Hersey Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Chairman of the Department of Medicine, and Physician-in-Chief of Brigham and Women's Hospital, Joseph Loscalzo, MD, PhD

Anthony S. Fauci, MD, is the Director of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the Chief of the Laboratory of Immunoregulation at the National Institutes of Health.

At Harvard Medical School, Dennis L. Kasper, MD, is the William Emery Channing Professor of Medicine and Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics.

Stephen L. Hauser, MD, is the Robert A. Fishman Distinguished Professor of Neurology and the Director of the University of California, San Francisco's Weill Institute for Neurosciences.

Dan L. Longo, MD, is a Harvard University School of Medicine Professor of Medicine and the New England Journal of Medicine's Deputy Editor of Oncology.

J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD, is the Robert G. Dunlop Professor of Medicine, Dean of the Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine, and Executive Vice President for the Health System at the University of Pennsylvania.

Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine is the most trusted clinical medicine text in the world, and it is an excellent resource for understanding the art and science of clinical reasoning. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, recognized by healthcare professionals worldwide as the premier authority on applied pathophysiology and clinical medicine, provides the informational foundation you need to give the finest patient care possible. This new edition has been completely updated, with new chapters and important revisions covering the entire range of internal medicine.

This landmark handbook, written and edited by the world's leading specialists in their respective professions, provides comprehensive, accurate, and vital coverage of illness causation, diagnosis, and therapy.

Harrison's is well-known around the world as the most authoritative source for:

• Clear, succinct schemas that aid in the production of differential diagnoses so that complex real-world clinical cases can be reasoned through rapidly.
• The physiologic and etiologic foundation of signs and symptoms, which are explored in depth by an abundance of unrivaled expert advice and related to the disease-specific chapters that follow.
• Clinical trial results and recommendations have been updated.
• Extensive visual assistance, including radiographs, clinical photographs, schematics, and high-quality drawings
• Coverage of both therapeutic approaches and specific treatment regimens
• Clinical decision trees and algorithms in practice
• Organ/system-specific sections with clinically relevant pathophysiology and practical clinical advice on patient management, strategies for developing a differential diagnosis, outstanding clinical algorithms and diagnostic schema, a wealth of clinical images and diagrams, current clinical guidelines, and general and specific approaches to therapy

In a world affected by an infinite number of medical knowledge sources, Harrison's remains the most trusted resource. The 21st edition includes the most recent and thorough updates from the world's best experts:

• Current coverage of disease diagnosis and treatment, including COVID, dementia, sepsis, multiple sclerosis, and lung cancer.
• Content has been updated to reflect new authorized treatments as well as new practice-changing guidelines and evidence summaries.
• Over 1000 clinical, pathological, and radiographic pictures, as well as diagnostic and therapeutic decision trees and comprehensive schematics and diagrams detailing pathophysiologic processes
• Several atlases provide curated collections of significant visual components of diagnosis and management
• Clinically relevant coverage of disease mechanics and pathophysiology, as well as related treatment mechanisms
• Updated and time-saving curation and synthesis of old and novel medical literature and studies

Author: Stephen L. Hauser, Dan L. Longo, J. Larry Jameson, Anthony S. Fauci, Dennis L. Kasper and Joseph Loscalzo

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The tenth edition of Porth's Pathophysiology: Concepts of Altered Health States builds on the author's history of excellence by delivering extensive, nursing-focused information aimed to help readers understand both the physical and psychological elements of altered health. The book's unusual emphasis on "concepts" of altered health states rather than factual descriptions of diseases and disorders assists students in understanding both the physical and psychological components of altered health. The book is among the best books on diseases.

• Meet today's clinical issues with the acknowledged pathophysiology authority.
• Make the most of your pathophysiology course by mastering the material in order to achieve clinical success.
• This engaging text, which has been trusted for more than 30 years and has been updated to reflect today's nursing challenges, makes complex concepts accessible and helps you easily and confidently grasp normal body function, the effects of disease on body systems, and the body's ability to compensate and adapt.
• This version also takes into account the numerous technological improvements that enable healthcare providers to diagnose patients earlier and with greater accuracy.
  

