD
Blastomycosis
Robert Bradsher, MD, and Anupama
Menon, MD, MPH
Pleural Effusion and Empyema Thoracis
Stephen D. Cassivi, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS, and
Stephen H. McKellar, MD
Primary Lung Abscess
Scott Swanson, MD, and Virginia Litle, MD
Acute Bronchitis
Susan Davids, MD, MPH, and Ralph M. Schapira, MD Bacterial Pneumonia
Umur Hatipoglu, MD, and Israel Rubinstein, MD
Viral Respiratory Infections
Robert C. Welliver, Sr., MD
Viral and Mycoplasmal Pneumonias
Burke A. Cunha, MD
Legionellosis
Julio A. Ramirez, MD
Pulmonary Embolism
Victor J. Test, MD, FCCP
Sarcoidosis
Surendra K. Sharma, MD, PhD, and Alladi Mohan, MD Silicosis and Asbestosis
Vinicius C. S. Antao, MD, MSc, PhD, and John E.
Parker, MD
Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
Michael C. Zacharisen, MD
Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases
John Brusch, MD

SECTION 4

Surendra K. Sharma, MD, PhD, and Alladi Mohan, MD

SECTION 5 The Cardiovascular System Acquired Diseases of the Aorta

John Byrne, MCh, and R. Clement Darling III, MD Angina Pectoris
John F. Moran, MD
Cardiac Arrest: Sudden Cardiac Death
Robert W. Rho, MD
Atrial Fibrillation
Ruth Falik, MD
Premature Beats
Prakash C. Deedwania, MD, and Enrique V.
Carbajal, MD
Heart Block
Albert A. Del Negro, MD
Tachycardias
Chirag Sandesara, MD, and Brian Olshansky, MD Congenital Heart Disease
Robb L. Romp, MD, and Yung R. Lau, MD
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Ali J. Marian, MD
Mitral Valve Prolapse: The Floppy Mitral Valve,
Mitral Valve Prolapse, and Mitral Valvular
Regurgitation
Charles F. Wooley, MD, and Harisios
Boudoulas, MD, PhD
Heart Failure
Marc A. Silver, MD
Infective Endocarditis
Navin M. Amin, MD
Hypertension
L. Michael Prisant, MD
Acute Myocardial Infarction
Kevin A. Bybee, MD, and Stephen L. Kopecky, MD Pericarditis
Brian D. Hoit, MD
Peripheral Arterial Disease
Jason T. Lee, MD, Maisie M. Fung, MD, and E. John
Harris, Jr., MD
Venous Thrombosis
Paul L. F. Giangrande, MD

SECTION 6 The Blood and Spleen Aplastic Anemia

Abdo Haddad, MD, and Jaroslaw P. Maciejewski, MD, PhD Iron Deficiency
James C. Barton, MD
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
Charles J. Parker, MD
Nonimmune Hemolytic Anemia
Stella T. Chou, MD, and Mitchell J. Weiss, MD, PhD Pernicious Anemia and Other Megaloblastic
Anemias
Eugene P. Frenkel, MD
Thalassemia
Susan P. Perrine, MD, and Serguei A. Castaneda, MD Sickle Cell Disease
Mark Layton, MD, and Antonio Almeida, MD Neutropenia
Melvin H. Freedman, MD
Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn
James W. Kendig, MD
Hemophilia and Related Disorders
Wing-Yen Wong, MD
Platelet-Mediated Bleeding Disorders
Suman Sood, MD, and Charles S. Abrams, MD
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
Marcel Levi, MD
Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
James N. George, MD
Hemochromatosis
Lawrie W. Powell, MD, PhD
Hodgkin's Disease: Chemotherapy
David J. Straus, MD
Hodgkin's Disease: Radiation Therapy
Pelayo C. Besa, MD
Acute Leukemias in Adults
Jonathan E. Kolitz, MD
Acute Leukemia in Children
Maureen M. O'Brien, MD, and Norman J.
Lacayo, MD
Chronic Leukemias
Helen Enright, MD, and Jonathan Bond, MB, MRCPI Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Lawrence Rice, MD, and Uday Popat, MD Multiple Myeloma
Rodger E. Tiedemann, MB, ChB, PhD, and A. Keith
Stewart, MB, ChB
Polycythemia Vera
Michael Kroll, MD, and Jennifer Wright, MD Porphyria
Herbert L. Bonkovsky, MD, and Manish Thapar, MD Therapeutic Use of Blood Components
Peter A. Millward, MD, and Mark E. Brecher, MD Adverse Effects of Blood Transfusion
Chelsea A. Sheppard, MD, and Christopher D.
Hillyer, MD

SECTION 7 The Digestive System Cholelithiasis and Cholecystitis

Grant R. Caddy, MD
Cirrhosis
Richard K. Sterling, MD, Wissam E. Mattar, MD, and Paul Y. Kwo, MD
Bleeding Esophageal Varices
Gary C. Chen, MD, and Rome Jutabha, MD Dysphagia and Esophageal Obstruction
Philip O. Katz, MD, and Girish Anand, MD Diverticula of the Alimentary Tract
Harris R. Clearfield, MD
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Mark A. Peppercorn, MD, and Alan C. Moss, MD Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Michael P. Jones, MD
Hemorrhoids, Anal Fissure, and Anorectal
Abscess and Fistula
Neil H. Hyman, MD
Gastritis and Peptic Ulcer Disease
Sripathi R. Kethu, MD, and Steven F. Moss, MD Acute and Chronic Hepatitis
Mamta K. Jain, MD, MPH, and Daniel M. Brailita, MD Malabsorption
Lawrence R. Schiller, MD
Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis
Carmen C. Solorzano, MD, and Richard A. Prinz, MD Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
Sachin Wani, MD, and Prateek Sharma, MD Tumors of the Stomach
Scott A. Hundahl, MD
Tumors of the Rectum and Colon
Dana M. Hayden, MD, MPH, and Marc Brand, MD Intestinal Parasites
Douglas W. MacPherson, MD, MSc (CTM)

SECTION 8 Metabolic Disorders

Diabetes Mellitus in Adults
Anthony L. McCall, MD, PhD, and J. Terry
Saunders, PhD
Diabetes Mellitus in Children and Adolescents
Lori M. B. Laffel, MD, MPH, and Jamie R. S.
Wood, MD
Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hyperglycemic
Hyperosmolar Syndrome
Robert A. Kreisberg, MD, and Elizabeth D. Ennis, MD Hyponatremia
Gregory Proctor, MD, and Moshe Levi, MD Hyperuricemia and Gout
Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
Dyslipoproteinemias
Peter P. Toth, MD, PhD
Obesity
Christopher D. Still, DO, and Gordon L.
Jensen, MD, PhD
Osteoporosis
Bart L. Clarke, MD, and Sundeep Khosla, MD
Paget's Disease of Bone
Paul D. Miller, MD
Parenteral Nutrition in Adults
Jeffrey Jim, MD, MS, and Darryl T. Hiyama, MD Parenteral Fluid Therapy for Infants
and Children
Jeremy N. Friedman, MB, ChB, and Carolyn E.
Beck, MD, MSc

SECTION 9 The Endocrine System Acromegaly

Mary Lee Vance, MD
Adrenocortical Insufficiency
Carl D....