Contents // Preface ix // Contributors xi // International Advisory Board xv // Acknowledgements xvii // Introduction xix // // 1. Clinical decision-making 1 // N Cooper, AL Cracknell // 2. Clinical therapeutics and good prescribing 13 // SRJ Maxwell // 3. Clinical genetics 37 // KTatton-Brown, DR FitzPatrick // 4. Clinical immunology 61 // SE Marshall, SL Johnston // 5. Population health and epidemiology 91 // H Campbell, DA McAllister // 6. Principles of infectious disease 99 // JAT Sandoe, DH Dockrell // // 7. Poisoning 131 // SHL Thomas // 8. Envenomation 151 // J White // 9. Environmental medicine 163 // M Byers // 10. Acute medicine and critical illness // VR Tallentire, MJ MacMahon // 173 // vi ⢠CONTENTS // PARTS CLINICAL MEDICINE 215 // 11. Infectious disease DH Dockrell, S Sundar, BJ Angus 215 // 12. HIV infection and AIDS 8 Maartens 305 // 13. Sexually transmitted infections 3R Scott 329 // 14. Clinical biochemistry and metabolic medicine A Mather, L Burnett, DR Sullivan, P Stewart 345 // 15. Nephrology and urology 3 Conway, PJ Phelan, GD Stewart 381 // 16. Cardiology DE Newby, NR Grubb 441 // 17. Respiratory medicine PT Reid, JA Innes 545 // 18. Endocrinology MWJ Strachan, JDC Newell-Price 629 // 19. Nutritional factors in disease AG Shand, JPH Wilding 691 // 20. Diabetes mellitus ER Pearson, RJ McCrimmon 719 // 21. Gastroenterology E El-Omar, MH McLean 763 // 22. Hepatology QM Anstee, DEJ Jones 845 // 23. Haematology and transfusion medicine HG Watson, DJ Culligan,
LM Manson 911 // 24. Rheumatology and bone disease GPR Clunie, SH Ralston 981 // 25. Neurology JP Leach, RJ Davenport 1061 // 26. Stroke medicine P Langhorne 1147 // 27. Medical ophthalmology J Olson 1163 // 28. Medical psychiatry RM Steel, SM Lawrie 1179 // 29. Dermatology SH Ibbotson 1209 // 30. Maternal medicine 1269 // L Mackillop, FEM Neuberger // CONTENTS ⢠vii // 31. Adolescent and transition medicine R Mann 1287 // 32. Ageing and disease MD Witham 1301 // 33. Oncology GG Dark 1313 // 34. Pain and palliative care LA Colvin, M Fallon 1337 // 35. Laboratory reference ranges SJ Jenks 1357 // Index 1365