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Ferri's Clinical Advisor 2015 E-Book

Ferri's Clinical Advisor 2015 E-Book

Fred F. Ferri

(2014)

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Abstract

Ferri’s Clinical Advisor 2015 is the fastest, most effective way to access current diagnostic and therapeutic information on more than 700 common medical conditions. Dr. Ferri’s popular "5 books in 1" format provides quick guidance on short QT syndrome, microscopic polyangiitis, fungal meningitis, and much more. This medical reference makes the answers you need even easier to find - anytime, anywhere.

  • Consult this title on your favorite e-reader, conduct rapid searches, and adjust font sizes for optimal readability.
  • Review normal values and interpret results for more than 200 lab tests.
  • Improve your family healthcare practice’s efficiency with cost-effective referral and consultation guidelines.

  • Identify and treat a broader range of disorders, including diabetic foot infections, hypergonadism, and acute liver failure, with 22 new topics in the Diseases & Disorders section.
  • Improve your interpretation of presenting symptoms with 38 new topics and 40 new images in the Differential Diagnosis section, and optimize patient care with more than 250 new figures and tables.
  • Rapidly find the answers you need with separate sections on diseases and disorders, differential diagnosis, clinical algorithms, laboratory results, and clinical preventive services, plus an at-a-glance format that uses cross-references, outlines, bullets, tables, boxes, and algorithms to expedite your search.
  • Expedite insurance reimbursements with current ICD-9 and future ICD-10 insurance billing codes.
  • Access full-color images and more than 90 online-only topics at Expert Consult, as well as EBMs, Suggested Reading, Patient Teaching Guides, and additional algorithms.

Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Front Cover Cover
IFC IFC5
Ferri's Clinical Advisor 2015: 5 Books in 1 i
Copyright ii
Section Editors iii
Contributors v
Dedication xxii
Preface xxiii
Ferri’s Clinical Advisor 2015 — How to Use This Book xxv
Contents xxvi
Detailed Contents xxvii
Section I - Diseases and Disorders 1
A 3
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm 3
Abruptio Placentae 6
Abscess, Brain 8
Abscess, Breast 10
Abscess, Epidural 11
Abscess, Liver 12
Abscess, Lung 14
Abscess, Pelvic 16
Abscess, Perirectal 17
Abscess, Peritonsillar 18
Abscess, Renal 19
Abscess, Retropharyngeal 20
Abuse, Child 22
Abuse, Drug 25
Abuse, Elder 28
Acetaminophen Poisoning 30
Achalasia 31
Achilles Tendon Rupture 33
Acne Vulgaris 34
Acoustic Neuroma 36
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome 37
Acromegaly 38.e8
Actinic Keratosis 39
Actinomycosis 41
Acute Bronchitis 43
Acute Coronary Syndrome 44
Acute Kidney Injury 49
Acute Liver Failure 54
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome 57
Acute Stress Disorder 60
Acute Urinary Retention (AUR) 62
Adrenal Insufficiency 63
Adult-Onset Still's Disease 65
Alcoholic Hepatitis 67
Alcoholism 69
Aldosteronism 72
Allergic Rhinitis 73
Alopecia 74
Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency 76
Alzheimer’s Disease 77
Amaurosis Fugax 79
Amblyopia 80
Amebiasis 81
Amenorrhea 82
Amnestic Disorders 85
Amyloidosis 86.e2
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 87
Anaerobic Infections 88
Anal Fissure 89
Anaphylaxis 90
Anemia, Aplastic 91
Anemia, Hemolytic Autoimmune 92
Anemia, Inflammatory 93
Anemia, Iron Deficiency 94
Anemia, Pernicious 96
Anemia, Sideroblastic 97
Angina Pectoris 98
Angioedema 103
Ankle Fracture 105
Ankle Sprain 107
Ankylosing Spondylitis 109
Anorectal Fistula 111
Anorexia Nervosa 112
Anoxic Brain Injury 114
Anthrax 115.e2
Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome 116
Anxiety (Generalized Anxiety Disorder) 119
Aortic Dissection 120
Aortic Regurgitation 123
Aortic Stenosis 125
Appendicitis, Acute 127
Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia 129
Asbestosis 131
Ascariasis 132
Ascites 133
Aspergillosis 135
Asthma 137
Astrocytoma 145
Ataxia 147
Ataxia Telangiectasia 147.e2
Atelectasis 148
Atopic Dermatitis 149
Atrial Fibrillation 150
Atrial Flutter 154
Atrial Myxoma 156
Atrial Septal Defect 157
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder 160
Autism Spectrum Disorders 162
AV Malformations, Cerebral 164
Avascular Necrosis 166
B 169
Babesiosis 169
Baker’s Cyst 171
Balanitis 172
Barrett Esophagus 173
Bartter’s Syndrome 174.e2
Basal Cell Carcinoma 175
Bedbug Bite 176
Behçet’s Disease 178
Bell’s Palsy 180
Biceps Tendonitis 182
Bipolar Disorder 184
Bisphosphonate-Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw 186
Bite Wounds 188
Bites and Stings, Arachnids 190
Bites and Stings, Insect 191
Bites, Snake 193
Bladder Cancer 196
Blastomycosis 198.e2
Blepharitis 199
Body Dysmorphic Disorder 200
Bone Tumor, Primary Malignant 201
Borderline Personality Disorder 202
Botulism 204
Brain Metastases 205
Brain Neoplasm, Benign 207
Brain Neoplasm, Glioblastoma 209
Breast Cancer 211
Breech Birth 215
Bronchiectasis 216
Brucellosis 216.e2
Brugada Syndrome 217
Bruxism 219
Budd-Chiari Syndrome 220
Bulimia Nervosa 222
Bullous Pemphigoid 224
Burning Mouth Syndrome 224.e1
Burns 225
Bursitis 228
C 229
Calcium Pyrophosphate Dehydrate Crystal Deposition Disease 229
Candidiasis, Cutaneous 231
Candidiasis, Invasive 233
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning 235
Carcinoid Syndrome 237
Cardiac Tamponade 239
Cardiomyopathy, Chemical-Induced 241
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated 243
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic 245
Cardiomyopathy, Restrictive 248
Cardiomyopathy, Stress-Induced 250
