General Medical Information

Concise Oxford Textbook of Medicine

John G. G. Ledingham
David A. Warrell

1 Pain management

2 Cardiology
Symptoms of heart disease
Cardiac arrhythmias
Ischaemic heart disease
The cardiomyopathies

3 Haematology
The leukaemias and other disorders of haemopoietic stem cells
The red cell
The white cells and lymphoproliferative disorders
Haemostasis and thrombosis

4 Respiratory disease
Investigation of respiratory disease
Respiratory infection
The upper respiratory tract
Airways disease
Parenchymal lung disease
Neoplastic disorders
Respiratory failure

5 Gastroenterology
Malabsorption
Diseases of the pancreas
Autoimmune liver disease

6 Metabolic disorders

7 Endocrine disease The pituitary
The thyroid
The reproductive system
Disorders of development

8 Nutrition

9 Disorders of the skeleton

10 Rheumatology
Connective tissue disorders and vasculitis

11 Diseases of the skin

12 Nephrology
Water and electrolyte metabolism
Primary renal glomerular disease
Renal manifestations of systemic disease
Interstitial nephritides

13 Neurology
Organization and features of dysfunction
Disorders of consciousness
Clinical presentation of infections of the nervous system
Disorders of voluntary muscles

14 Psychiatry

15 Palliative medicine

16 Infectious disease
Viruses
Bacteria
Fungal infections and mycoses
Protozoa
Nematodes (roundworms)
Cestodes (tapeworms)
Trematodes (flukes)
Infectious disease syndromes

17 Sexually transmitted disease

18 Chemical and physical injuries and environmental factors and disease
Poisoning
Environmental factors and disease

19 Geratology

Forensic medicine