1 Inpatient Care in Internal Medicine
2 Nutrition Support
3 Preventive Cardiology
4 Ischemic Heart Disease
5 Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy
6 Pericardial and Valvular Heart Disease
7 Cardiac Arrhythmias
8 Critical Care
9 Obstructive Lung Disease
10 Pulmonary Diseases
11 Allergy and Immunology
12 Fluid and Electrolyte Management
13 Renal Diseases
14 Treatment of Infectious Diseases
15 Antimicrobials
16 Sexually Transmitted Infections, Human Immunodeficiency Virus, and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
17 Solid Organ Transplant Medicine
18 Gastrointestinal Diseases
19 Liver Diseases
20 Disorders of Hemostasis and Thrombosis
21 Hematologic Disorders and Transfusion Therapy
22 Cancer
23 Diabetes Mellitus and Related Disorders
24 Endocrine
25 Arthritis and Rheumatologic Diseases
26 Medical Emergencies
27 Neurologic Disorders
28 Toxicology
Appendix A: Immunizations and Postexposure Therapies
Appendix B: Infection Control and Isolation Recommendations
Appendix C: Advanced Cardiac Life Support Algorithms
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