Cardiorenal Syndrome 252
Carotid Sinus Syndrome 254
Carotid Stenosis 256
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome 258
Cataracts 259
Cat-Scratch Disease 260
Celiac Disease 261
Cellulitis 263
Cerebral Palsy 264
Cerebral Vasculitis 265
Cervical Cancer 267
Cervical Disk Syndromes 268
Cervical Dysplasia 269
Cervical Polyps 272
Cervicitis 273
Chagas’ Disease 274
Chancroid 275.e2
Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease 276
Charcot’s Joint 277
Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting 278
Chlamydia Genital Infections 279
Cholangitis 280
Cholecystitis 281
Cholelithiasis 282
Cholera 282.e2
Chorea 283
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 284
Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) 285
Chronic Kidney Disease 287
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 291
Churg-Strauss Syndrome 295
Cirrhosis 297
Claudication 299
Clostridium difficile Infection 302
Cocaine Overdose 304
Coccidioidomycosis 306
Cogan’s Syndrome 307.e2
Colorado Tick Fever 307.e4
Colorectal Cancer 308
Compartment Syndrome 311
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome 313
Concussion 314
Conduct Disorder 316
Condyloma Acuminatum 317
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia 317.e2
Conjunctivitis 318
Contact Dermatitis 320
Contraception 321
Conversion Disorder 323
Cor Pulmonale 324
Corneal Abrasion 326
Corneal Ulceration 327
Coronary Artery Disease 328
Costochondritis 332
Craniopharyngioma 333
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease 334
Crohn’s Disease 336
Cryoglobulinemia 338
Cryptococcosis 339
Cryptorchidism 339.e2
Cryptosporidium Infection 340
Cubital Tunnel Syndrome 341
Cushing’s Disease and Syndrome 342
Cutaneous Larva Migrans 342.e4
Cystic Fibrosis 343
Cysticercosis 345
Cytomegalovirus Infection 347
D 348
Deep Vein Thrombosis 348
Delayed Puberty 351
Delirium 355
Delirium Tremens 357
Delusional Parasitosis 358
Dementia with Lewy Bodies 359
Dengue Fever 360.e2
Dependent Personality Disorder 361
Depression, Major 362
De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis 364
Dermatitis Herpetiformis 365
Diabetes Insipidus 367
Diabetes Mellitus 368
Diabetic Foot 375
Diabetic Ketoacidosis 377
Diabetic Polyneuropathy 379
Diabetic Retinopathy 381
Digoxin Overdose 382.e3
Diphtheria 382.e6
Discoid Lupus 383
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation 384
Diverticular Disease (Diverticulosis, Diverticulitis) 385
Down Syndrome 386
Dumping Syndrome 387
Dupuytren’s Contracture 388
Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding 389
Dysmenorrhea 391
Dyspareunia 392
Dyspepsia, Nonulcerative 394
Dysphagia 395
Dystonia 397
E 399
Echinococcosis 399
Eclampsia 402
Ectopic Pregnancy 403
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome 404.e2
Ehrlichiosis and Anaplasmosis 405
Ejaculation and Orgasm Disorders 407
Electrical and Lightning Injury 409
Emergency Contraception 410.e2
Empyema 411
Encephalitis, Acute Viral 412
Encephalopathy 414
Encopresis 415
Endocarditis, Infective 416
Endometrial Cancer 419
Endometriosis 421
Endometritis 423
Enuresis 424
Eosinophilic Fasciitis 425.e2
Eosinophilic Pneumonias 425.e4
Epicondylitis 426
Epididymitis 427
Epidural Hematoma 428
Epiglottitis 430
Episcleritis 431
Epistaxis 432
Epstein-Barr Virus Infection 434
Erectile Dysfunction 435
Erysipelas 437
Erythema Multiforme 438
Erythema Nodosum 439
Esophageal Tumors 440
Esophageal Varices 443
Essential Tremor 445
F 446
Factitious Disorder (Including Munchausen’s Syndrome) 446
Failure to Thrive (Pediatric) 448
Falls in the Elderly 450
Fatty Liver of Pregnancy, Acute 452
Felty’s Syndrome 452.e2
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome 453
Fever of Undetermined Origin 455
Fibrocystic Breast Disease 457
Fibromyalgia 458
Fifth Disease (Parvovirus B19 Infection) 460
Filariasis 461.e2
Folliculitis 462
Food Allergies 463
Food Poisoning, Bacterial 465
Friedreich’s Ataxia 467
Frostbite 468
Frozen Shoulder 470
G 471
Galactorrhea 471
Ganglia 472
Gardner’s Syndrome 473
Gastric Cancer 475
Gastrinoma 477
Gastritis 478
Gastroenteritis 479
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease 481
Gender Dysphoria Disorder and Gender Nonconformity 483
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) 486
Giant Cell Arteritis 488
Giardiasis 490
Gilbert’s Disease 491
Gingivitis 492
Gingivitis, Necrotizing Ulcerative (NUG) 492.e2
Glaucoma, Open-Angle 493
Glaucoma, Primary Angle-Closure 494
Glenohumeral Dislocation 495
Glomerulonephritis, Acute 496
Glossitis 499
Gonorrhea 500
Goodpasture’s Syndrome 501
Gout 502
Granuloma Annulare 504
Granuloma Inguinale 504.e2
Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (Wegener’s Granulomatosis) 505
Granulomatous Arthritis 506.e2
Graves’ Disease 507
Guillain-Barré Syndrome 509
Gynecomastia 511
H 512
Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease 512
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome 512.e2
Headache, Cluster 513
Headache, Migraine 514
Headache, Tension-Type 516
Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) 517
Heart Block, Complete 521
Heart Block, Second-Degree 523
Heart Failure 525
Heat Exhaustion and Heat Stroke 532
Helicobacter Pylori Infection 534
HELLP Syndrome 536
Hemochromatosis 537
Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome 539
Hemophilia 541
Hemoptysis 543
Hemorrhoids 544
Henoch-Schönlein Purpura 545
Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia 547
Hepatic Encephalopathy 549
Hepatitis A 551
Hepatitis B 553
Hepatitis C 556
Hepatitis, Autoimmune 558
Hepatocellular Carcinoma 560
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome 563
Hepatorenal Syndrome 564
Herpangina 566
Herpes Simplex 567
Herpes Zoster 569
Hiatal Hernia 571
Hidradenitis Suppurativa 573
High-Altitude Sickness 575
Hip Fracture 577
Hirsutism 579
Histiocytosis X (Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis) 580.e2
Histoplasmosis 581
Histrionic Personality Disorder 583
HIV Cognitive Dysfunction 584
Hodgkin’s Lymphoma 585
Hookworm 589
Hordeolum (Stye) 590
Horner’s Syndrome 591
Hot Flashes 592
Human Immunodeficiency Virus 593
Huntington’s Disease 600
Hydrocele 601
Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure 602
Hydronephrosis 603
Hypercholesterolemia 605
Hypercoagulable State 607
Hyperemesis Gravidarum 610
Hypereosinophilic Syndrome 610.e2
Hyperlipoproteinemia, Primary 611
Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic Syndrome 613
Hyperparathyroidism 614
Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis 616
Hypersplenism 618
Hypertension 619
Hyperthyroidism 623
Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy 625
Hyperuricemia 627
Hypoaldosteronism 628
Hypochondriasis (Illness Anxiety Disorder) 629
Hypogonadism, Male 630
Hypoparathyroidism 633
Hypopituitarism 635
Hypospadias 636.e3
Hypothermia 637
Hypothyroidism 639
I 639.e4
ID Reaction 639.e4
Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension 640
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis 642
IgA Nephropathy 644
Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura 646
Impetigo 648
Inclusion Body Myositis 649
Incontinence, Bowel, Elderly Patient 650
Incontinence, Urinary 651
Infantile Hypotonia 652.e3
Infertility 653
Influenza 655
Influenza, Avian 657.e2
Insomnia 658
Insulinoma 660
Intermittent Explosive Disorder 661
Interstitial Cystitis 662
Interstitial Lung Disease 664
Interstitial Nephritis 666
Intraventricular Conduction Defect 668
Irritable Bowel Syndrome 669
J 671
Jaundice in the Adult Patient 671
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis 673
K 675
Kaposi’s Sarcoma 675
Kawasaki Disease 676
Keloid 678
Klinefelter’s Syndrome 679.e2
Korsakoff’s Psychosis 679.e3
L 680
Labyrinthitis 680
Lactose Intolerance 681
Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome 682
Laryngeal Carcinoma 683
Laryngitis 684
Laryngotracheobronchitis 685
Lead Poisoning 686
Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease 687
Leishmaniasis 687.e2
Leprosy 687.e4
Leptospirosis 690.e2
Leukemia, Acute Myelogenous 691
Leukemia, Acute Lymphoblastic 694
Leukemia, Chronic Lymphocytic 694
Leukemia, Chronic Myelogenous 696
Leukemia, Hairy Cell 697
Leukoplakia, Oral Hairy 698
Lichen Planus 699
Lichen Sclerosus 700
Lichen Simplex Chronicus 701
Listeriosis 702
Long QT Syndrome 703
Lumbar Disc Syndrome 706
Lung Neoplasms, Primary 708
Lyme Disease 712
Lymphangitis 713
Lymphedema 714
Lymphogranuloma Venereum 715.e2
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin 716
Lynch Syndrome 719
M 720
Macular Degeneration 720
Malaria 721
Malignant Hyperthermia 725
Mallory-Weiss Tear 727
Marfan’s Syndrome 728
Mastitis 730
Mastodynia 731
Mastoiditis 732
Measles (Rubeola) 732.e2
Meckel Diverticulum 733
Meigs’ Syndrome 734
Melanoma 735
Ménière’s Disease 738
Meningioma 739
Meningitis, Bacterial 741
Meningitis, Fungal 744
Meningitis, Viral 746
Meningomyelocele 746.e2
Menopause 747
Menorrhagia 749
Mesenteric Adenitis 750
Mesenteric Ischemia, Acute 751
Mesenteric Venous Thrombosis 753
Mesothelioma, Malignant 754
Metabolic Syndrome 755
Metatarsalgia 757
Methanol and Ethylene Glycol Poisoning 758
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) 760
Microscopic Polyangiitis 761
Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) 763
Milk-Alkali Syndrome 763.e2
Mitral Regurgitation 764
Mitral Stenosis 766
Mitral Valve Prolapse 769
Mixed Connective Tissue Disease 771
Molar Pregnancy 772
Molluscum Contagiosum 773
Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance (MGUS) 774
Mononucleosis 776
Morton Neuroma 777
Motion Sickness 779
Mucormycosis 780
Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Rods (MDR-GNRs) 781
Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia 782
Multiple Myeloma 783
Multiple Sclerosis 785
Mumps 788
Muscular Dystrophy 790
Mushroom Poisoning 792
Myasthenia Gravis 793
Mycosis Fungoides 794
Myelodysplastic Syndrome 796
Myelofibrosis, Primary 798
Myocardial Infarction 800
Myocarditis 807
Myoclonus 810
Myopathies, Idiopathic Inflammatory 811
Myotonia 813
Myxedema Coma 814
N 815
Narcissistic Personality Disorder 815
Narcolepsy 816
Necrotizing Fasciitis 818
Nephroblastoma 820
Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis 821
Nephrotic Syndrome 822
Neuroblastoma 825
Neurofibromatosis 827
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome 829
Neuropathic Pain 830
Neuropathy, Hereditary 833
Nocardiosis 835
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease 837
O 838
Obesity 838
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) 841
Ocular Foreign Body 842
Onychomycosis 843
Opioid Dependence 845
Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) 846.e2
Optic Atrophy 847
Optic Neuritis 848
Oral Cancer 849
Orchitis 851
Orthostatic Hypotension 852
Osgood-Schlatter Disease 854
Osler-Rendu-Weber Syndrome 854.e2
Osteoarthritis 855
Osteochondritis Dissecans 857
Osteomyelitis 858
Osteoporosis 860
Otitis Externa 863
Otitis Media 865
Otosclerosis (Otospongiosis) 866.e3
Ovarian Cancer 867
Ovarian Neoplasm, Benign 869
P 870
Paget’s Disease of Bone 870
Paget’s Disease of the Breast 871
Pain Management in Chronic Pain 872
Pancreatic Cancer (Exocrine) 875
Pancreatitis, Acute 877
Pancreatitis, Chronic 880
Panic Disorder, with or without Agoraphobia 881
Panniculitis 883
Paraneoplastic Syndromes 885
Paranoid Personality Disorder 887
Parkinson’s Disease 889
Paronychia 891
Paroxysmal Cold Hemoglobinuria 891.e2
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria 891.e4
Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia 892
Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome 894
Patent Foramen Ovale 895
Pediatric Medication Errors 896.e2
Pediculosis 897
Pedophilic Disorder 898
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease 900
Pelvic Organ Prolapse (Uterine Prolapse) 902
Pemphigus Vulgaris 904
Peptic Ulcer Disease 906
Pericarditis 908
Peripheral Arterial Disease 911
Peritonitis, Secondary 914
Peritonitis, Spontaneous Bacterial 915
Pertussis 916
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome and Other Polyposis Syndromes 917
Peyronie’s Disease 919
Pharyngitis/Tonsillitis 920
Pheochromocytoma 921
Phobias 922
Pilonidal Disease 924
Pinworms 925
Piriformis Syndrome 926
Pituitary Adenoma 927
Pityriasis Rosea 930
Placenta Previa 931
Plantar Fasciitis 932
Pleurisy 933
Pneumonia, Aspiration 934
Pneumonia, Bacterial 935
Pneumonia, Mycoplasma 937
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis jirovecii (carinii) 939
Pneumonia, Viral 940
Pneumothorax, Spontaneous 942
Poison Ivy Dermatitis 944
Poliomyelitis 944.e2
Polyarteritis Nodosa 945
Polycystic Kidney Disease 947
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome 949
Polycythemia Vera 951
Polymyalgia Rheumatica 953
Polypharmacy 953.e2
Portal Hypertension 954
Portal Vein Thrombosis 956
Postconcussive Syndrome 957
Postpartum Hemorrhage 959
Postpoliomyelitis Syndrome 961
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder 963
Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) 964.e2
Precocious Puberty 965
Preeclampsia 966
Premature Labor 968
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder 969.e2
Premenstrual Syndrome 970
Preoperative Evaluation 972
Pressure Ulcers 976
Priapism 978
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis 979
Primary Ovarian Insufficiency 981
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis 982
Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy 984
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy 985
Prolactinoma 986
Pronator Syndrome 987
Prostate Cancer 988
Prostatic Hyperplasia, Benign 991
Prostatitis 993
Pruritus Ani 994
Pruritus Vulvae 995
Psittacosis 996
Psoriasis 997
Psoriatic Arthritis 999
Psychosis 1001
Pulmonary Edema 1002
Pulmonary Embolism 1004
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension 1007
Pulseless Electrical Activity 1010
Pure Red Cell Aplasia 1010.e2
Pyelonephritis 1011
Pyoderma Gangrenosum 1012.e2
Pyogenic Granuloma 1013
Q 1013.e1
Q Fever 1013.e1
R 1013.e3
Rabies 1013.e3
Radiation Exposure 1014
Ramsay Hunt Syndrome 1016
Raynaud’s Phenomenon 1017
Reiter’s Syndrome (Reactive Arthritis) 1019
Renal Artery Stenosis 1020
Renal Cell Adenocarcinoma 1023
Renal Tubular Acidosis 1025
Renal Vein Thrombosis 1026
Respiratory Syncytial Virus 1026.e1
Restless Legs Syndrome 1027
Retinal Detachment 1028
Retinal Hemorrhage 1029
Retinitis Pigmentosa 1030
Retinoblastoma 1031
Retroperitoneal Fibrosis 1031.e2
Reye’s Syndrome 1031.e4
Rh Incompatibility 1032
Rhabdomyolysis 1033
Rheumatic Fever 1035.e2
Rheumatoid Arthritis 1036
Rickets 1039
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever 1040
Rosacea 1041
Roseola 1042
Rotator Cuff Syndrome 1043
Rubella 1043.e4
S 1044
Salivary Gland Neoplasms 1044
Salmonellosis 1045
Sarcoidosis 1047
Sarcoma 1049
Scabies 1051
Scarlet Fever 1052
Schistosomiasis 1052.e1
Schizophrenia 1053
Scleritis 1055
Scleroderma (Systemic Sclerosis) 1056
Scoliosis 1058
Seasonal Affective Disorder 1059
Seborrheic Dermatitis (SD) 1060
Seizures, Absence 1061
Seizures, Febrile 1062
Seizures, Generalized Tonic Clonic 1063
Seizures, Partial 1064
Sepsis 1065
Septic Arthritis 1067
Serotonin Syndrome 1068
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 1069.e2
Sexual Assault 1070
Sexual Dysfunction in Women 1071
Shaken Baby Syndrome 1072
Sheehan's Syndrome 1072.e2
Shigellosis 1073
Short Bowel Syndrome 1074
Short QT Syndrome 1075
Sialadenitis 1077
Sialolithiasis 1078
Sickle Cell Disease 1079
Sick Sinus Syndrome 1082
Silicosis 1083
Sinus Thrombosis 1084
Sinusitis 1086
Sjögren’s Syndrome 1088
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive 1090
Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE) 1092
Smallpox 1094.e2
Social Anxiety Disorder 1095
Somatization Disorder 1096
Spasticity 1097
Spina Bifida 1097.e2
Spinal Cord Compression 1098
Spinal Epidural Abscess 1100
Spinal Stenosis, Lumbar 1102
Spinocerebellar Ataxia 1104
Spontaneous Miscarriage 1106
Sporotrichosis 1106.e2
Squamous Cell Carcinoma 1107
Statin-Induced Muscle Syndromes 1108
Status Epilepticus 1110
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome 1112
Stomatitis/Mucositis 1113
Strabismus 1114
Stroke, Acute Ischemic 1115
Stroke, Hemorrhagic 1119
Stroke, Secondary Prevention 1121
Sturge-Weber Syndrome 1122.e2
Stuttering 1123
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage 1124
Subclavian Steal Syndrome 1126
Subdural Hematoma 1127
Suicide 1128
Superior Vena Cava Syndrome 1130
Syncope 1132
Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuresis 1134
Syphilis 1136
Syringomyelia 1138
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus 1139
T 1142.e2
Tabes Dorsalis 1142.e2
Takayasu’s Arteritis 1143
Tapeworm Infestation 1147
Tardive Dyskinesia 1148
Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome 1149
Temporomandibular Joint Syndrome 1150
Testicular Cancer 1151
Testicular Torsion 1152
Tetanus 1152.e2
Tetralogy of Fallot 1153
Thalassemias 1156
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome 1158
Thromboangiitis Obliterans 1158.e2
Thrombocytosis 1159
Thrombophlebitis, Superficial Venous 1161
Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura 1162
Thyroid Carcinoma 1163
Thyroid Nodule 1165
Thyroiditis 1166
Thyrotoxic Storm 1166.e3
