Unit One 1
Text:The Approach to the Patient 4
Medical Conversations 20
Passage Reading:The Analysis and Synthesis of Clinical Information 26
Unit Two 33
Text:Rheumatic Disease 34
Medical Conversations 44
Passage Reading:Connective Tissue(Collagen)Diseases 50
Unit Three 60
Text:Nutrition;Nutritional Metabolic Disorders 61
Medical Conversations 80
Passage Reading:Vitamins Vitamin Disorders 86
Unit Four 96
Text:Introduction to Infectious Diseases 99
Medical Conversations 112
Passage Reading:Herpesviruses of Humans 120
Unit Five 127
Text:Geriatric Medicine the Elderly Patient 130
Medical Conversations 148
Passage Reading:Biology of Aging 153
Unit Six 164
Text:Approach to the Surgical Patient 165
Medical Conversations 175
Passage Reading:Preoperative and Postoperative Care 180
Unit Seven 188
Text:Anesthesiology 189
Medical Conversations 199
Passage Reading:Management of General Anesthesia 209
Unit Eight 218
Text:Transplantation 220
Medical Conversations 233
Passage Reading:Kidney Transplantation 240
Unit Nine 255
Text:Diseases of the Ear 256
Medical Conversations 270
Passage Reading:Diseases of the Pharynx 276
Unit Ten 282
Text:Special Procedures 282
Medical Conversations 293
Passage Reading:Basic Radiation Therapy 303