Geared to primary care practitioners, The Washington Manual® of Outpatient Internal Medicine focuses on common ambulatory medical problems encountered in each medical subspecialty. The book has a quick-reference format similar to The Washington Manual® of Medical Therapeutics, with a standard chapter template, a bulleted style, numerous tables and figures, and a two-color design. All chapters are written by house staff and faculty at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine.

Coverage includes the traditional internal medicine subspecialties and other areas where problems are frequently seen in the ambulatory setting, such as dermatology, neurology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, and psychiatry. Most subspecialties have separate symptom- and disease-based chapters.

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1: Approach to the Ambulatory Patient
Debaroti M. Borschel and Thomas M. De Fer

2: Care of the Surgical Patient
Meredith A. Brisco, Rashmi S. Mullur, and Thomas M. De Fer

3: Hypertension
Vinay Madan and Thomas M. De Fer

4: Ischemic Heart Disease
Joshua M. Stolker

5: Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy
Joel D. Schilling and Michael W. Rich

6: Valvular Heart Disease
Benico Barzilai

7: Arrhythmia and Syncope
Scott B. Marrus and Timothy W. Smith

8: Dyslipidemia
Anne C. Goldberg and Katherine E. Henderson

9: Disorders of Hemostasis
Charles S. Eby

10: Venous Thromboembolism and Anticoagulation Therapy
Roger D. Yusen and Brian F. Gage

11: Common Pulmonary Complaints
Peter G. Tuteur

12: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Asthma
Warren Isakow

13: Interstitial Lung Diseases and Pulmonary Hypertension
Raksha Jain and Murali M. Chakinala

14: Sleep Disorders
Tonya D. Russell

15: Pleural Effusion and Solitary Pulmonary Nodule
Devin P. Sherman, Martin L. Mayse, and Thomas M. De Fer

16: Diabetes Mellitus
Rashmi S. Mullur and Ernesto Bernal-Mizrachi

17: Endocrine Diseases
William E. Clutter

18: Nutrition and Obesity
Mariko K. Johnson and Shelby A. Sullivan

19: Laboratory Assessment of Kidney and Urinary Tract Disorders
Ying Chen, Vikrant Rachakonda, and Michelle C.L. Cabellon

20: Acute Kidney Injury, Glomerulopathy, and Chronic Kidney Disease
Ying Chen, Vikrant Rachakonda, and Michelle C.L. Cabellon

21: Hematuria and Nephrolithiasis
Ying Chen, Jawad Munir, Vikrant Rachakonda, and Steven Cheng

22: General Infectious Disease
F. Matthew Kuhlmann and Thomas C. Bailey

23: Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Hilary E.L. Reno and E. Turner Overton

24: Common Gastrointestinal Complaints
Babac Vahabzadeh and Dayna S. Early

25: Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
C. Prakash Gyawali

26: Hepatobiliary Diseases
Amanda Camp and Kevin M. Korenblat

27: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Christina Ha and Matthew A. Ciorba

28: Rheumatologic Diseases
J. Chad Byrd and Richard D. Brasington

29: Musculoskeletal Complaints
Thomas M. De Fer

30: Hematologic Diseases
Reshma Rangwala and Morey A. Blinder

31: Care of the Cancer Patient
Maria Q. Baggstrom

32: Palliative Care and Hospice Medicine
Nadia Khoury and Maria C. Dans

33: Pain Management
Amy Sheldahl and Maria C. Dans

34: Geriatrics
Syed Khalid and David B. Carr

35: Allergy and Immunology
Jinny E. Chang and Shirley D. Joo

36: Otolaryngology
Thomas M. De Fer

37: Women's Health
Karen S. Winters and Kathryn M. Diemer

38: Men's Health
Melvin Blanchard

39: Dermatology
Ilana Rosman, Brendan Lloyd, and Omar Jassim

40: Psychiatry
Prateek C. Gandiga

41: Neurologic Disorders
Eric C. Klawiter, Brian Sommerville, Leo Wang, and Todd J. Schwedt

42: Ophthalmology
Stephen A. Kamenetzky, Michael D. Straiko, and Linda M. Tsai

43: Screening and Adult Immunizations
Megan E. Wren

44: Smoking Cessation
Megan E. Wren

45: Alcohol Abuse
Mohsen Nasir and Thomas M. De Fer