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SECTION I: GENERAL ISSUES IN HOSPITAL MEDICINE 1 SECTION II: CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE 161 SECTION III: MEDICAL CONSULTATION 233 SECTION IV: CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE 295 SECTION V: VASCULAR MEDICINE 453 SECTION VI: PULMONARY MEDICINE 515 SECTION VII: INFECTIOUS DISEASES 595 SECTION VIII: HIV DISEASE 719 SECTION IX: GASTROENTEROLOGY 749 SECTION X: HEMATOLOGY- ONCOLOGY 883 SECTION XI: RENAL DISEASE 993 SECTION XII: ENDOCRINOLOGY 1067 SECTION XIII: RHEUMATOLOGY 1109 SECTION XIV: NEUROLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY 1161 SECTION XV: TOXICOLOGY AND ALLERGY 1219 Index 1251