Tinea Capitis 1167
Tinea Corporis 1169
Tinea Cruris 1170
Tinea Pedis 1171
Tinea Versicolor 1172
Tinnitus 1173
Torsades de Pointes 1174
Torticollis 1177
Tourette’s Syndrome 1178
Toxic Shock Syndrome 1180
Toxoplasmosis 1182
Tracheitis 1183.e2
Transfusion Reaction, Hemolytic 1184
Transient Ischemic Attack 1185
Transverse Myelitis 1186
Trichinosis 1186.e2
Tricuspid Regurgitation 1186.e4
Tricuspid Stenosis 1186.e7
Tricyclic Antidepressant Overdose 1186.e9
Trigeminal Neuralgia 1187
Trigger Finger 1188
Trochanteric Bursitis 1189
Tropical Sprue 1189.e2
Tuberculosis, Miliary 1190
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary 1192
Tuberous Sclerosis 1194.e2
Tubular Necrosis, Acute 1195
Tularemia 1195.e2
Tumor Lysis Syndrome 1196
Turner Syndrome 1197.e2
Typhoid Fever 1197.e4
U 1198
Ulcerative Colitis 1198
Urethritis, Gonococcal 1201
Urethritis, Nongonococcal 1202
Urinary Tract Infection 1203
Urolithiasis (Nephrolithiasis) 1205
Urticaria 1208
Uterine Fibroids 1209
Uterine Malignancy 1211
Uveitis 1212
V 1213
Vaginal Bleeding During Pregnancy 1213
Vaginal Fistulas 1214
Vaginal Malignancy 1216
Vaginismus 1217
Vaginitis, Estrogen-Deficient 1218
Vaginitis, Fungal 1219
Vaginitis, Prepubescent 1220
Vaginitis, Trichomonas 1221
Vaginosis, Bacterial 1222
Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) 1223
Varicella 1224
Varicocele 1225
Varicose Veins 1226
Vasculitis, Systemic 1228
Venous Insufficiency, Chronic 1230
Venous Ulcers 1232
Ventricular Septal Defect 1234
Vertebral Compression Fractures 1237
Vestibular Neuronitis 1239
Vitamin Deficiency (Hypovitaminosis) 1240
Vitamin D Deficiency 1242
Vitiligo 1244
Von Hippel-Lindau Disease 1244.e2
Von Willebrand’s Disease 1245
Vulvar Cancer 1246
W 1248
Waldenström’s Macroglobulinemia 1248
Warts 1250
Wernicke Syndrome 1252
West Nile Virus Infection 1254
Whiplash 1255
Whipple’s Disease 1255.e2
Wilson’s Disease 1256
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome 1257
Y 1258.e2
Yellow Fever 1258.e2
Z 1258.e4
Zenker's (Pharyngoesophageal) Diverticulum 1258.e4
Section II - Differential Diagnosis 1259
A 1261
Abdominal Distention 1261
ABDOMINAL PAIN, ADOLESCENCE26 1261
ABDOMINAL PAIN, CHILDHOOD26 1261
ABDOMINAL PAIN, CHRONIC LOWER38 1261
ABDOMINAL PAIN, DIFFUSE 1261
ABDOMINAL PAIN, EPIGASTRIC 1261
ABDOMINAL PAIN, INFANCY26 1262
ABDOMINAL PAIN, LEFT LOWER QUADRANT 1262
ABDOMINAL PAIN, LEFT UPPER QUADRANT 1262
ABDOMINAL PAIN, NONSURGICAL CAUSES 1262
ABDOMINAL PAIN, PERIUMBILICAL 1262
ABDOMINAL PAIN, POORLY LOCALIZED26 1262
ABDOMINAL PAIN, PREGNANCY 1262
ABDOMINAL PAIN, RIGHT LOWER QUADRANT 1262
ABDOMINAL PAIN, RIGHT UPPER QUADRANT 1263
ABDOMINAL PAIN, SUPRAPUBIC 1263
ABDOMINAL WALL MASSES38 1263
ABORTION, RECURRENT 1263
ACHES AND PAINS, DIFFUSE24 1263
ACIDOSIS, HYPERCHLORIC METABOLIC38B 1263
ACIDOSIS, LACTIC38B 1264
ACIDOSIS, METABOLIC 1264
ACIDOSIS, RESPIRATORY 1264
ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY AND LIVER DISEASE, CAUSES12AB 1264
ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY, HIV PATIENT, CAUSES12AB 1264
ACUTE SCROTUM 1264
ADNEXAL MASS26 1265
ADRENAL MASSES36 1265
ADRENOCORTICAL HYPERFUNCTION1A 1265
ADRENOCORTICAL HYPOFUNCTION 1265
ADVERSE FOOD REACTIONS, DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS22A 1266
ADYNAMIC ILEUS26 1266
AEROPHAGIA (BELCHING, ERUCTATION) 1266
AIR-SPACE OPACIFICATION ON X-RAY16A 1266
AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, PEDIATRIC AGE19 1266
AKINETIC/RIGID SYNDROME1A 1267
ALKALOSIS, METABOLIC 1267
ALKALOSIS, RESPIRATORY 1267
ALOPECIA14,28 1267
ALOPECIA AND HYPOTRICHOSIS, IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS 1267
ALOPECIA, DRUG-INDUCED 1268
ALVEOLAR CONSOLIDATION 1268
ALVEOLAR HEMORRHAGE28 1268
AMENORRHEA 1268
AMNESIA 1268
AMNIOTIC FLUID ALPHA-FETOPROTEIN ELEVATION16A 1269
ANAL ABSCESS AND FISTULA38 1269
ANAL INCONTINENCE26 1269
ANAPHYLAXIS21 1269
ANAPHYLACTOID SYNDROME OF PREGNANCY1 1269
ANDROGEN EXCESS, REPRODUCTIVE-AGE WOMAN 1269
ANDROGEN RESISTANCE25 1270
ANEMIA, APLASTIC20 1270
ANEMIA, APLASTIC, DUE TO DRUGS AND CHEMICALS1 1270
ANEMIA, DRUG-INDUCED17 1270
ANEMIA, HYPOCHROMIC20 1270
ANEMIA, LOW RETICULOCYTE COUNT1A 1271
ANEMIA, MEGALOBLASTIC36 1271
ANERGY, CUTANEOUS36 1272
ANEURYSMS, THORACIC AORTA 1272
ANHIDROSIS 1272
ANION GAP ACIDOSIS38B 1272
ANION GAP INCREASE 1272
ANISOCORIA 1272
ANOREXIA38 1272
ANOVULATION 1272
APPETITE LOSS IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN19 1273
ARTERIAL OCCLUSION15 1273
ARTHRITIS AND ABDOMINAL PAIN 1273
ARTHRITIS AND DIARRHEA 1273
ARTHRITIS AND EYE LESIONS6 1273
ARTHRITIS AND HEART MURMUR6 1273
ARTHRITIS AND MUSCLE WEAKNESS8 1273
ARTHRITIS AND RASH6 1274
ARTHRITIS AND SUBCUTANEOUS NODULES6 1274
ARTHRITIS AND WEIGHT LOSS6 1274
ARTHRITIS OR EXTREMITY PAIN, IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS22A 1274
ARTHRITIS, AXIAL SKELETON 1274
ARTHRITIS, FEVER, AND RASH6 1275
ARTHRITIS, MONOARTICULAR AND OLIGOARTICULAR2 1275
ARTHRITIS, PEDIATRIC AGE19 1275
ARTHRITIS, POLYARTICULAR 1275
ASCITES 1275
ASPIRATION LUNG INJURY, CHILDREN22A 1276
ASTHENIA 1276
ASTHMA, CHILDHOOD4 1276
ATAXIA 1276
ATAXIA, ACUTE OR RECURRENT11 1277
ATAXIA, CEREBELLAR, ADULT ONSET34A 1277
ATAXIA, CEREBELLAR, CHILDREN34A 1277
ATAXIA, CHRONIC OR PROGRESSIVE11 1277
ATELECTASIS 1277
ATRIAL ENLARGEMENT, LEFT ATRIUM16A 1277
Back Pain 1278
BACK PAIN, CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS22A 1278
ATRIAL ENLARGEMENT, RIGHT ATRIUM 1278
ATYPICAL LYMPHOCYTOSIS, HETEROPHIL NEGATIVE, INFECTIOUS CAUSES1A 1278
AV NODAL BLOCK15 1278
B 1279
BACK PAIN, LOW, ACUTE2 1279
BACK PAIN, VISCEROGENIC ORIGIN 1279
BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH, SMALL INTESTINE38 1279
BALLISM* 1279
BILE DUCT, DILATED38 1279
BLEEDING, LOWER GI 1279
BLEEDING, LOWER GI, PEDIATRIC2 1279
