SECTION I Medicine and Molecular Biology 1 The Molecular Basis of Human Disease, Ivor J. Benjamin

SECTION II Evidence-Based Medicine 2 Evidence-Based Medicine, Quality of Life, and the Cost of Medicine, Sara G. Tariq and Susan S. Beland

SECTION III Cardiovascular Disease 3 Structure and Function of the Normal Heart and Blood Vessels, Dean Y. Li and Ivor J. Benjamin 4 Evaluation of the Patient with Cardiovascular Disease, Sheldon Litwin and Ivor Benjamin 5 Diagnostic Tests and Procedures in the Patient with Cardiovascular Disease, Sheldon Litwin 6 Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy, Sheldon Litwin and Ivor Benjamin 7 Congenital Heart Disease, Kevin J. Whitehead and Dean Y. Li 8 Acquired Valvular Heart Disease, Sheldon Litwin 9 Coronary Heart Disease, Richard A. Lange and L. David Hillis 10 Cardiac Arrhythmias, Mohamed H. Hamdan 11 Pericardial and Myocardial Disease, Christopher J. McGann, Saurabh Gupta, and Ivor Benjamin 12 Other Cardiac Topics, David Bull and Ivor J. Benjamin 13 Vascular Diseases and Hypertension, Wanpen Vongpatanasin and Ronald G. Victor

SECTION IV Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 14 The Lung in Health and Disease, Jesse Roman and Kenneth L. Brigham 15 General Approach to Patients with Respiratory Disorders, Bonnie Slovis, Jesse Roman, and Kenneth L. Brigham 16 Evaluating Lung Structure and Function, Bonnie S. Slovis, Jesse Roman, and Kenneth L. Brigham 17 Obstructive Lung Diseases, Jesse Roman and Kenneth L. Brigham 18 Interstitial Lung Diseases, Jesse Roman and Kenneth L. Brigham 19 Pulmonary Vascular Disease, Jesse Roman and Kenneth L. Brigham 20 Disorders of Respiratory Control, Jesse Roman and Kenneth L. Brigham 21 Disorders of the Pleura, Chest Wall, and Mediastinum, Jesse Roman and Kenneth L. Brigham 22 Infectious Diseases of the Lung, Jesse Roman and Kenneth L. Brigham 23 Essentials in Critical Care Medicine, Jesse Roman and Kenneth L. Brigham 24 Neoplastic Disorders of the Lung, Jesse Roman and Kenneth L. Brigham

SECTION V Renal Disease 25 Elements of Renal Structure and Function, Robert L. Safirstein 26 Approach to the Patient with Renal Disease, Michelle W. Krause and Sudhir V. Shah 27 Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders, Thomas E. Andreoli and Robert L. Safirstein 28 Glomerular Diseases, Michelle W. Krause and Patrick D. Walker 29 Major Nonglomerular Disorders, Jayant Kumar and Patrick D. Walker 30 Vascular Disorders of the Kidney, Muhammad G. Alam and Sameh R. Abul-Ezz 31 Acute Renal Failure, Didier Portilla and Sudhir V. Shah 32 Chronic Renal Failure, Jayant Kumar and Sameh R. Abul-Ezz

SECTION VI Gastrointestinal Disease 33 Common Clinical Manifestations of Gastrointestinal Disease A. Abdominal Pain, Charles M. Bliss, Jr. and M. Michael Wolfe B. Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage, Chi-Chuan Tseng and M. Michael Wolfe C. Malabsorption, Elihu M. Schimmel, D. Diarrhea, and Satish K. Singh 34 Endoscopic and Imaging Procedures, Brian C. Jacobson and Daniel S. Mishkin 35 Esophageal Disorders, Robert C. Lowe and M. Michael Wolfe 36 Diseases of the Stomach and Duodenum, Jaime A. Oviedo and M. Michael Wolfe 37 Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Christopher S. Huang, Lawrence J. Saubermann, and Francis A. Farraye 38 Neoplasms of the Gastrointestinal Tract, Paul C. Schroy III 39 Diseases of the Pancreas, David R. Lichtenstein

SECTION VII Diseases of the Liver and Biliary System 40 Laboratory Tests in Liver Disease, Gary A. Abrams and Michael B. Fallon 4