The Tenth Edition's Highlights:

• As you continue, an approachable presentation improves comprehension from basic to advanced ideas and defines crucial vocabulary.
• "Chunked" content keeps you focused on the most important information and allows you to quickly review key topics.
• Unit-Opening Case Studies, which are revisited in one or more chapters of the course, bring pathophysiology to life and prepare you for clinical practice success.
• Approximately 1,000 vivid pictures describe disease clinical symptoms and disease processes.
• Understanding boxes deconstruct physiologic processes and occurrences into their component elements, revealing the numerous ways in which disease can disturb the systems.
• Key Points boxes and In Summary sections let you combine significant points into larger conceptual units while reducing the demand for memorization.
• New! Each chapter's Pediatric Considerations and Geriatric Considerations boxes explain how the chapter content applies to these two particular populations.
• New! Concept Mastery Alerts clarify subjects that students may find difficult to understand.
• The review exercises at the end of each chapter assess your retention and identify areas for additional investigation.
• The references section provides quick and easy access to standard laboratory values in both conventional and SI units, as well as a full vocabulary.
• Narrated animations, which are referenced by icons in the text and are available online, help you learn the most difficult and therapeutically significant subjects.

Author: Tommie L Norris

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Donald E. Thomas, Jr., M.D., FACP, FACR is an assistant professor of medicine at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences and a rheumatology instructor at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. He is a practicing physician and a member of the Lupus Foundation's DC/MD/VA chapter's Medical-Scientific Advisory Council.

Systemic lupus erythematosus is an autoimmune illness that can affect any body system or organ. An hyperactive immune system detects that different sections of the body do not belong and attacks them in the 1.4 million people in the United States who have lupus. The immune system may attack cells that line joints or tendons, producing pain and swelling. Lupus is an extremely complex disease that must be appropriately managed for the patient's maximum health and well-being.

The Lupus Encyclopedia is an authoritative compendium that offers thorough descriptions of every body system that may be affected by the disease, as well as practical coping suggestions. Lupus patients, their loved ones, carers, and medical professionals will all find this a great resource. The Lupus Encyclopedia, illustrated with images, figures, and tables, covers symptoms, diagnostic methods, treatments and their potential adverse effects, and when to seek medical attention. Dr. Donald Thomas advises readers on a variety of themes, including functioning with a disability, complementary and alternative medicine, infections, cancer, and a variety of other topics.

Author: Donald E. Thomas

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Laura Huppert, MD, is a Clinical Fellow in Hematology/Oncology at the University of California, San Francisco. She formerly held the position of Chief of Internal Medicine Residency at the university.

Huppert's Notes: Pathophysiology and Clinical Pearls for Internal Medicine, which was written and road-tested by a resident and later updated by a team of resident authors, concisely summarizes the underlying science studied early in medical school as well as the practical techniques seen in clerkships and beyond. This union of pathophysiology and clinical medicine gives a paradigm for approaching internal medicine issues mechanistically rather than memorization.

There are succinct descriptions of common medical problems, diagnostic and treatment pearls, and high-yield illustrations and tables that underscore crucial themes. Each Huppert's Notes: Pathophysiology and Clinical Pearls for Internal Medicine chapter, which covers all internal medicine subspecialties, is organized in an understandable and uniform outline manner for easy access:

• Physiology and Anatomy
• Diagnostic Approaches and Major Complaints
• Pathology and Diseases
• Important Medications and Interventions
• Important Clinical Trials and Publications
• Space for your personal notes

Author: Laura Huppert

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Ratings: 4.7 out of 5 stars (from 53 reviews)

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Dr. Afrin received a B.S. in computer science from Clemson University in 1984 and an M.D. from the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in 1988, where he also completed an internal medicine residency and clinical and research fellowships in hematology/oncology. He was involved in undergraduate and graduate medical education, educational and information technology administration, hematology/oncology practice and research, and medical informatics.

In 2008, Dr. Afrin began to realize that a newly recognized type of mast cell disease, now known as mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS), was the underlying diagnosis in many of the patients he was seeing, who were all suffering from a wide range of chronic multisystem inflammatory illnesses with unknown causes. Dr. Afrin quickly learned that MCAS is substantially more common than the sole mast cell disease previously known to medicine (the uncommon disease of mastocytosis), and that most MCAS patients, once correctly diagnosed, can eventually discover significantly helpful disease-specific drugs.

The frequency and magnitude of the improvements Dr. Afrin has seen — even the relief that comes from finally having a unifying diagnosis other than "psychosomatism" — have driven him to concentrate his efforts in this area, not only tending to the needs of his patients but also pursuing research to advance the understanding of the disease and helping to educate other professionals who, in turn, can help even more of the many people who have long suffered not only the symptoms of the disease but also the disease itself. As it turns out, such people are not so unfortunate and have only one fundamental issue (and a very frequent one at that) that has the biological capability of developing, directly or indirectly, into most or all of their previously diagnosed disorders.

