The Johns Hopkins Internal Medicine Board Review 2008-2009
with Online Exam Simulation
- 2nd Edition - October 26, 2007
- Imprint: Mosby
- Authors: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Redonda Miller, Stephen Sisson, Bimal Ashar
- Language: English
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Internist and residents
CHAPTER 1: IMAXIMIZING TEST PERFORMANCE: EFFECTIVE STUDY AND TEST-TAKING STRATEGIES
CHAPTER 2: HYPERTENSION
CHAPTER 3: LIPID DISORDERS
CHAPTER 4: CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
CHAPTER 5: ARRHYTHMIAS
CHAPTER 6: HEART FAILURE
CHAPTER 7: VALVULAR HEART DISEASE
CHAPTER 8: PERICARDIAL DISEASE
CHPATER 9: ECG REVIEW
CHAPTER 10: RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS
CHAPTER 11: GENITOURINARY INFECTIONS
CHAPTER 12: HIV INFECTION
CHAPTER 13: MYCOBACTERIAL INFECTIONS
CHAPTER 14: INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA
CHAPTER 15: SELECTED TOPICS IN INFECTIOUS DISEASE I
CHAPTER 16: SELECTED TOPICS IN INFECTIOUS DISEASE II
CHAPTER 17: BIOTERRORISM
CHAPTER 18: OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASES
CHAPTER 19: PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTING
CHAPTER 20: CHEST X-RAY REVIEW
CHAPTER 21: INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE
CHAPTER 22: VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLIC DISEASE
CHAPTER 23: SELECTED TOPICS IN PULMONARY MEDICINE
CHAPTER 24: CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
CHAPTER 25: PLEURAL DISEASE
CHAPTER 26: PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE AND GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING
CHAPTER 27: ESOPHAGEAL DISEASE
CHAPTER 28: PANCREATIC AND BILIARY DISEASE
CHAPTER 29: DISORDERS OF THE SMALL AND LARGE INTESTINE
CHAPTER 30: ACUTE AND CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE
CHAPTER 31: COMPLICATIONS OF LIVER DISEASE
CHAPTER 32: ACID-BASE DISORDERS AND RENAL TUBULAR ACIDOSIS
CHAPTER 33: ELECTROLYTE DISORDERS
CHAPTER 34: ACUTE RENAL FAILURE
CHAPTER 35: GLOMERULAR DISEASE
CHAPTER 36: CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE
CHAPTER 37: SELECTED TOPICS IN NEPHROLOGY
CHAPTER 38: DIABETES MELLITUS
CHAPTER 39: THYROID DISEASE
CHAPTER 40: CALCIUM DISORDERS AND METABOLIC BONE DISEASE
CHAPTER 41: REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY
CHAPTER 42: NEUROENDOCRINE AND ADRENAL DISEASE
CHAPTER 43: ARTHRITIS
CHAPTER 44: OFFICE ORTHOPEDICS
CHAPTER 45: VASCULITIS
CHAPTER 46: SELECTED TOPICS IN RHEUMATOLOGY
CHAPTER 47: ANEMIA
CHAPTER 48: PLATELET DISORDERS
CHAPTER 49: COAGULATION DISORDERS
CHAPTER 50: ACUTE AND CHRONIC LEUKEMIAS
CHAPTER 51: MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME
CHAPTER 52: BLOOD SMEAR AND BONE MARROW REVIEW
CHAPTER 53: COLORECTAL CANCER
CHAPTER 54: BREAST AND OVARIAN CANCER
CHAPTER 55: GENITOURINARY CANCER
CHAPTER 56: LYMPHOMA AND CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA
CHAPTER 57: PLASMA CELL DYSCRASIAS
CHAPTER 58: SELECTED TOPICS IN ONCOLOGY
CHAPTER 59: LUNG CANCER AND HEAD AND NECK CANCER
CHAPTER 60: HEADACHE
CHAPTER 61: CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE AND SEIZURE DISORDERS
CHAPTER 62: MOVEMENT DISORDERS
CHAPTER 63: SELECTED TOPICS IN NEUROLOGY
CHAPTER 64: SELECTED TOPICS IN GERIATRIC MEDICINE
CHAPTER 65: SELECTED TOPICS IN WOMEN’S HEALTH FOR THE INTERNIST
CHAPTER 66: DERMATOLOGY FOR THE INTERNIST
CHAPTER 67: OPHTHALMOLOGY FOR THE INTERNIST
CHAPTER 68: PSYCHIATRY FOR THE INTERNIST
CHAPTER 69: ALLERGYAND IMMUNOLOGY FOR THE INTERNIST
CHAPTER 70: GENETICS FOR THE INTERNIST
CHAPTER 71: COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
CHAPTER 72: SUBSTANCE ABUSE
CHAPTER 73: THE PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION
CHAPTER 74: IMMUNIZATION AND PREVENTION
CHAPTER 75: CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
CHAPTER 76: ETHICS
CHAPTER 2: HYPERTENSION
CHAPTER 3: LIPID DISORDERS
CHAPTER 4: CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
CHAPTER 5: ARRHYTHMIAS
CHAPTER 6: HEART FAILURE
CHAPTER 7: VALVULAR HEART DISEASE
CHAPTER 8: PERICARDIAL DISEASE
CHPATER 9: ECG REVIEW
CHAPTER 10: RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS
CHAPTER 11: GENITOURINARY INFECTIONS
CHAPTER 12: HIV INFECTION
CHAPTER 13: MYCOBACTERIAL INFECTIONS
CHAPTER 14: INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA
CHAPTER 15: SELECTED TOPICS IN INFECTIOUS DISEASE I
CHAPTER 16: SELECTED TOPICS IN INFECTIOUS DISEASE II
CHAPTER 17: BIOTERRORISM
CHAPTER 18: OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASES
CHAPTER 19: PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTING
CHAPTER 20: CHEST X-RAY REVIEW
CHAPTER 21: INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE
CHAPTER 22: VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLIC DISEASE
CHAPTER 23: SELECTED TOPICS IN PULMONARY MEDICINE
CHAPTER 24: CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
CHAPTER 25: PLEURAL DISEASE
CHAPTER 26: PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE AND GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING
CHAPTER 27: ESOPHAGEAL DISEASE
CHAPTER 28: PANCREATIC AND BILIARY DISEASE
CHAPTER 29: DISORDERS OF THE SMALL AND LARGE INTESTINE
CHAPTER 30: ACUTE AND CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE
CHAPTER 31: COMPLICATIONS OF LIVER DISEASE
CHAPTER 32: ACID-BASE DISORDERS AND RENAL TUBULAR ACIDOSIS
CHAPTER 33: ELECTROLYTE DISORDERS
CHAPTER 34: ACUTE RENAL FAILURE
CHAPTER 35: GLOMERULAR DISEASE
CHAPTER 36: CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE
CHAPTER 37: SELECTED TOPICS IN NEPHROLOGY
CHAPTER 38: DIABETES MELLITUS
CHAPTER 39: THYROID DISEASE
CHAPTER 40: CALCIUM DISORDERS AND METABOLIC BONE DISEASE
CHAPTER 41: REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY
CHAPTER 42: NEUROENDOCRINE AND ADRENAL DISEASE
CHAPTER 43: ARTHRITIS
CHAPTER 44: OFFICE ORTHOPEDICS
CHAPTER 45: VASCULITIS
CHAPTER 46: SELECTED TOPICS IN RHEUMATOLOGY
CHAPTER 47: ANEMIA
CHAPTER 48: PLATELET DISORDERS
CHAPTER 49: COAGULATION DISORDERS
CHAPTER 50: ACUTE AND CHRONIC LEUKEMIAS
CHAPTER 51: MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME
CHAPTER 52: BLOOD SMEAR AND BONE MARROW REVIEW
CHAPTER 53: COLORECTAL CANCER
CHAPTER 54: BREAST AND OVARIAN CANCER
CHAPTER 55: GENITOURINARY CANCER
CHAPTER 56: LYMPHOMA AND CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA
CHAPTER 57: PLASMA CELL DYSCRASIAS
CHAPTER 58: SELECTED TOPICS IN ONCOLOGY
CHAPTER 59: LUNG CANCER AND HEAD AND NECK CANCER
CHAPTER 60: HEADACHE
CHAPTER 61: CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE AND SEIZURE DISORDERS
CHAPTER 62: MOVEMENT DISORDERS
CHAPTER 63: SELECTED TOPICS IN NEUROLOGY
CHAPTER 64: SELECTED TOPICS IN GERIATRIC MEDICINE
CHAPTER 65: SELECTED TOPICS IN WOMEN’S HEALTH FOR THE INTERNIST
CHAPTER 66: DERMATOLOGY FOR THE INTERNIST
CHAPTER 67: OPHTHALMOLOGY FOR THE INTERNIST
CHAPTER 68: PSYCHIATRY FOR THE INTERNIST
CHAPTER 69: ALLERGYAND IMMUNOLOGY FOR THE INTERNIST
CHAPTER 70: GENETICS FOR THE INTERNIST
CHAPTER 71: COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
CHAPTER 72: SUBSTANCE ABUSE
CHAPTER 73: THE PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION
CHAPTER 74: IMMUNIZATION AND PREVENTION
CHAPTER 75: CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
CHAPTER 76: ETHICS
- Edition: 2
- Published: October 26, 2007
- Imprint: Mosby
- Language: English
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Redonda Miller
Dr. Miller graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in Biology from The Ohio State University. She earned her medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and took her internship and residency on the Osler Medical Service at Johns Hopkins. After serving as an Assistant Chief of Service (chief resident), she joined the faculty and is now an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine. At Johns Hopkins, Dr. Miller has been very active in medical education. She currently serves as an Assistant Dean for Student Affairs. She directs the Johns Hopkins Internal Medicine Board Review Course and is a founding editor of the Johns Hopkins Board Review Book. Recently, she completed her M.B.A. at Johns Hopkins and serves as Vice-Chair for Clinical Operations for the Department of Medicine. In this capacity, she works to improve the delivery of care for patients at the institution. Dr. Miller’s clinical and research interests revolve around women’s health, medical education, and quality improvement. She is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and recent past Treasurer for the Society of General Internal Medicine.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MarylandSS
Stephen Sisson
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MarylandBA
Bimal Ashar
Dr. Ashar completed his undergraduate degree in Biomedical Engineering at Northwestern University. He then obtained his medical degree from the University of Maryland, School of Medicine. Following Residency and Chief Residency at Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals of Cleveland, he joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins as an Assistant Professor of Medicine. At Johns Hopkins, Dr. Ashar has been very active in medical education. He currently serves as the Director of the Advanced Medicine Clerkship (Medicine Subinternship), as a core faculty member of the Medical School's Colleges system, and as a firm faculty member for the Johns Hopkins Osler Medicine residency program. He is on the Johns Hopkins Medical Student Admissions Committee and Continuing Medical Education Committee. He directs the Johns Hopkins Internal Medicine Board Review Course and is a founding editor of the Johns Hopkins Board Review Book. Dr. Ashar's clinical and research interests revolve around complementary and alternative medicine, preventive medicine, anemia, and medical education. Professionally, he is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and a Past-President of the Mid-Atlantic Society of General Internal Medicine.
Affiliations and expertise
Clinical Director, Division of General Internal Medicine, Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine