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Internal Medicine

Internal medicine is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases affecting adults, with particular emphasis on complex, multisystem, and chronic conditions. Physicians in this discipline, often called internists, are trained to manage undifferentiated presentations, reconcil…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 110× across the literature 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Internal medicine is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases affecting adults, with particular emphasis on complex, multisystem, and chronic conditions. Physicians in this discipline, often called internists, are trained to manage undifferentiated presentations, reconcile competing diagnoses, and coordinate care for patients whose illnesses span several organ systems simultaneously. The field encompasses a broad set of subspecialties, including cardiology, endocrinology, nephrology, gastroenterology, pulmonology, rheumatology, hematology, and infectious disease, each addressing a defined domain while remaining integrated within a holistic, patient-centered approach. Core competencies center on evidence-based diagnostic reasoning, rational pharmacotherapy, recognition and prevention of adverse drug reactions and drug interactions, and the management of multimorbidity and polypharmacy in aging and medically complex populations. Internists place strong emphasis on preventive care, risk-factor modification, screening, immunization, and the longitudinal follow-up that chronic disease demands. The specialty also engages clinical quality and safety concerns such as appropriate medication planning, infection prevention practices, and continuing medical education that keeps practice aligned with evolving evidence. Bridging primary care and hospital medicine, internal medicine integrates pathophysiology, epidemiology, and pharmacology to deliver comprehensive adult care across ambulatory, inpatient, and critical-care settings, addressing both acute decompensation and sustained disease control.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 110 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Internal Medicine, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Journal of Translational Research.

Journal editorial board
Carmine Tomasetti · Italy Simone Mocellin · Italy Shanmugapriya Selvaraj · United States

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