Internal medicine essentials for clerkship students 2

Contents: Approach to chest pain -- Chronic stable angina -- Acute coronary syndrome -- Supraventricular arrhythmias -- Ventricular arrhythmias -- Heart failure -- Valvular heart disease -- Diabetes mellitus and diabetic ketoacidosis -- Dyslipidemia -- Thyroid disease -- Adrenal disease -- Osteoporosis -- Approach to abdominal pain -- Approach to diarrhea -- Diseases of the gallbladder and bile ducts -- Acute pancreatitis -- Gastroesophageal reflux disease -- Peptic ulcer disease -- Dyspepsia -- Approach to gastrointestinal bleeding -- Viral hepatitis -- Cirrhosis -- Inflammatory bowel disease -- Test interpretation -- Health promotion, screening, and prevention -- Approach to syncope -- Depression -- Substance abuse -- Approach to low back pain -- Approach to cough -- Smoking cessation -- Obesity -- Approach to involuntary weight loss -- Disorders of menstruation and menopause -- common dermatologic disorders -- Comprehensive geriatric assessment -- Hypertension -- Anemia -- Bleeding disorders -- Sickle cell anemia -- Thrombocytopenia -- Thrombophilia -- Common leukemias -- Multiple myeloma -- Approach to fever -- Sepsis syndrome -- Common upper respiratory problems -- Urinary tract infection -- Sexually transmitted diseases -- Human immunodeficiency virus infection -- Health care associated infections -- Tuberculosis -- Community-acquired pneumonia -- Infective endocarditis -- Osteomyelitis -- Acute kidney injury -- Chronic kidney disease -- Acid-base disorders -- Fluid and electrolyte disorders -- Calcium and phosphorus metabolism -- Approach to the altered mental state -- Headache --- Dementia -- Approach to meningitis and encephalitis -- Stroke and transient ischemic attack -- Peripheral neuropathy -- Breast cancer -- Colon cancer -- Lung cancer -- Prostate cancer -- Cervical cancer -- Skin cancer -- Pain management -- Approach to dyspnea -- Pleural effusion -- Asthma -- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- Obstructive sleep apnea --- Infiltrative and fibrotic lung diseases -- Venous thromboembolism -- Interpretation of pulmonary function tests -- Approach to joint pain -- Approach to knee and shoulder pain -- Crystalline arthritis -- Osteoarthritis -- Polymyositis and dermatomyositis -- Rhematoid arthritis -- Septic arthritis -- Systemic lupus erythematosus -- Vasculitis.