This textbook describes modern data on epidemiology, the concept of etiology and pathogenesis, clinical features, diagnostics, treatment and prevention of diseases of internal organs.
This book combining European experience with current management and healthcare recommendations, adapted to the credit-module system and the principles of evidence-based medicine, is a modern highly informative, professionally oriented publication.
For students, interns, residents, doctor-cadets of higher medical education establishments, physicians, specialists of secondary and tertiary medical care.
List of Common Abbreviations
Foreword
Chapter I. Diseases of Cardiovascular System
Atherosclerosis
Characteristics of Hyperlipidemia Types and Possible Ways of Their Correction
Stable Coronary Artery Disease
Examples of Diagnosis
Pharmaceutical Treatment of Patients with Stable Angina
Myocardial Revascularization of SCAD Patients
Acute Coronary Syndromes
Unstable Angina
Acute Q-Wave Myocardial Infarction
Complications of Myocardial Infarction and Their Treatment
Arterial Hypertension. Hypertensive Disease
Characteristic of the First Line Hypotensive Drugs
Secondary Hypertension
Hypertensive Crisis
Somatoform Autonomic Dysfunction
Clinical Forms
Infective Endocarditis
Myocarditis
Cardiomyopathies
Pericarditis
Arrhythmias
Examples of Diagnosis Formulation
Atrial Fibrillation / Atrial Flutter
Congenital Heart Defects
Acquired Heart Defects
Heart Failure
Tests for self-control
Answers
Chapter II. Diseases of the Respiratory System
Pneumonia
Clinical Characteristics of Different Types (Variants) of Pneumonia
Treatment of Pneumonias
Pleurisy. Empyema (Purulent Pleurisy, Pyothorax)
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Risk Factors (by Graeme, P.Currie, 2011)
Stages of COPD
Differential Diagnosis
Pharmacological Therapy
Bronchial Asthma
Special Consideretions
Tests for Diagnosis and Monitoring
Treatment of Asthma
Home Management of Asthma Exacerbations
Controller Asthma Medications
Sarcoidosis
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Chronic Cor Pulmonale
Pulmonary Hypertension
Tests for Self-Control
Answers
References