Textbook updates

In recent weeks we have updated a number of chapters in the McMaster Textbook of Internal Medicine. Here’s a quick summary of updates that are worth exploring.

Updated chapters

Infectious Diseases:

• Candidiasis
• Tinea Versicolor
• Intravascular Catheter–Related Infections
• Japanese Encephalitis
• Encephalitis
• Amebiasis
• Balantidiasis
• Melioidosis
• Enteric (Typhoid) Fever

Respirology:

• Pleural Effusion (with subchapters)
• Pleural Mesothelioma
• Pulmonary Metastases

Pregnancy-Related Conditions:

• Pregnancy-Related Hypertension
• Eclampsia

Gastroenterology:

• Achalasia
• Chronic Pancreatitis
• Gastrointestinal Bleeding
• Colorectal Cancer
• Clostridioides difficile Infection (CDI)

Cardiology:

• Tricuspid Valve Disease

Neurology:

• Stroke

Noninvasive Diagnostic Tests:

• Pulse Oximetry

Signs and Symptoms:

• Hepatomegaly
• Voice Disorders: Functional and Organic Dysphonia and Hoarseness

• Pleural Drainage
• Surgical Field Preparation for Small Procedures
• Vascular Access and Catheterization (with subchapters)
• Respiratory Support (with subchapters)

• Epistaxis

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