Kochar's Clinical Medicine for Students

Thoroughly revised for its Fifth Edition, this concise textbook is ideal for medical students in internal medicine clinical clerkships. This edition's content reflects current guidelines from the Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine and the National Board of Medical Examiners on topics necessary for this rotation. The book is a collaboration between clinical faculty at the Medical College of Wisconsin and clerkship students who have reviewed all chapters for relevance to the clerkship experience.

A companion Website will offer the fully searchable text; 39 additional chapters; 300 multiple-choice questions with detailed explanations, organized to mimic end-of-rotation exam settings; ECG and CXR images with explanations; narrated physical examination videos; and "Medicine Rounds," a quick review of questions frequently asked on rounds. The online chapters include:

• Congenital Heart Diseases
• Pulmonary Function Testing
• Cystic Fibrosis
• Pulmonary Hypertension
• Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
• Mycoses
• Thyroid Cancer
• Benign and Malignant Liver Tumors
• Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
• Pancreatic Cancer
• Leukopenia
• Reactive Leukocytosis
• Eosinophilia
• Blood Transfusion
• Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia
• Renal Tubular Acidosis
• Acid-based Abnormalities
• Somatization
• Substance Abuse and Dependence
• General Approach to Dermatologic Disorders
• Dermatitis and Eczema
• Vitiligo
• Herpes (HSV and HZV)
• Common Warts
• Eryspipelas
• Scabies
• Anaphylaxis
• Drug Allergy
• Chronic Pain
• Red Eye
• Benign Breast Problems
• Preconception Care and Issues in Pregnancy
• Functional Decline in the Elderly