AOA Clinical Rotation Article Collection:
Internal Medicine

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	Cardiovascular
Cholesterol	1.	Executive summary of the third report of the national cholesterol education program (NCEP) expert panel on detection, evaluation, and treatment of high blood cholesterol in adults (adult treatment panel III)
Hypertension	2.	The seventh report of the joint national committee on prevention, detection, evaluation, and treatment of high blood pressure: The JNC 7 report
Congestive Heart Failure	3.	Diagnosis of heart failure in adults
	4.	Outpatient treatment of systolic heart failure
	5.	Diastolic heart failure: Challenges of diagnosis and treatment
Peripheral Arterial Disease	6.	Management of peripheral arterial disease
Atrial Fibrillation	7.	Atrial fibrillation: Modern concepts and management
	8.	Atrial Fibrillation Follow-up Investigation of Rhythm Management (AFFIRM) Investigators. A comparison of rate control and rhythm control in patients with atrial fibrillation
Palpitations	9.	Diagnostic approach to palpitations
Acute Coronary Syndrome	10.	Diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome
	11.	Diagnosing the cause of chest pain
Myodcardial Infarction	12.	2004 American college of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines for the management of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction: Implications for emergency department practice
	13.	Unstable angina and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: Part I. initial evaluation and management, and hospital care
	14.	Unstable angina and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: Part II. coronary revascularization, hospital discharge, and post-hospital care
Edema	15.	Treatment of edema
Syncope	16.	Evaluation of syncope
Pacemaker Therapy	17.	Indications and recommendations for pacemaker therapy
	Endocrine
Hypothyroidism	1.	Hypothyroidism: Mimicker of common complaints
	2.	Treatment of hypothyroidism
Hyperthyroidism	3.	Hyperthyroidism
	4.	Hyperthyroidism: Diagnosis and treatment
Adrenal Gland	5.	Diseases of the adrenal gland
	6.	Recognition and management of adrenal emergencies
Hyperparathyroidism	7.	Hyperparathyroidism
Diabetes	8.	Standards of medical care in diabetes
	9.	Diabetic ketoacidosis
	10.	Hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state
Nutrition	11.	Alcohol withdrawal syndrome
	12.	Geriatric failure to thrive
	Renal/Electrolytes
Electrolytes	1.	Assessment of fluids and electrolytes
	2.	Disorders of potassium
	3.	Disorders of water imbalance
	4.	Management of hyponatremia
Pyelonephritis	5.	Diagnosis and management of acute pyelonephritis in adults
Metabolic Acidosis	6.	Differential diagnosis of metabolic acidosis
Urinary Tract Infections	7.	Diagnosis and management of uncomplicated urinary tract infections
Diabetic Nephropathy	8.	Diabetic nephropathy: Common questions
Hematuria	9.	Evaluation of the patient with hematuria
Renal Failure	10.	Management of acute renal failure
	11.	Detection and evaluation of chronic kidney disease
	Pulmonary
Asthma	1.	Asthma evaluation and management
COPD	2.	COPD: Management of acute exacerbations and chronic stable disease
	3.	Acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Pneumonia	4.	Community-acquired pneumonia in the emergency department: A practical approach to diagnosis and management
	5.	Antimicrobial treatment of hospital-acquired pneumonia
	6.	Atypical pathogens and challenges in community-acquired pneumonia
Hemoptysis	7.	Hemoptysis: Diagnosis and management
Chronic Cough	8.	Evaluation of the patient with chronic cough
Spirometry	9.	An approach to interpreting spirometry
Tuberculosis	10.	Management of active tuberculosis
Lung Cancer	11.	Initial evaluation of the patient with lung cancer: Symptoms, signs, laboratory tests, and paraneoplastic syndromes
	12.	Diagnosis of lung cancer: The guidelines
	Rheumatology
Acute Monoarthritis	1.	Diagnosing acute monoarthritis in adults: A practical approach for the family physician
Gout	2.	Diagnosis and management of gout
Rheumatoid Arthritis	3.	Diagnosis and management of rheumatoid arthritis
Sarcoidosis	4.	Sarcoidosis
Spondyloarthropathies	5.	Spondyloarthropathies
Psoriatic Arthritis	6.	Diagnosis and treatment of psoriatic arthritis
	Musculoskeletal
Osteoarthritis	1.	Osteoarthritis: Diagnosis and therapeutic considerations
	2.	Osteoarthritis
Muscle Weakness	3.	Evaluation of the patient with muscle weakness
Tendon Disorders	4.	Common overuse tendon problems: A review and recommendations for treatment
