Internal Medicine for Health Care Professionals
Second revised and enlarged edition.
Authors: Anahid Torosyan, Branimir Kanazirev, Vanya Kostadinova, Valentina Dimitrova, Daniela Taseva, Diana Gancheva, Diana Dimitrova, Diana Petkova, Dimitar Kalev, Dobrin Paskalev, Evelina Zlatanova, Elitsa Hadjieva, Zhaneta Yaneva, Iva Ivanova, Liana Gercheva, Maria Atanasova, Miglena Stamboliyska *, Mila Boyadzhieva, Mira Siderova, Radina Dimitrova, Rositsa Zorcheva, Svetlana Hristova, Svetoslav Dimitrov, Snezha Zlateva, Sonya Toncheva
The first edition of the textbook on internal Diseases for Health Care Professionals was published in 2018. The current, revised 2023 edition has been amended to bring the course material up to date. Several entirely new chapters have also been added to the second revised edition.
The book consists of an introduction to the second edition, a general part, a special part and an appendix.
Some of the topics and diseases that are represented are: diagnostic methods, medical records, health care, modern obstetric care, diseases of the respiratory system (chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pneumonia, bronchial asthma, pleurisy, pulmonary tuberculosis, purulent diseases of the lung, vascular diseases of the lung, carcinoma of the lung, respiratory failure), diseases of the cardiovascular system (arterial hypertension, ischemic heart disease, acute rheumatism, acquired valves vices, congenital valvular defects in adults, congenital valvular defects in adults, aortic diseases, infective endocarditis, cardiomyopathies, pericarditis and myocarditis, rhythm and conduction disorders, acute and chronic heart failure, pregnancy and cardiovascular diseases). diseases of the digestive system (gastroesophageal reflux disease, acute and chronic gastritis, Helicobacter pylori infection, peptic ulcer disease, stomach cancer, malabsorption syndrome, acute and chronic enterocolitis, irritable colon, colonic diverticulosis, constipation, chronic inflammatory bowel diseases, colonic polyps bowel, colorectal cancer), syndromes in diseases of the liver, gall bladder, pancreas and peritoneum, chronic viral hepatitis: B, C and D, chronic non-viral hepatitis, alcoholic and viral liver cirrhosis, liver failure, liver coma, other liver cirrhosis, alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency (alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency), metabolic cirrhosis , gallstone disease / cholelithiasis, liver tumors, acute and chronic pancreatitis, peritonitis, carcinoma of the peritoneum, pregnancy and diseases of the liver, gall bladder and pancreas, diseases of the endocrine system, diseases of the pituitary gland, diseases of the thyroid gland and parathyroid glands, hypoparathyroidism, diseases of the adrenal glands, diabetes mellitus and pregnancy, metabolic syndrome, obesity, eating disorders: anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, osteoporosis, diseases of the excretory system (urinary tract infections, kidney stone disease, hyperuricemia. gout. gouty nephropathy, contrast-induced nephropathy, nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) associated with gadolinium (GD) preparations, glomerulonephritis, Balkan endemic nephropathy, renal tuberculosis, kidney tumors , acute and chronic renal failure), diseases of the hematopoietic system (chronic iron deficiency anemia, megaloblastic anemias, congenital and acquired hemolytic anemias, hemophilia, leukemia, thrombocytopenias, capillarotoxicosis / Schönlein-Henoch syndrome, Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, myeloma disease), diseases of the musculoskeletal system (rheumatoid and reactive arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, systemic connective tissue diseases), acute poisonings and intoxications (poisoning with sleeping pills and alcohol, mushroom poisoning, poisoning with agricultural poisons and pesticides, chlorine poisoning, carbon monoxide poisoning) and allergology.
The task of this textbook is to present in sufficient volume and in clear medical language the most important internal diseases in the light of modern achievements of pathology, clinical laboratory, instrumental research and pharmacology.
The textbook can be used by students of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, all medical college students and internal medicine specialists, general medicine and general practitioners.