BLEEDING, RECTAL38 1280
BLEEDING, THIRD TRIMESTER1 1280
BLEEDING, UPPER GI 1280
BLEEDING, UPPER GI, PEDIATRIC2 1280
BLEEDING, VAGINAL, NON-PREGNANT FEMALE1 1280
BLINDNESS, GERIATRIC AGE 1280
BLINDNESS, MONOCULAR, TRANSIENT 1281
BLINDNESS, PEDIATRIC AGE23 1281
BLISTERS, SUBEPIDERMAL 1281
BONE DENSITY, DECREASED, GENERALIZED16A 1281
BONE DENSITY, DECREASED, LOCALIZED16A 1282
BONE LESIONS, PREFERENTIAL SITE OF ORIGIN35 1282
BONE MARROW FAILURE SYNDROMES, INHERITED20 1282
BONE MARROW FIBROSIS14 1282
BONE MASS, LOW1A 1282
BONE MINERAL DENSITY, INCREASED 1283
BONE PAIN 1283
BONE RESORPTION35 1283
BOW LEGS (GENU VARUM), CLASSIFICATION22A 1283
BRADYCARDIA, SINUS15 1283
BRAIN MASS1 1283
BREAST INFLAMMATORY LESION12 1284
BREAST MASS 1284
BREATH ODOR34 1284
BREATHING, NOISY34 1284
BRONCHIAL OBSTRUCTION16A 1284
BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA16A 1284
BROWN URINE 1284
BRUISING 1284
BULLOUS DISEASES 1285
C 1285
Café-Au-Lait Spots22a 1285
CALCIFICATION ON CHEST X-RAY 1285
CALCIFICATIONS, ABDOMINAL, NONVISCERAL ON X-RAY16A 1285
CALCIFICATIONS, ADRENAL GLAND ON X-RAY16A 1285
CALCIFICATIONS, CARDIAC ON X-RAY16A 1285
CALCIFICATIONS, CUTANEOUS 1286
CALCIFICATIONS, GENITAL TRACT, FEMALE ON X-RAY16A 1286
CALCIFICATIONS, LIVER ON X-RAY16A 1286
CALCIFICATIONS, PANCREAS ON X-RAY16A 1286
CALCIFICATIONS, SPLEEN ON X-RAY16A 1286
CALCIFICATIONS, VALVULAR ON X-RAY16A 1286
CALCIUM STONES 1286
CARDIAC ARREST, NONTRAUMATIC26 1287
CARDIAC ENLARGEMENT15 1287
CARDIAC MURMURS 1287
CARDIAC TUMORS14A 1287
CARDIOEMBOLISM 1288
CARDIOGENIC SHOCK 1288
CATARACTS, PEDIATRIC AGE 1288
CAVITARY LESION ON CHEST X-RAY16 1288
CEREBRAL INFARCTION SECONDARY TO INHERITED DISORDERS 1289
CEREBRAL VASCULITIS, CAUSES12C 1289
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE, ISCHEMIC40 1289
CERVICAL INSTABILITY, PEDIATRIC 1289
CHEST PAIN, CHILDREN4 1289
CHEST PAIN (NONPLEURITIC)9 1290
CHEST PAIN (PLEURITIC) 1290
CHEST WALL TUMORS, PRIMARY5A 1290
CHILDHOOD EOSINOPHILIA 1290
CHOLANGITIS, ACUTE5A 1290
CHOLESTASIS14 1290
CHOLESTASIS, NEONATAL AND INFANTILE, DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS22A 1291
CHOREA 1291
CHOREOATHETOSIS28 1291
CHYLOTHORAX 1292
CLOUDY URINE 1292
CLUBBING 1292
COBALAMIN DEFICIENCY20 1292
COLIC, ACUTE ABDOMINAL38 1292
COLOR CHANGES, CUTANEOUS34 1292
COMA 1293
COMA, NORMAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY1A 1293
COMA, PEDIATRIC POPULATION31 1293
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE AND CARDIOMYOPATHY1A 1294
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, INFANT1 1294
CONJUNCTIVAL NEOPLASM 1294
CONSCIOUSNESS IMPAIRMENT, ACUTE, IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT 1294
CONSTIPATION 1294
CONSTIPATION, ADULT PATIENT38 1295
CORNEAL SENSATION, DECREASED 1295
COUGH 1295
CUTANEOUS INFECTIONS, ATHLETES 1295
CYANOSIS2 1295
CYANOSIS, NEONATAL1 1295
D 1296
Daytime Sleepiness 1296
DELAYED PASSAGE OF MECONIUM16A 1296
DELIRIUM26 1296
DELIRIUM AND AGITATION, DRUG-INDUCED 1296
DELIRUM, AGITATED2 1296
DELIRIUM, DIALYSIS PATIENT26 1296
DEMYELINATING DISEASES40 1297
DIAPHRAGM ELEVATION, BILATERAL, SYMMETRICAL16A 1297
DIAPHRAGM ELEVATION, UNILATERAL16A 1297
DIARRHEA, ACUTE WATERY AND BLOODY38 1297
DIARRHEA, INFECTIOUS2 1297
DIARRHEA, NONINFECTIOUS2 1298
DIARRHEA, TUBE-FED PATIENT14 1298
DIPLOPIA, BINOCULAR 1298
DIPLOPIA, MONOCULAR 1299
DIPLOPIA, VERTICAL 1299
DIZZINESS 1299
DRY EYE 1299
DYSLIPOPROTEINEMIAS, SECONDARY CAUSES4A 1299
DYSPAREUNIA12 1299
DYSPHAGIA 1299
DYSPHAGIA, OROPHARYNGEAL38 1300
DYSPNEA 1300
DYSURIA 1300
E 1300
Earache33 1300
ECTOPIC ACTH SECRETION14 1300
EDEMA, CHILDREN19 1300
EDEMA, GENERALIZED 1301
EDEMA, LEG, UNILATERAL26 1301
EDEMA OF LOWER EXTREMITIES 1301
EJECTION SOUND OR CLICK 1301
ELBOW PAIN 1301
ELEVATED HEMIDIAPHRAGM 1301
EMBOLI, ARTERIAL26 1301
EMESIS, PEDIATRIC AGE19 1301
ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, NONVIRAL CAUSES25A 1302
ENCEPHALOPATHY, HYPERTENSIVE38B 1302
ENCEPHALOPATHY, METABOLIC36 1302
ENTHESOPATHY 1302
EOSINOPHILIC LUNG DISEASE16A 1302
EPIGASTRIC PAIN38 1303
EPILEPSY 1303
EPISTAXIS 1303
ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION, ORGANIC31 1303
EROSIONS, GENITALIA 1303
ERYTHEMATOUS ANNULAR SKIN LESIONS 1303
ERYTHROCYTOSIS20 1303
ERYTHRODERMA 1303
ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION26 1303
ESOPHAGITIS25A 1304
ESOTROPIA 1304
EXANTHEMS28 1304
EYELID NEOPLASM 1304
EYELID RETRACTION 1304
EYE PAIN 1304
F 1304
Facial Pain 1304
FACIAL PARALYSIS28 1304
FAILURE TO THRIVE 1305
FATIGUE 1305
FATIGUE, CHRONIC 1305
FATTY LIVER 1306
FEVER AND JAUNDICE 1306
FEVER AND LYMPHADENOPATHY 1306
FEVER AND RASH 1306
FEVER AND RASH IN ICU38 1306
FEVER, AFTER TRAVEL TO THE TROPICS1A 1307
FEVER, DRUG-INDUCED14A 1307
FEVER, HOSPITAL ASSOCIATED14A 1307
FEVER IN RETURNING TRAVELERS AND IMMIGRANTS28 1307
FEVER, NONINFECTIOUS CAUSES2 1308
FEVER, POST-PARTUM1 1308
FEVER, PERIODIC12C 1308
FEVER, PEDIATRIC, ACUTE1 1308
FEVER, RECURRENT OR PERIODIC, IN CHILDREN22A 1308
FINGER LESIONS, INFLAMMATORY 1309
FLACCID PARALYSIS, ACUTE, DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS22A 1309
FLATULENCE AND BLOATING33 1309
FLUSHING27 1309
FOLATE DEFICIENCY20 1309
FOOT AND ANKLE PAIN12A 1309
FOOT AND ANKLE PAIN, IN DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS8 1310
FOOT DERMATITIS 1310
FOOTDROP 1310
FOOT LESION, ULCERATING 1310
FOOT PAIN 1310
FOOT PAIN BY AGE22A 1310
FOREARM AND HAND PAIN 1311
FOREARM FRACTURES1AA 1311
G 1261
Gait Abnormality 1311
GALACTORRHEA28 1311
GASTRIC DILATATION16A 1311
GASTRIC EMPTYING, DELAYED1A 1311
GASTRIC EMPTYING, RAPID 1312
GENITAL DISCHARGE, FEMALE12 1312
GENITAL SORES1A 1312
GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE1A 1312
GLOMERULOPATHIES, THROMBOTIC, MICROANGIOPATHIC1A 1312
GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS, FOCAL SEGMENTAL1A 1312
GLOSSODYNIA38 1312
GLUCOCORTICOID DEFICIENCY14 1312
GOITER 1313
GRANULOMATOUS DERMATITIDES 1313
GRANULOMATOUS DISORDERS32 1313
GRANULOMATOUS LIVER DISEASE 1314
GREEN OR BLUE URINE 1314
GROIN LUMP38 1314
GROIN MASSES 1314
GROIN PAIN5A 1314
GROIN PAIN, ACTIVE PATIENT37 1314
GYNECOMASTIA 1315
H 1315
Halitosis 1315
HAND PAIN AND SWELLING6 1315
HEADACHE13 1315
HEADACHE, ACUTE11 1315
HEADACHE AND FACIAL PAIN36 1315
HEADACHE, CHRONIC11 1316
HEAD AND NECK, SOFT TISSUE MASSES 1316
HEARING LOSS, ACUTE26 1316
HEARTBURN AND INDIGESTION33 1316
HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED LEFT VENTRICULAR EJECTION FRACTION14A 1316
HEART FAILURE, ACUTE2 1317
HEART FAILURE, CHRONIC4A 1317
HEART FAILURE, PATHOGENIC CAUSES14A 1317
HEART FAILURE, PREGNANCY 1317
HEAT STROKE1 1317
HEEL PAIN 1317
HEEL PAIN, PLANTAR24 1318
HEMARTHROSIS 1318
HEMATEMESIS38 1318
HEMATURIA 1318
HEMATURIA, DIFFERENTIAL BASED ON AGE AND SEX 1318
HEMATURIA, IN CHILDREN2 1318
HEMIPARESIS/HEMIPLEGIA 1318
HEMOLYSIS AND HEMOGLOBINURIA 1319
HEMOLYSIS, INTRAVASCULAR 1319
HEMOLYSIS, MECHANICAL 1319
HEMOPERITONEUM 1319
HEMOPTYSIS 1319
HEPATIC CYSTS36 1319
HEPATIC GRANULOMAS1A 1319
HEPATITIS, ACUTE25A 1319
HEPATITIS, CHRONIC25A 1320
HEPATITIS, IN CHILDREN22A 1320
HEPATOMEGALY 1320
HEPATOMEGALY, BY SHAPE OF LIVER38 1320
HERMAPHRODITISM4 1321
HICCUPS21 1321
HILAR AND MEDIASTINAL LYMPH NODE ENLARGEMENT14A 1321
HIP PAIN, CHILDREN26 1321
HIP PAIN, DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS18B 1321
HIP PAIN, IN DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS8 1322
HIP PAIN WITHOUT OBVIOUS FRACTURE2 1322
HIRSUTISM 1322
HIV INFECTION, ANORECTAL LESIONS26 1322
HIV INFECTION, CHEST RADIOGRAPHIC ABNORMALITIES26 1323
HIV INFECTION, COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT25A 1323
HIV INFECTION, CUTANEOUS MANIFESTATIONS21 1323
HIV INFECTION, ESOPHAGEAL DISEASE 1323
HIV INFECTION, HEPATIC DISEASE25A 1323
HIV INFECTION, LOWER GI TRACT DISEASE25A 1324
HIV INFECTION, OCULAR MANIFESTATIONS36 1324
HIV INFECTION, PULMONARY DISEASE25A 1324
HOARSENESS 1324
HYDROCEPHALUS 1325
HYPERCALCEMIA 1325
HYPERCALCEMIA, MALIGNANCY-INDUCED 1325
HYPERCAPNIA, PERSISTENT36 1325
HYPERCOAGULABLE STATE, ASSOCIATED DISORDERS20 1325
HYPERGASTRINEMIA 1325
HYPERHIDROSIS4 1325
HYPERKALEMIA 1326
HYPERKALEMIA, DRUG-INDUCED38B 1326
HYPERKINETIC MOVEMENT DISORDERS30 1326
HYPERMAGNESEMIA 1326
HYPEROSTOSIS, CORTICAL BONE16A 1326
HYPERPHOSPHATEMIA 1326
HYPERPIGMENTATION5 1327
HYPERPROLACTINEMIA26A 1327
HYPERSPLENISM, ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS 1327
HYPERTENSION, ADRENOCORTICAL CAUSES26A 1327
HYPERTENSION, ENDOCRINE CAUSES26A 1328
HYPERTENSION, IN CHILDREN2 1328
HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS SYNDROMES38B 1328
HYPERTRICHOSIS7 1328
HYPERTROPHIC OSTEOARTHROPATHY 1328
HYPERVENTILATION, PERSISTENT36 1329
HYPOCALCEMIA 1329
HYPOCAPNIA 1329
HYPOGLYCEMIA 1329
HYPOGLYCEMIA, IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN22A 1329
HYPOGONADISM 1330
HYPOKALEMIA 1330
HYPOMAGNESEMIA 1330
HYPONATREMIA 1331
HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA 1331
HYPOPIGMENTATION 1331
HYPOTENSION, POSTURAL 1331
HYPOTHYROIDISM, CONGENITAL22A 1331
HYPOTONIA, INFANTILE, DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS22A 1331
I 1332
IIliac Fossa Pain, Left Sided38 1332
ILIAC FOSSA PAIN, RIGHT SIDED38 1332
IMMUNODEFICIENCY, CONGENITAL (PRIMARY) 1332
IMPOTENCE27 1332
INCONTINENCE, FECAL38 1332
HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK, PEDIATRIC POPULATION12C 1332
INFERTILITY, FEMALE14 1333
INFERTILITY, MALE14 1333
INSOMNIA33 1333
INTESTINAL PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION36 1333
INTRAABDOMINAL MASS LESION, NEONATAL16A 1333
INTRACEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE, NONHYPERTENSIVE CAUSES 1333
INTRACRANIAL LESION 1334
INTRAOCULAR NEOPLASM 1334
IRON OVERLOAD20 1334
ISCHEMIA, UPPER EXTREMITY, CAUSES5A 1334
ISCHEMIC BOWEL DISEASE1 1334
ISCHEMIC COLITIS, NONOCCLUSIVE21 1334
ISCHEMIC NECROSIS OF CARTILAGE AND BONE14 1335
J 1335
Jaundice 1335
JAUNDICE, CLASSIFICATION1A 1335
JAUNDICE, NEONATAL1A 1335
JOINT AND PERIARTICULAR PAIN, ACUTE12A 1336
JOINT PAIN, ANTERIOR HIP, MEDIAL THIGH, KNEE28 1336
JOINT PAIN, HIP, LATERAL THIGH28 1336
JOINT PAIN, POLYARTICULAR 1336
JOINT PAIN, POSTERIOR HIPS, THIGH, BUTTOCKS28 1336
JOINT SWELLING 1337
JUGULAR VENOUS DISTENTION 1337
K 1337
Keratitis, Noninfectious 1337
KIDNEY ENLARGEMENT, UNILATERAL38 1337
KNEE PAIN28 1337
KNEE PAIN, IN DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS8 1337
L 1338
Large Bowel Stricture16a 1338
LEFT AXIS DEVIATION22 1338
LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK 1338
LEG CRAMPS, NOCTURNAL 1338
LEG LENGTH DISCREPANCIES23 1338
LEG MOVEMENT WHEN STANDING, INVOLUNTARY 1338
LEG PAIN WITH EXERCISE 1338
LEG SWELLING1 1339
LEG ULCERS28 1339
LEPTOMENINGEAL LESIONS 1339
LEUKOCORIA 1339
LID RETRACTION, CAUSES20A 1339
LIMB ISCHEMIA, ACUTE, NONTRAUMATIC5A 1339
LIMP 1339
LIMPING, PEDIATRIC AGE23 1340
LIVEDO RETICULARIS 1340
LIVER DISEASE, PREGNANCY38 1340
LIVER LESIONS, BENIGN, OFTEN CONFUSED WITH MALIGNANCY 1340
LOW-VOLTAGE ECG 1340
LUNG CANCER, OCCUPATIONAL CAUSES16A 1340
LYMPHADENOPATHY14 1341
LYMPHANGITIS25A 1341
LYMPHOCYTOSIS, ATYPICAL25A 1341
M 1341
Macrothrombocytopenia, Inherited20 1341
MALABSORPTION38 1341
MALNUTRITION, CAUSES IN EARLY LIFE22A 1341
MEDIASTINAL COMPARTMENTS, ANATOMY AND PATHOLOGY39 1342
MEDIASTINAL MASSES OR WIDENING ON CHEST X-RAY 1342
MEDIASTINITIS, ACUTE25A 1342
MELANONYCHIA 1342
MEMORY LOSS SYMPTOMS, ELDERLY PATIENTS 1342
MENINGITIS, CHRONIC26 1342
MENINGITIS, RECURRENT25A 1342
MENTAL STATUS CHANGES AND COMA2 1343
