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In the more than 90 years since the first edition of the Cecil Textbook of Medicine
was published, almost everything we know about internal medicine has changed.
Progress in medical science is now occurring at an ever-accelerating pace, and
it is doing so within the framework of transformational changes in clinical
practice and the delivery of health care at individual, social, and global levels.
This textbook and its associated electronic products incorporate the latest
medical knowledge in multiple formats that should appeal to students and
seasoned practitioners regardless of how they prefer to access this rapidly
changing information.
Even as Cecil’s specific information has changed, however, we have remained
true to the tradition of a comprehensive textbook of medicine that carefully
explains the why (the underlying genetics, genomics, and pathobiology of
disease) and the how (now expected to be evidence-based from randomized
controlled trials and meta-analyses). Descriptions of physiology and pathophysiology include the latest genetic advances in a practical format that strives
to be useful to the nonexpert so that care can truly be as precise and personalized as possible
Medicine has entered an era when the acuity of illness and the limited time
available to evaluate a patient have diminished the ability of physicians to
satisfy their intellectual curiosity. As a result, the acquisition of information,
quite easily achieved in this era, is often confused with knowledge. We have
attempted to address this dilemma with a textbook that not only informs but
also stimulates new questions and gives a glimpse of the future path to new
knowledge. Grade A evidence is specifically highlighted in the text and referenced at the end of each chapter. In addition to the information provided in
the textbook, the Cecil website supplies expanded content and functionality.
In many cases, the full articles referenced in each chapter can be accessed
from the Cecil website. The website is also continuously updated to incorporate
subsequent Grade A information, other evidence, and new discoveries.
The sections for each organ system begin with a chapter that summarizes
an approach to patients with key symptoms, signs, or laboratory abnormalities
associated with dysfunction of that organ system. As summarized in E-Table
1-1, the text specifically provides clear, concise information regarding how a
physician should approach more than 100 common symptoms, signs, and
laboratory abnormalities, usually with a flow diagram, a table, or both for easy
reference. In this way, Cecil remains a comprehensive text to guide diagnosis
and therapy, not only for patients with suspected or known diseases but also
for patients who may have undiagnosed symptoms or signs that require an
initial evaluation.
Just as each edition brings new authors, it also reminds us of our gratitude
to past editors and authors. Previous editors of Cecil include a short but remarkably distinguished group of leaders of American medicine: Russell Cecil, Paul
Beeson, Walsh McDermott, James Wyngaarden, Lloyd H. Smith, Jr., Fred
Plum, J. Claude Bennett, and Dennis Ausiello. As we welcome a new associate
editor—Nancy Davidson—we also express our appreciation to James Doroshow and other associate editors from the previous editions on whose foundation we have built. Our returning associate editors—Mary K. Crow, Jeffrey
M. Drazen, Robert C. Griggs, Donald W. Landry, Wendy Levinson, Anil Rustgi,
W. Michael Scheld, and Allen M. Spiegel—continue to make critical contributions to the selection of authors and the review and approval of all manuscripts.
The editors, however, are fully responsible for the book as well as the integration among chapters.
The tradition of Cecil is that all chapters are written by distinguished experts
in each field. Two of those authors, Frank A. Lederle, author of the chapter
on “Diseases of the Aorta,” and Ronald Victor, author of the chapter on “Arterial Hypertension,” passed away after submitting their chapters, and we mourn
their passing
We are also most grateful for the editorial assistance in New York of Timothy
Gahr, Maribel Lim, Eva Allen, and Magdalena Fuentes. These individuals and
others in our offices have shown extraordinary dedication and equanimity in
working with authors and editors to manage the unending flow of manuscripts,
figures, and permissions.
This edition of Goldman-Cecil Medicine includes many new authors. We
would also like to thank outgoing authors, who often provided figures that
are included in this edition as well as tables that have been included or modified for this edition. Furthermore, because of the templated format and extensive
editing that are characteristic of Goldman-Cecil Medicine, some new chapters
incorporate principles, concepts, and organizational aspects from those prior
chapters, often revised extensively prior to publication. Among prior authors
who deserve our appreciation, in the numerical order of their chapters, are
Victoria M. Taylor, Steven A. Schroeder, Thomas B. Newman, Charles E.
McCulloch, Thomas H. Lee, F. Daniel Duffy, Lawrence S. Neinstein, Steven
E. Hyman, Grant W. Cannon, Cem Gabay, Carlo Patrono, Jack Hirsh, Adam
Perlman, Sandesh C.S. Nagamani, Paweł Stankiewicz, James R. Lupski, Sekar
Kathiresan, David Altshuler, Göran K. Hansson, Anders Hamsten, L. David
Hillis, Bruce W. Lytle, William C. Little, Donna Mancini, Yoshifumi Naka,
Dennis E. Niewoehner, Frank J. Accurso, Emanuel P. Rivers, Marsha D. Ford,
Geoffrey K. Isbister, Itzchak Slotki, Mark L. Zeidel, David H. Kim, Perry J.
Pickhardt, Martin J. Blaser, Stephen Crane Hauser, H. Franklin Bunn, Gordon
D. Ginder, Martin H. Steinberg, Aśok C. Antony, Ayalew Tefferi, Michael
Glogauer, Marc E. Rothenberg, William L. Nichols, Lawrence T. Goodnough,
Adrian R. Black, Kenneth H. Cowan, Susan O’Brien, Elias Jabbour, Marshall
R. Posner, Charles D. Blanke, Douglas O. Faigel, David Spriggs, John D. Hainsworth, F. Anthony Greco, Clay F. Semenkovich, Stephen G. Kaler, Bruce R.
Bacon, Bruce R. Bistrian, Stephen A. McClave, Mark E. Molitch, Matthew
Kim, Paul W. Ladenson, Kenneth R. Hande, Robert W. Rebar, Deborah Grady,
Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, Samuel A. Wells, Jr., Stephen I. Wasserman, Larry
Borish, Suneel S. Apte, Joel A. Block, Carla Scanzello, Robert M. Bennett,
Ilseung Cho, S. Ragnar Norrby, Lionel A. Mandell, Donald E. Low, Kenneth
L. Gage, Atis Muehlenbachs, Stuart Levin, Kamaljit Singh, Richard L. Guerrant, Dirk M. Elston, Larry J. Anderson, Martin Weisse, Mark Papania, Letha
M. Healey, Tamsin A. Knox, Christine Wanke, Kristina Crothers, Alison Morris,
Toby A. Maurer, Thomas S. Uldrick, Robert Yarchoan, Robert Colebunders,
Ralph F. Józefowicz, Michael Aminoff, Eelco F.M. Wijdicks, Myron Yanoff,
Douglas Cameron, David H. Chu, James C. Shaw, Neil J. Korman, and Ronald
J. Elin. We also thank Michael G. House, who contributed to the chapter on
“Diseases of the Gallbladder and Bile Ducts,” and Anna Louise Beavis, who
contributed to the chapter on “Gynecologic Cancers.” Chapters written by
public employees reflect recommendations and conclusions of the authors
and do not necessarily reflect the official position of the entity for which they
work.
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