Based on the popular review course from Harvard Medical School’s teaching affiliate, the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, The Brigham Intensive Review of Internal Medicine, Fourth Edition, provides in-depth coverage on all specialties of internal medicine, as well as palliative care, occupational medicine, psychiatry, and geriatric medicine. Ideal for preparing for certification or recertification, this highly regarded, authoritative review tool keeps you up to date with tremendous changes in the field, incorporating detailed discussions in every chapter, essential learning points, more than 600 review questions, numerous tables and figures, and more.
- Organizes 100+ chapters into 10 broad sections, with one additional section devoted to board simulation. Each chapter includes a section of multiple-choice questions
- Shares the knowledge and expertise of leading authorities from senior faculty at Harvard Medical School, as well as former chief residents at Brigham and Women's Hospital, making this an excellent exam review tool as well as a general practice resource
- Includes new chapters on Cancer Immunotherapy and Sedation Agitation Sleep Deprivation
- Features a full-color design with clinical photos, line drawings and illustrations, radiographs, and algorithms throughout
- Provides extensively revised information throughout, covering a broad range of the most common illnesses and diseases an internal medicine physician would expect to encounter in practice
- Offers comprehensive coverage to reinforce existing knowledge for residents, physicians in internal medicine and family medicine, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners
- Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date
Table of Contents
Section 1: Infectious DiseaseSection 2: Hematology and Oncology
Section 3: Rheumatology
Section 4: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Section 5: Endocrinology
Section 6: Nephrology and Hypertension
Section 7: Digestive Diseases and Disorders of the Pancreas and Liver
Section 8: Cardiovascular Disease
Section 9: Neurology
Section 10: General Internal Medicine
Section 11: Board Practice
Section 12: Q&A Section - ONLINE ONLY
Authors
Ajay K. Singh Nephrologist, Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Senior Associate Dean for Postgraduate Medical Education, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Dr. Singh has led groundbreaking studies in anemia of kidney disease, including the CHOIR study, which was published in the New England Journal of Medicine, and well as being a member of the steering committees for the TREAT and DRIVE studies. More recently, he has taken on the role of leading the ASCEND Clinical development program - a phase 3 program for the development of a novel propyl hydroxylase inhibitor Daprodustat. The trial is aiming to recruit 7500 patients in over countries. He currently leads the office of Postgraduate Medical Education at the Brigham and Women's Hospital, and in this capacity leads several HMS CME courses. He is the author of over 160 original contributions and review articles, as well as author/editor of 11 books in internal medicine and nephrology. Dr. Singh is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in London, and has an MBA from Boston University. Joseph Loscalzo Physician-in-Chief Emeritus, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Samuel A. Levine Professor of Medicine, Hersey Distinguished Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Physician-in-Chief Emeritus Joseph Loscalzoworks in the Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Samuel A. Levine Professor of Medicine, Hersey Distinguished Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
