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 educational establishments, physicians, specialists of secondary and tertiary medical care.
List of Common Abbreviations
Chapter III. Diseases Of The Digestive System
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
Chronic Gastritis
Peptic Ulcer
Zollinger—Ellison Syndrome, or Ulcerogenic Gastrinoma
The Treatment of Uncomplicated Gastric and Duodenal Ulcers
Biliary Dyskinesia
Diagnostic criteria for functional disorders of the gallbladder and Oddi sphincter
Chronic Acalculous Cholecystitis
Cholelithiasis
Chronic Hepatitis
Idiopathic Autoimmune Hepatitis
Chronic Viral Hepatitis
Alcoholic Liver Disease
Cirrhosis
Differential Diagnosis of Jaundice
Syndromes Associated With Liver Cirrhosis
Portal Hypertension
Ascites
Portal-Systemic Encephalopathy
Non-Inflammatory Liver Diseases
Steatosis
Liver Echinococcosis
Hemochromatosis
Wilson’s Disease
Chronic Pancreatitis
Syndromes of Maldigestion and Malabsorption
Malabsorption Syndrome
Enterogenic Malabsorption Syndrome.
Enteritis
Acute Enteritis
Chronic Duodenitis
Chronic Enteritis
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Colitis
Acute Colitis
Chronic Colitis
Ulcerative Colitis
Crohn’s Disease
Whipple’s Disease (Intestinal Lipodystrophy)
Certain Medical Procedures in Gastroenterology
Gastric Lavage and Biliary Drainage
Gastric Lavage with the Help of Janet Syringe
Nasogastric Stomach Lavage
Probeless Gastric Lavage
Probe Biliary Drainage
Probeless Biliary Drainage
Tests for Self-Control
Answers
Chapter IV. Kidney Diseases
Mechanism of Urine Formation
Chronic Kidney Disease
Acute Glomerulonephritis
Chronic Glomerulonephritis
Pyelonephritis
Chronic Renal Failure
Acute Kidney Injury
Cardiorenal Syndrome
Hepatorenal Syndrome
Contrast-Induced Nephropathy
Renal Amyloidosis
Systemic Amyloidosis
Tests for Self-Control
Answers
Chapter V. Rheumatic Diseases
Rheumatic Fever (Acute Rheumatic Fever)
Inflammatory Polyarthropathies
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Gout
Arthrosis. Osteoarthrosis (Osteoarthritis). Osteoporosis
Systemic Vasculitis
Polyarteritis Nodosa
Polyarteritis with the Pulmonary Syndrome (Churg—Strauss Syndrome), or Allergic Granulomatous Angiitis
Kawasaki Disease (Lymphoadenopathia Mucocutanea)
Hemorrhagic Vasculitis (Henoch—Schцnlein Disease)
Hypersensitivity Angiitis (Goodpasture’s Syndrome)
Wegener’s Granulomatosis or Granulomatous-Necrotizing Vasculitis
Non-Specific Aortoarteritis (Takayasu’s Disease)
Giant Cell Arteritis (Horton’s Syndrome)
Thromboangiitis Obliterans (Vinivarter—Buerger’s Disease)
Behcet’s Disease
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APLS)
Dermatomyositis
Systemic Sclerosis (Sclerodermia)
Spondylopathies
Tests for Self-Control
Answers
Chapter VI. Hematological Diseases
Anemia
Iron Deficiency Anemia
Megaloblastic Anemia
Posthemorrhagic Anemia
Aplastic Anemia
Hemolytic Anemias
Idiopathic Immune Hemolytic Anemias
Hemoblastoses
Acute Leukemia
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia (AML)
Chronic Lymphoid Leukemia
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
Polycythemia Vera
Multiple Myeloma
Non-Hodgkin’s Malignant Lymphoma
Hemorrhagic Diseases
Thrombocytopenia
Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
Hemophilia
Hemophilia A
Hemophilia B
Hemophilia C (Rosenthal’s Disease)
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)
Tests for Self-Control
Answers
Epilogue
Basic References
Recommended References