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,Ferri's Practical
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Ninth Edition




FRED F. FERRI, MD, FACP
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� Alpert Medical School
Clinical Professor
Alpert Medical School at Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island


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Ferri, Fred F., author.
[Practical guide to the care of the medical patient]
Ferri's practical guide : fast facts for patient care I Fred F. Ferri. -- Ninth edition.
p. ; em.
Practical guide
Preceded by Practical guide to the care of the medical patient I Fred F. Ferri. 8th ed. c20 1 1 .
Incl udes bibl iographical references and index.
ISBN 978- 1 -4557-4459-6 [pbk.)
I. Title. I I . Title: Practical guide .
[DNLM: 1 . Clin ical Medici ne--Handbooks. 2. Clin ical Laboratory Tech niq ues--Handbooks.
3. Diagnos is, Differential-Ha ndbooks. WB 39]
RC55
6 1 6--dc23 20 1 3042887


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Tanya Ali, MD Mark J. Fagan, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Director
Medicine Medical Primary Care Unit
Department of Medicine Rhode Island Hospital
Alpert Medical School Professor of Medicine
Brown University Alpert Medical School
Providence, Rhode Island Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island
Mel L. Anderson, MD, FACP
Assistant Professor of Medicine Timothy W. Farrell, MD
University of Colorado School of Clinical Assistant Professor
Medicine Department of Family Medicine
Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center Alpert Medical School
Denver, Colorado Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island
Michelle Stozek Anvar, MD
Assistant Professor (Clinical) Glenn G. Fort, MD, MPH, FACP, FIDSA
Alpert Medical School Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Brown University Alpert Medical School
Providence, Rhode Island Brown University
Chief
Sudeep Kaur Aulakh, MD, CM, FRCPC
Infectious Diseases
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Our Lady of Fatima Hospital
Tufts University School of Medicine
North Providence, Rhode Island
Baystate Medical Center
Springfield, Massachusetts Paul F. George, MD
Assistant Professor
Lynn Bowlby, MD, FACP
Department of Family Medicine
Medical Director
Alpert Medical School
Duke Outpatient Clinic
Brown University
Duke Internal Medicine Residency
Providence, Rhode Island
Program
Durham, North Carolina Sajeev H anda, MD
Director
Gaurav Choudhary, MD
Division of Hospitalist Medicine
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Rhode Island Hospital
Alpert Medical School
Clinical Assistant Professor
Brown University
of Medicine
Providence, Rhode Island
Alpert Medical School
Alexandra Degenhardt, MD Brown University
Director Providence, Rhode Island
Multiple Sclerosis Center
Taylor Harrison, MD
New York Methodist Hospital
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Brooklyn, New York
Department of Neurology
Joseph A. Diaz, MD Emory University
Associate Professor of Medicine Atlanta, Georgia
Division of General Internal Medicine
Jennifer Jeremiah, MD
Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Alpert Medical School
Alpert Medical School
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island
Brown University
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,vi Contributors

Powel H. Kazanjian, MD Joanne M. Silvia, MD
Professor and Chief Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of Infectious Disease Department of Family Medicine
Director of H IV Program Alpert Medical School
University of Michigan Medical Center Brown University
Professor of Internal Medicine Providence, Rhode Island
University of Michigan Medical School
Dominick Tammaro, MD
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Associate Director
Kelly A. McGarry, MD Categorical Internal Medicine Residency
Program Director Co-Director
General Internal Medicine Residency Medicine-Pediatrics Residency
Program Division of General Internal Medicine
Rhode Island Hospital Rhode Island Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine Associate Professor of Medicine
Alpert Medical School Alpert Medical School
Brown University Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island Providence, Rhode Island

Lynn McNicol!, MD Iris Tong, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine Assistant Professor
Alpert Medical School Department of Medicine
Brown University Alpert Medical School
Geriatrician Brown University Women and Infants
Division of Geriatrics Hospital
Rhode Island Hospital Providence, Rhode Island
Providence, Rhode Island
Margaret Tryforos, MD
Melissa Nothnagle, MD Clinical Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine Department of Family Medicine
Alpert Medical School Alpert Medical School
Brown University Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island Providence, Rhode Island

