From the Washington University Department of Medicine comes a new series of quick-reference guides to difficult patient management problems in eleven subspecialties of internal medicine--allergy, asthma, and immunology; cardiology; endocrinology; gastroenterology; general medicine; geriatrics; hematology and oncology; infectious diseases; nephrology; pulmonary medicine; and rheumatology. Prepared by residents and chief residents with senior faculty advisors, The Washington Manual(TM) Subspecialty Consult Series covers both inpatient and outpatient approaches with the same front-lines practicality as the world-famous Washington Manual(TM) of Medical Therapeutics. Each volume focuses on one subspecialty, has separate symptom-oriented and disease-oriented sections, and covers both acute and chronic problems. The Washington Manual(TM) is an [intent-to-use] mark belonging to Washington University in St. Louis to which international legal protection applies. The mark is used in this publication by LWW under license from Washington University.