internal medicine
Adult disease field
Internal medicine is the branch of medicine concerned with diagnosing and treating diseases of the internal organs in adults—conditions that don't require surgery.
A physician specializing in internal medicine is an internist, often serving as a primary care doctor or focusing on subspecialties like cardiology or gastroenterology.
She decided to pursue internal medicine rather than surgery.
- internistDoctor of internal organs
- board certifiedOfficially recognized as qualified
- cardiologyStudy of cardiac disorders
- primary careFirst-line medical services
- hospitalistDoctor treating admitted patients
hospital rounds · subspecialty · endocrinology · oncology · neurology · hematology · residency · comorbidities · infectious diseases · differential diagnosis · diagnosis · lab results · treatment plan · chronic disease · gastroenterology · immunology · pharmacotherapy · general practice
- healthcaredoctors, nurses, hospitals, hospital, clinic
- medicinedoctor, doctors, hospital, surgery, treatment
- Biomedicineanatomy, physiology, pathology, pharmacology, immunology
- hospitalshospital, ER, emergency room, ICU, operating room
- medical specialtiescardiology, neurology, pediatrics, dermatology, oncology
- medical trainingmedical residency, medical schools, CPR, anatomical model, med schools
internal medicinesurgery
Invasive medical procedure
general surgery · surgical specialties · neurosurgery · orthopedic surgery · trauma surgery
internal medicinedermatology
Study of skin ailments
plastic surgery · ophthalmology · otolaryngology · podiatry · orthopedics
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