There is still much to learn about this, but even with our current very limited understanding, the opportunity to diagnose and help MCAS patients appears enormous, and Dr. Afrin felt that a description of the disease written for the general public might help lead some MCAS patients on a journey to diagnosis and improvement sooner rather than later. Dr. Afrin thinks that Never Bet Against Occam will assist persons who may or may not have MCAS. A percentage of the proceeds from the sale of this book will be used to fund research and teaching in this field.

Author: Lawrence B. Afrin

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The Editor of the 2021 AAP Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases is David W. Kimberlin, MD, FAAP (Red Book). Elizabeth D. Barnett, MD, FAAP is an Associate Editor of the 2021 Red Book and served on the Infectious Diseases Committee from 2014 to 2020. Ruth Lynfield, MD, FAAP is an Associate Editor of the 2021 Red Book and a member of the Infectious Diseases Committee since 2015. Mark Sawyer, MD, FAAP is an Associate Editor of the 2021 Red Book and worked on the Infectious Diseases Committee from 2013 to 2019.

"Refer to the Red Book." That has been the watchword for generations of healthcare workers looking for reliable information on pediatric infectious disease prevention, management, and control. The 32nd edition continues this history of quality by providing the most up-to-date clinical guidance on the symptoms, etiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of over 200 pediatric infectious illnesses.

Based on the committee's recommendations as well as the combined knowledge of the CDC, FDA, and hundreds of physician contributors, the 32nd edition provides evidence-based information on pediatric illnesses and immunizations.

The Red Book® is a must-have resource for pediatricians and pediatric infectious disease experts, as well as family medicine and emergency medicine practitioners. It is also a high-yield source of pediatric infectious illness and immunization information for public health and school health officials, medical residents, and students. It is regarded as one of the best books on diseases.

Author: David W. Kimberlin, Elizabeth D. Barnett, Ruth Lynfield and Mark Sawyer

Link to buy: https://www.amazon.com/Red-Book-2021-Committee-Infectious/dp/1610025210/

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The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), established in 1954, is a professional membership organisation with over 50,000 national, regional, and worldwide members from over 90 countries dedicated to improving health through science, education, and medicine. Members of the ACSM operate in a wide variety of medical specializations, allied health professions, and scientific areas. Members are dedicated to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of sports-related injuries, as well as the promotion of exercise science.

The fourth edition of the American College of Sports Medicine's Exercise Management for Persons With Chronic Diseases and Disabilities uncovers common ground between medical and exercise practitioners, resulting in a more collaborative approach to patient care. This text, created by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and a specialized team of professionals, gives a framework for optimizing patients' and customers' functionality by keeping them physically engaged. This edition is streamlined and revised to better fit chronic populations, including new content on common comorbid diseases.

This fourth edition of ACSM's Exercise Management for Persons With Chronic Diseases and Disabilities explains why exercise is important in disease treatment and prevention, advises medical and exercise professionals on proper exercise prescription protocols, and provides evidence-based guidance on developing individualized exercise programs.

The following are major developments and features of the fourth edition:

• Current data on exercise management for people with multiple diseases, including recommendations on how to engage with these common but difficult populations
• A new goal of employing physical activity to improve patients' and clients' functionality and involvement in daily activities rather than just treating and preventing disease.
• Content designed to assist physicians in prescribing physical activity and exercise to patients in order to promote health, well-being, and longevity.
• Reorganization of case studies into a single streamlined chapter, with commentary from the senior editor, to encourage critical thinking and understand each patient's unique needs.
  

The text's case studies are real-life scenarios that assist professionals and doctors in combining scientific knowledge with experience to identify appropriate answers for each individual. The senior editor's commentary on the case studies demonstrates when improvisation is suitable and when more research is required. Tables are emphasized throughout the text to assist readers in rapidly locating critical clinical information. Guidelines based on evidence, recommended websites, and extra readings stimulate the practical application of material and identify more learning opportunities. An additional PowerPoint presentation package assists instructors with classroom discussion.

The unifying objective of including physical activity and exercise in both illness treatment and prevention defines the fourth edition of ACSM's Exercise Management for Persons With Chronic Diseases and Disabilities. Its emphasis on aiding people with various illnesses, which is prevalent in health care today, extends beyond primary and secondary prevention to consider how patients and clients can remain physically active and functionally healthy.

Author: Geoffrey E. Moore, J. Larry Durstine and Patricia L. Painter

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Paul Farmer is a cofounder of Partners In Health and the Chair of Harvard Medical School's Department of Global Health and Social Medicine. Reimagining Global Health is his most recent book. To Repair the World, Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor, and AIDS and Accusation: Haiti and the Geography of Blame are all available from UC Press.