Shoulder Injuries	5.	Acute shoulder injuries
Osteoporosis	6.	Osteoporosis
	Neurology
Headache	1.	Classification of primary headaches
Vertigo	2.	Treatment of vertigo
Migraine	3.	Management of the acute migraine headache
Transient Ischemic Attack	4.	Transient ischemic attack: Review for the emergency physician
Stroke	5.	Stroke: Strategies for primary prevention
	6.	Update on stroke
Peripheral Neuropathy	7.	Peripheral neuropathies in clinical practice
Diabetic Neuropathy	8.	Evaluation and prevention of diabetic neuropathy
Multiple sclerosis	9.	Diagnosis and management of multiple sclerosis
Dizziness	10.	Dizziness
Seizures	11.	Seizure disorders
Dementia	12.	Initial evaluation of the patient with suspected dementia
	Oncology
Breast Cancer	1.	Familial non-BRCA1/BRCA2-associated breast cancer
	2.	Breast cancer
Prostate Cancer	3.	Adenocarcinoma of the prostate: Epidemiological trends, screening, diagnosis, and surgical management of localized disease
	4.	Diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer
	Toxicology/Emergency
Drugs of Abuse	1.	Street drug abuse leading to critical illness
Toxicology	2.	Adult toxicology in critical care: Part I: General approach to the intoxicated patient
Common  EM Problems	3.	Adult toxicology in critical care: Part II: Specific poisonings
	4.	Painful dilemmas: An evidence-based look at challenging clinical scenarios
	Gastrointestinal
Irritable Bowel Syndrome	1.	Diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome
	2.	Treatment of irritable bowel syndrome
Inflammatory Bowel Disease	3.	General principles of medical therapy of inflammatory bowel disease
	4.	Inflammatory bowel disease (Fish)
	5.	Inflammatory bowel disease (Podolsky)
Hepatitis C	6.	Treatment of hepatitis C
	7.	Natural history of hepatitis C
Hepatitis B	8.	Hepatitis B
GERD	9.	Clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management of gastroesophageal reflux disease
Gallstones	10.	Management of gallstones
Jaundice	11.	Jaundice in the adult patient
GI Bleeding	12.	Diagnosis of gastrointestinal bleeding in adults
	13.	Gastrointestinal hemorrhage: Is the surgeon obsolete?
	14.	A new view of occult and obscure gastrointestinal bleeding
	15.	Lower gastrointestinal bleeding
Diverticular Disease	16.	Diverticular disease: Diagnosis and treatment
Colon Cancer	17.	The pathophysiology, clinical presentation, and diagnosis of colon cancer and adenomatous polyps
	Dermatology
Warts	1.	Cutaneous warts: An evidence-based approach to therapy
Skin Cancer	2.	Cutaneous melanoma: Update on prevention, screening, diagnosis, and treatment
	3.	Diagnosis and treatment of basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas
Breast Mass	4.	Evaluation of palpable breast masses
Skin Insects	5.	Pediculosis and scabies
Nail Abnormalities	6.	Nail abnormalities: Clues to systemic disease
	Hematology
Deep Vein Thrombosis &	1.	DVT and pulmonary embolism: Part I. diagnosis
Pulmonary Embolism	2.	DVT and pulmonary embolism: Part II. treatment and prevention
Anemia	3.	Hemolytic anemia
	4.	Anemia in adults: A contemporary approach to diagnosis
	5.	Ambulatory management of common forms of anemia
Coagulopathies	6.	Critical care clotting catastrophies
	7.	Blood coagulation and its regulation by anticoagulant pathways: Genetic pathogenesis of bleeding and thrombotic diseases
Lymphoma/Leukemia/ Myeloproliferative Diseases	8.	Lymphadenopathy and malignancy
	9.	Non-Hodgkin lymphoma: Diagnosis and treatment
	10.	Part I: Hodgkin's lymphoma--molecular biology of Hodgkin and Reed-Sternberg cells
	11.	Part II: Hodgkin's lymphoma--diagnosis and treatment
	12.	Pathology of the myeloproliferative diseases
	Infectious Disease
Tick-Borne Disease	1.	Diagnosis of lyme disease
	2.	Tick-borne disease
Mononucleosis	3.	Epstein-barr virus infectious mononucleosis
Intestinal Parasites	4.	Common intestinal parasites
Vaginitis	5.	Management of vaginitis
HIV	6.	HIV disease in primary care
	7.	Clinical practice. management of newly diagnosed HIV infection
	Laboratory Analysis
Urinalysis	1.	Urinalysis: A comprehensive review
Complete Blood Count	2.	How to interpret and pursue an abnormal complete blood cell count in adults
SPEP	3.	Understanding and interpreting serum protein electrophoresis
	Extra
The Difficult Patient	1.	Management of the difficult patient
Pre-Operative Evaluation	2.	Preoperative evaluation for major noncardiac surgery: Focusing on heart failure

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