INTERNAL MEDICINE is organized by clinical subspecialty, each divided into three
primary sections: an introductory section on the basic principles of a given
organ system; a section on laboratory tests, including a review of the
differential diagnoses; and a detailed section on various disease entities.
Though we have preserved this basic structure, the book is new and innovative in
many ways. There are three new section editors and 160 new contributors to the
fifth edition. Of the more than 1,000 photos, illustrations, and algorithms,
nearly 400 of them are new to this edition. The book's generous use of tables
and algorithms help convey the most essential information