Paul Farmer has battled AIDS in rural Haiti and drug-resistant TB in Peruvian slums. Farmer, a physician-anthropologist with over fifteen years of experience in the field, writes from the front lines of the struggle against these new diseases, demonstrating why, even more than those of history, they target the poor. This "unusually modern inequity" that pervades AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and typhoid in the modern world, and that feeds new (or re-emerging) infectious illnesses like Ebola and cholera, is laid bare in Farmer's devastating memoir filled with disease and human suffering stories.

In Infections and Inequalities, one of the best books on diseases, Farmer argues that most existing explanatory tactics, from "cost-effective therapy" to patient "noncompliance," eventually lead to blaming the victims, using field work and fresh scholarship to challenge accepted methodologies of epidemiology and international health. In actuality, greater forces, both global and local, influence why some people are sick and others are not. Nonetheless, this stirring autobiography is far from a list of unsolvable issues. Farmer writes on what physicians and medical students may achieve in the face of seemingly enormous odds, whether in their native countries or through medical outreach programs like Doctors Without Borders. Infections and Inequalities combines thorough medical anthropological studies with a desire for solutions—remedies for the poor's plagues and the social maladies that have supported them.

Author: Paul Farmer

Link to buy: https://www.amazon.com/Infections-Inequalities-Plagues-Updated-Preface/dp/0520229134/

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Hersey Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Chairman of the Department of Medicine, and Physician-in-Chief of Brigham and Women's Hospital, Joseph Loscalzo, MD, PhD.

Anthony S. Fauci, MD, is the Director of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the Chief of the Laboratory of Immunoregulation at the National Institutes of Health.

At Harvard Medical School, Dennis L. Kasper, MD, is the William Emery Channing Professor of Medicine and Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics.

Stephen L. Hauser, MD, is the Robert A. Fishman Distinguished Professor of Neurology and the Director of the University of California, San Francisco's Weill Institute for Neurosciences.

Dan L. Longo, MD, is a Harvard University School of Medicine Professor of Medicine and the New England Journal of Medicine's Deputy Editor of Oncology.

J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD, is the Robert G. Dunlop Professor of Medicine, Dean of the Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine, and Executive Vice President for the Health System at the University of Pennsylvania

The Harrison's Manual, built from the most therapeutically relevant content in Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 20th Edition, provides several clinical algorithms in a convenient, portable format. The Manual also includes numerous fast reference tables and succinct prose, allowing physicians easy access to bedside information when decisions must be made rapidly. This full-color summary guide covers all diseases and symptoms often seen in inpatient general care, so you can be confident that you will discover useful information that is relevant to your workflow and practice.

The 20th edition of Harrisons Manual of Medicine has been revised to reflect the most recent clinical advances in medicine. The Manual actually simplifies finding what you need at the point of care. The simple chapters address symptoms/signs, medical emergencies, specific diseases, and inpatient patient care, with a special emphasis on:

• Etiology and Epidemiology
• Clinically Relevant Pathophysiology
• Signs and Symptoms
• Differential Diagnosis
• Physical and Laboratory Findings
• Therapeutics
• Practice Guidelines, and more

Author: Stephen L. Hauser, Dan L. Longo, J. Larry Jameson, Anthony S. Fauci, Dennis L. Kasper and Joseph Loscalzo

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Quick access to crucial clinical information and solutions to common internal medicine problems - right in your pocket! Among the best books on diseases, Pocket Medicine, Sixth Edition is your go-to source for quick solutions to diagnostic inquiries on rounds and tests. This portable, best-selling reference, written by residents and attending physicians at Massachusetts General Hospital, covers the diagnosis and treatment of the most common disorders in cardiology, pulmonary medicine, gastroenterology, nephrology, hematology-oncology, infectious diseases, endocrinology, rheumatology, and neurology. Bulleted lists, charts, and algorithms concentrate on the facts required to make an accurate diagnosis and develop a treatment plan.

• Completely revised throughout to keep you up to date on the latest developments in internal medicine.
• The 6-ring loose-leaf binder is tiny enough to carry in a pocket and can hold notes.
• A 16-page color insert depicts standard normal and abnormal radiographs, CT scans, echocardiograms, peripheral blood smears, and urinalyses seen in internal medical practice.
• Simple tabs and a two-color design make it easy to access information.
• References to seminal publications assist you in answering inquiries from attendings and residents - all from a reliable source suitable for use on rounds.
• The surgical, OB-GYN, and ophthalmology consult sections help you ask the correct questions and provide the best treatment for your patients.
• Ideal for medical students, interns, residents, advanced practice nurses, PAs, and internal medicine board exam applicants.

Author: Marc S Sabatine

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