Carolyn J. O'Connor, MD Marc S. Weinberg, MD, FACP
Assistant Clinical Professor Clinical Professor of Medicine
Yale University School of Medicine Boston University School of Medicine
Department of Medicine Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
St. Mary's Hospital Alpert Medical School
Waterbury, Connecticut Chief of Nephrology
Roger Williams Medical Center
Steven M. Opal, MD
Providence, Rhode Island
Professor of Medicine
Infectious Disease Division Wen-Chih Wu, MD
Alpert Medical School Associate Professor of Medicine
Brown University Alpert Medical School
Providence, Rhode Island Brown University
Cardiologist
Paul A. Pirraglia, MD, MPH
Providence VA Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Providence, Rhode Island
Alpert Medical School
Brown University
Rhode Island Hospital
Providence, Rhode Island

Harlan G. Rich, MD
Director of Endoscopy
Rhode Island Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine
Alpert Medical School
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island




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T o l i m it its s i z e t o a pocket refe re n c e , l e s s e m p h a s i s h a s b e e n p l a c e d o n
patho p h y s i o l ogy a n d e p i d e m i ol ogy, with m o re e m p ha s i s o n p racti c a l c l i n i c a l i n­
format i o n . C l i n ic a l a l gorith m s a n d t a b l e s have b e e n u s e d extensively t h ro u g h o u t
t h e m a n u a l to s i m p l ify d iffi c u lt t o p i c s a n d to e n h a n c e rec o l l ecti o n of p r i n c i p a l
p o i n t s . I t i s h o p e d t h at i t s c o n c i s e sty l e w i l l h e l p t h e read e r , p a rti c u l a rl y d u r i n g
a n a ctive c l i n i c a l s e rvic e , w h e n t i m e to r e a d i s extre m e l y l i m ited .
T h e c o m b i nati o n of p ractic a l c l i n ic a l i nformatio n with d rug therapeutics, p ro­
ced u re s , d i ag n o st i c i magi ng, a n d l a b o ratory m e d i c i n e m a ke s t h i s m a n u a l u n i q u e
a n d u sefu l , n ot o n l y to m e d i c a l res i d ents a n d stu d ents b u t a l s o to p ractic i ng
p h ys i c i a n s a n d a l l ie d h e a lt h p rofe s s i o n a l s . I w i s h to t h a n k t h e m a n y t h o u s a n d s
of physi c i a n s w h o h ave m a d e t h e p r i o r e d i t i o n s a bestse l l e r i n m e d i c a l p u b l i sh­
ing and hope that futu re u s e rs w i l l fi n d this e d i t i o n the m o st u sefu l m e d i c a l
h a n d b o o k that t h e y w i l l eve r p u rc h a s e d u ri ng t h e i r tra i n i ng .
Fred F . Ferri, MD, FACP




Pearls of Wisdom in Medicine
1 . C o m m o n t h i ngs o c c u r c o m m o n l y .
2 . W h e n y o u h e a r h oofbeats, th i n k of h o rses, n ot zebras.
3. Place y o u r bets o n u n c o m m o n m a n ifestat i o n s of common c o n d it i o n s , rathe r
t h a n c o m m o n m a n i festat i o n s of u n c o m m o n c o n d i t i o n s .
4 . I f what y o u a re d o i n g i s worki n g , kee p o n d o i n g it.
5 . I f what y o u a re doing i s n ot worki ng, stop d o i ng it.
6 . I f y o u don't know w h at to d o , d o n 't d o a n yt h i ng .
7. Above a l l , n ever l et a s u rgeon g e t y o u r pat i e n t .
From Matz R : Principles o f medicine.
NV State J Med 77:99-101, 1977.




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, I also extend a special thanks to my sons, Dr. Vito F. Ferri and Dr. Ch ristopher A. Ferri
for their help in the preparation and review of the man uscript and to the a uthors
and contributors of the following texts who have served as a val uable resource in the
development of the n i nth edition of this manual:
Goldman L, Schafer AI (eds) : Goldman 's Cecil Medicine, 24th ed. Philadelphia,
Saunders, 20 1 2 .
Vincent JL, Abraham E, Moore FA, et al (eds) : Textbook of Critical Care, 6th ed.
Phi ladelphia, Saunders, 20 1 1 .
Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (M KSAP) 16. Phi ladel phia, American
College of Physicians, 20 1 2 .
Gilbert D N , Moelleri ng RC , El iopoulos G M , et a l : The Sanford Guide to Anti m icrobial
Therapy 20 1 3 , 43rd ed. Anti microbial Therapy, I nc, 20 1 2 .
Users of our book are encouraged to use the above noted reference texts for ad­
d itional information on the topics discussed i n this manual .
Fred Ferri, MD




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