医学诊疗标准是不断发展的，其进展的步伐正在增加。繁忙的临床医生难以跟上文献报告的临床试验的结果和目前的“专家共识”。托马斯·布朗主编的《医学循证临床推理（英文原版）》剖析了许多最具争议的医疗问题和具有里程碑意义的临床试验，对医学生、临床医生具有很大的实用价值。本书运用医学循证临床推理思维剖析了许多最具争议的医疗问题和具有里程碑意义的临床试验。

Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
CHAPTER 1 Lower Gastrointestinal Bleed
Teresa Doucet, MD
CHAPTER 2 Peptic Ulcer Disease
Neena T. Qasaba, MD
CHAPTER 3 Acute Viral Hepatitis
Joseph Palter, MD
CHAPTER 4 Ruptured Esophageal Varices
Nathan Selsky, MD
CHAPTER 5 Ischemic Colitis
Nathan Selsky, MD
CHAPTER 6 Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Pauley Chea
CHAPTER 7 Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
Allyson Reid
CHAPTER 8 Transient Ischemic Attack
Jordan Sherwood
CHAPTER 9 Ischemic Stroke
N. Abimbola Sunmonu,MD, PhD
CHAPTER 10 Acute Spinal Cord Compression
Olga P. Fermo, MD
CHAPTER 11 Perioperative Beta-Blockers
Paul J. D. Roszko, MD
CHAPTER 12 Epidemiology and Perioperative Management of Hip Fracture
Paul J. D. Roszko, MD
CHAPTER 13 Asthma Exacerbation
Arija I. Weddle
CHAPTER 14 COPD Exacerbation
Christian Acharte
CHAPTER 15 Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Claire Li, MD
CHAPTER 16 Complicated Pleural Effusion
Stephen Andrew Gannon,MD
CHAPTER 17 Nosocomial Pneumonia
Aaron Robert Soufer, MD
CHAPTER 18 Cocaine-Induced Chest Pain
Priscilla Owusu Ansah, MD
CHAPTER 19 Acute Decompensated Congestive Heart Failure
Martine Saint-Cyr, MD
CHAPTER 20 Non-ST Segment Elevated Myocardial Infarction
Noel M. Baker, MD
CHAPTER 21 ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Muneer A. Hameer
CHAPTER 22 Aortic Dissection
Heeseop Shin, MD
CHAPTER 23 Atrial Fibrillation
Lisa Josephine Gupta, MD
CHAPTER 24 Indications for Pacemaker Placement
Song Li, MD
CHAPTER 25 Aortic Stenosis
Samantha S. Huq
CHAPTER 26 Temporal Arteritis
Adeel Shahid, MD
CHAPTER 27 Venous Thromboembolism
Patrick Koo, MD
CHAPTER 28 Syncope
Faith J. Ross, MD
CHAPTER 29 Hypertensive Emergency
Erealda Prendaj, MD
CHAPTER 30 Rhabdomyolysis
Jessica Intravia, MHA
CHAPTER 31 Endocarditis
Vishal Joshi, MD, Anuradha Subramanian, MD
CHAPTER 32 Bacterial Meningitis
Tamer Fakhouri, MD
CHAPTER 33 Cellulitis
Brandon Olivieri, MD
CHAPTER 34 Clostridium difficile Infection
Jesus Gutierrez,MD, MPH
CHAPTER 35 Latent Tuberculosis Infection
Jesus Gutierrez,MD, MPH
CHAPTER 36 Delirium
Hailun Wang, MD
CHAPTER 37 Myxedema Coma Rajasree
Ramachandra Pai, MD
CHAPTER 38 Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Vatsal Patel
CHAPTER 39 Adrenal Insufficiency
Rickinder Grewal
CHAPTER 40 Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia
Lisa Josephine Gupta, MD
CHAPTER 41 Thrombocytopenia
Krishna Patel
CHAPTER 42 Acute Renal Failure
Eric Addo
CHAPTER 43 Acute Interstitial Nephritis
Aimee S. Ang, MD
CHAPTER 44 Minimal Change Disease
Chika Anekwe, MD
CHAPTER 45 Hyponatremia from Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Secretion
Jonathan Shupe, MD
CHAPTER 46 Hypernatremia
Alexandria Thornton, MD
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