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Extensively revised and expanded by the world’s leading physicians, Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, 18econtinues to set the standard as the pinnacle of current medical knowledge and practice, offering the definitive review of disease mechanisms and management.CURRENT All chapters have been completely updated to reflect the latest knowledge and evidence, and important new chapters have been added, including: Systems Biology in Health and Disease, The Human Microbiome, The Biology of Aging, and Neuropsychiatric Illnesses in War Veterans.CONNECTED Harrison's covers more global aspects of medicine than any other textbook, and features such chapters as Global Issues in Medicine, by Jim Yong Kim, Paul Farmer, and Joseph Rhatigan, and new to the 18th edition, Primary Care in Low and Middle Income Countries.COMPREHENSIVE No other resource delivers coverage of disease mechanisms and management like Harrison's, including world-renowned chapters on HIV/AIDS, STEMI and non-STEMI myorcardial infarction, cancer biology, multiple sclerosis, and diabetes. The Harrison’s Multi-Media DVD— Better Than Ever! The Harrison’s DVD has been expanded to include an extensive video demonstration of the neurological physical examination, and video tutorials on how to perform essential clinical procedures, including: * Thoracentesis * Abdominal Paracentesis * Endotracheal Intubation * Central Venous Catheter Placement2 zväzkové vydanie.