Now in its revised, updated Fourth Edition, The Cleveland Clinic Intensive Review of Internal Medicine offers thorough preparation for board certification and recertification exams in internal medicine.

The Cleveland Clinic Intensive Review of Internal Medicine is written by distinguished Cleveland Clinic faculty and serves as the syllabus for the Cleveland Clinic's esteemed internal medicine board review course.

This edition has several new chapters, including one on preoperative evaluation and management.

Clinical vignettes and bulleted lists throughout the book highlight key clinical points.

Board simulations appear at the end of each section.

An updated mock board exam containing 205 multiple-choice questions appears at the end of the book.

Contents:

1. Multidisciplinary Skills for the Internist
   1. Health Screening and Adult Immunizations
   2. Women's Hormonal Health Issues
   3. Medical Diseases in Pregnancy
   4. Biostatistics in Clinical Medicine: Diagnostic Tests
   5. Ocular Manifestations of Systemic Disease
   6. Preoperative Evaluation and Management Before Major Noncardiac Surgery
   7. Geriatric Medicine
   8. Dermatology for the Internist
   9. Occupational Medicine
   10. Board Simulation: Psychiatric Disorders in Medical Practice
   11. Board Simulation: Genetic Diseases in Internal Medicine
   12. Neurology

2. Infectious Disease
   13. Sexually Transmitted Diseases
   14. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infections and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
   15. Infective Endocarditis
   16. Pneumonias
   17. Infections in the Ambulatory Setting
   18. Board Simulation: Infectious Diseases

3. Hematology and Medical Oncology
   19. Oncologic Emergencies
   20. Gynecologic, Prostate, and Testicular Cancers
   21. Leukemia
   22. Disorders of Platelets and Coagulation
   23. Anemia
   24. Breast Cancer
   25. Lymphoma
   26. Board Simulation: Hematology and Medical Oncology
   27. Board Simulation: Cellular Morphology
   28. Palliative Medicine

4. Rheumatology
   29. Acute Monoarticular Arthritis
   30. Osteoarthritis and Polyarticular Arthritis
   31. Systemic Autoimmune Diseases
   32. Systemic Vasculitis
   33. Selected Musculoskeletal Syndromes
   34. Board Simulation: Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases

5. Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
   35. Venous Thromboembolic Diseases
   36. Lung Cancer
   37. Obstructive Lung Disease: Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
   38. Interstitial Lung Disease
   39. Pleural Diseases
   40. Board Simulation: Critical Care Medicine
   41. Board Simulation: Pulmonary Medicine

6. Endocrinology
   42. Thyroid Disorders
   43. Androgenic and Reproductive Disorders
   44. Diabetes Mellitus: Control and Complications
   45. Adrenal Disorders
   46. Pituitary Disorders and Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes
   47. Metabolic Bone Disease and Calcium Disorders
   48. Board Simulation: Endocrinology

7. Nephrology and Hypertension
   49. Acute Renal Failure
   50. Parenchymal Renal Disease
   51. Hallmarks of Essential and Secondary Hypertension
   52. Critical Fluid and Electrolytic Abnormalities in Clinical Practice
   53. Acid—Base Disorders
   54. Board Simulation: Nephrology and Hypertension

8. Gastroenterology
   55. Liver Disorders
   56. Pancreatic Diseases
   57. Esophageal Diseases
   58. Peptic Ulcer Disease
   59. Colorectal Carcinoma
   60. Inflammatory Bowel Disease
   61. Diarrhea and Malabsorption
   62. Board Simulation: Gastroenterology

9. Cardiology
   63. Coronary Artery Disease
   64. Clinical Electrocardiography: A Visual Board Review
   65. Valvular Heart Disease
   66. Arrhythmias
   67. Adult Congenital Heart Disease
   68. Acute Coronary Syndromes
   69. Hyperlipidemia Update
   70. Heart Failure
   71. Board Simulation: Cardiology
   72. Cardiovascular Emergencies

10. Mock Board Simulation
    73. Mock Board Simulation

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