PREFACE

　　Purpose

　　Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment (CMDT) is the leading internal medicine textbook known for its com- prehensive coverage of current inpatient and outpatient care with diagnostic tools relevant to day-to-day practice. Facilitating its usefulness, this CMDT Study Guide, second edition, directs readers through a case analysis of 80 of the most common topics in internal medicine. The CMDT Study Guide provides a comprehensive and clearly orga- nized synopsis of each medical topic that helps the reader review and study for a variety of examinations, such as the medicine clerkship shelf exam, USMLE Step 2 examina- tions, ABIM internal medicine boards, and recertification examinations. As such it will be very useful to medical, nursing (Adult and Family Nurse Practitioner Certification Exam), pharmacy, and other health professional students, Physician Assistant National Certifying Exam (PANCE), to house officers, and to practicing physicians. The CMDT Study Guide is engaging and patient-centered since each of the 80 topics begins with presentation of a typical patient to help the reader think in a step-wise fashion through the various clinical problem-solving aspects of the case. For each topic, the CMDT Study Guide provides PubMed’s references to the most current and pertinent MEDLINE articles for that topic. Each reference provides PMID num- bers to facilitate retrieval of the relevant articles.

　　Outstanding Features

　　Eighty common internal medicine topics useful to learners and practitioners for patient care and to pre- pare for examinations

　　Material drawn from the expert source, Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2016, including tables about laboratory tests and treatments

　　In-depth, consistent, and readable format organized in a way that allows for quick study and easy access to information

　　Emphasis on a standard approach to clinical problem- solving with Learning Objectives, Salient Features, Symptoms and Signs, Treatment, Outcomes, When to Refer and When to Admit, and References