MENTAL STATUS CHANGES AND COMA, STRUCTURAL CAUSES1 1343
MENTAL STATUS CHANGES AND COMA, METABOLIC AND SYSTEMIC CAUSES1 1343
MESENTERIC ARTERIAL EMBOLISM, ASSOCIATED FACTORS2 1344
MESENTERIC ISCHEMIA, NONOCCLUSIVE26 1344
MESENTERIC VENOUS THROMBOSIS26 1344
METASTATIC NEOPLASMS 1345
MICROCEPHALY4 1345
MICROPENIS27 1345
MIOSIS 1345
MONOARTHRITIS, ACUTE 1345
MONOCYTOSIS20 1345
MONONEUROPATHY 1345
MONONEUROPATHY, ISOLATED2 1346
MONONUCLEOSIS, MONOSPOT NEGATIVE1A 1346
MUSCLE DISEASE34A 1346
MUSCLE WEAKNESS 1346
MUSCLE WEAKNESS, LOWER MOTOR NEURON VERSUS UPPER MOTOR NEURON40 1346
MYDRIASIS 1346
MYELIN DISORDERS 1347
MYELOPATHY AND MYELITIS36 1347
MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA36 1347
MYOCLONUS 1347
MYOPATHIC SYNDROMES, DRUG-INDUCED18B 1347
MYOPATHIES ASSOCIATED WITH REST PAIN18B 1347
MYOPATHIES, HIV ASSOCIATED12A 1347
MYOPATHIES, INFECTIOUS 1348
MYOPATHIES, INFLAMMATORY 1348
MYOPATHIES, METABOLIC18B 1348
MYOPATHIES, TOXIC1A 1348
MYOSITIS, INFECTIOUS CAUSES18B 1348
MYOSITIS, INFLAMMATORY1A 1348
N 1349
Nail Clubbing 1349
NAIL, HORIZONTAL WHITE LINES (BEAU’S LINES) 1349
NAIL KOILONYCHIA 1349
NAIL ONYCHOLYSIS 1349
NAIL PITTING 1349
NAIL SPLINTER HEMORRHAGE 1349
NAIL STRIATIONS 1349
NAIL TELANGIECTASIA 1349
NAIL WHITENING (TERRY’S NAILS) 1349
NAIL YELLOWING 1349
NASAL AND PARANASAL SINUS TUMORS16A 1349
NASAL MASSES, CONGENITAL16A 1349
NAUSEA AND VOMITING 1349
NECK AND ARM PAIN 1350
NECK MASS28 1350
NECK PAIN28 1350
NECK PAIN FROM RHEUMATOLOGIC DISORDERS12A 1350
NECROTIZING PNEUMONIAS1A 1350
NEPHRITIC SYNDROME, ACUTE1A 1350
NEPHROCALCINOSIS 1350
NEUROGENIC BLADDER29 1351
NEUROLOGIC DEFICIT, FOCAL26 1351
NEUROLOGIC DEFICIT, MULTIFOCAL26 1351
NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION DYSFUNCTION1A 1351
NEURONOPATHIES, SENSORY (GANGLIONOPATHIES)2 1351
NEUROPATHIC BLADDER 1351
NEUROPATHIES WITH FACIAL NERVE INVOLVEMENT 1351
NEUROPATHIES, AUTONOMIC22A 1351
NEUROPATHIES, AUTONOMIC, PERIPHERAL, CAUSES14A 1352
NEUROPATHIES, PAINFUL40 1352
NEUROPATHIES, PERIPHERAL, ASYMMETRICAL PROXIMAL/DISTAL2 1352
NEUROPATHIES, TOXIC AND METABOLIC22A 1352
NEUTROPENIA WITH DECREASED MARROW RESERVE20 1353
NEUTROPENIA WITH NORMAL MARROW RESERVE20 1353
NEUTROPENIA, IN CHILDHOOD38A 1353
NEUTROPHILIA20 1353
NIPPLE LESIONS 1353
NODULAR LESIONS, SKIN 1353
NODULES, PAINFUL 1353
NYSTAGMUS 1353
O 1354
Odynophagia38 1354
OPACIFICATION OF HEMIDIAPHRAGM ON X-RAY16A 1354
OPHTHALMOPLEGIA1A 1354
OPSOCLONUS* 1354
OPTIC ATROPHY34A 1354
ORAL MUCOSA, ERYTHEMATOUS LESIONS9 1354
ORAL MUCOSA, PIGMENTED LESIONS9 1354
ORAL MUCOSA, PUNCTATE EROSIVE LESIONS9 1354
NYSTAGMUS, MONOCULAR 1354
ORAL MUCOSA, WHITE LESIONS9 1355
ORAL ULCERS, ACUTE 1355
ORAL VESICLES AND ULCERS1A 1355
ORBITAL LESIONS, CALCIFIED 1355
ORBITAL LESIONS, CYSTIC 1355
ORGASM DYSFUNCTION12 1355
OROFACIAL PAIN 1355
OSTEOPOROSIS, SECONDARY CAUSES 1355
OSTEOSCLEROSIS, DIFFUSE16A 1355
OVULATORY DYSFUNCTION21 1356
P 1356
Pain, Midfoot 1356
PAIN, PLANTAR ASPECT, HEEL 1356
PAIN, POSTERIOR HEEL 1356
PALINDROMIC RHEUMATISM6 1356
PALMOPLANTAR HYPERKERATOSIS 1357
PALPITATIONS33 1357
PANCREATIC CALCIFICATIONS 1357
PANCREATITIS, ACUTE, IN CHILDREN22A 1357
PANCREATITIS, DRUG-INDUCED2 1357
PANCYTOPENIA20 1358
PANCYTOPENIA SYNDROME, INHERITED22A 1358
PAPILLEDEMA 1358
PAPULOSQUAMOUS DISEASES14 1358
PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROLOGIC SYNDROMES 1358
PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES, ENDOCRINE36 1358
PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES, NONENDOCRINE36 1358
PARAPARESIS, ACUTE OR SUBACUTE34A 1359
PARAPARESIS, CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE34A 1359
PARAPLEGIA 1359
PARASELLAR MASSES26A 1359
PARESTHESIAS 1360
PARKINSONISM-PLUS SYNDROMES 1360
PAROTID SWELLING3 1360
PELVIC MASS 1360
PELVIC PAIN, CAUSES IN WOMEN2 1360
PELVIC PAIN, CHRONIC7 1360
PELVIC PAIN, GENITAL ORIGIN26 1361
PELVIC PAIN, NON-PREGNANT FEMALE1 1361
PENILE RASH 1361
PERIANAL PAIN38 1361
PERICARDIAL EFFUSION 1361
PERIODIC PARALYSIS, HYPERKALEMIC 1362
PERIODIC PARALYSIS, HYPOKALEMIC 1362
PERITONEAL CARCINOMATOSIS14 1362
PERITONEAL EFFUSION18 1362
PERIUMBILICAL SWELLING 1362
PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA-TYPE SPELLS26A 1362
PHOTODERMATOSES14 1362
PHOTOSENSITIVITY 1362
PIGMENTURIA2 1362
PITUITARY REGION TUMORS16A 1363
PLEURAL EFFUSIONS 1363
PLEURAL EFFUSIONS, MALIGNANCY-ASSOCIATED 1363
PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS IN NEONATE AND OLDER CHILD16A 1363
PNEUMONIA, RECURRENT 1363
PNEUMOPERITONEUM, NEONATAL16A 1363
PNEUMOTHORAX, IN CHILDREN22A 1363
POLYCYTHEMIA 1364
POLYCYTHEMIA, RELATIVE VERSUS ABSOLUTE20 1364
POLYMYALGIAS18B 1364
POLYNEUROPATHY40 1364
POLYNEUROPATHY, DEMYELINATING2 1364
POLYNEUROPATHY, DISTAL SENSORIMOTOR2 1364
POLYNEUROPATHY, DRUG-INDUCED40 1365
POLYNEUROPATHY, SYMMETRIC40 1365
POLYURIA 1365
POPLITEAL SWELLING 1365
PORTAL HYPERTENSION1A 1366
POSTMENOPAUSAL BLEEDING 1366
POSTURAL HYPOTENSION, NONNEUROLOGIC CAUSES 1366
PREMATURE GRAYING, SCALP HAIR 1366
PREMATURE VENTRICULAR CONTRACTIONS AND VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA2 1366
PROPTOSIS30 1366
PROPTOSIS AND PALATAL NECROTIC ULCERS 1366
PROTEIN-LOSING ENTEROPATHY, PEDIATRIC AGE22A 1366
PROTEINURIA 1367
PRURITUS 1367
PRURITUS ANI26 1367
PRURITUS VULVAE34A 1367
PSEUDOCYANOSIS, ETIOLOGY 1367
PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM, FEMALE 1367
PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM, MALE 1367
PSEUDOINFARCTION22 1367
PSYCHOSIS28 1368
PTOSIS 1368
PUBERTY, DELAYED27 1368
PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS 1368
PULMONARY CRACKLES 1368
PULMONARY CYSTS ON X-RAY16A 1368
PULMONARY EDEMA, NONCARDIOGENIC16A 1369
PULMONARY HEMORRHAGE, PEDIATRIC AGE 1369
PULMONARY HEMORRHAGIC SYNDROMES, DIFFUSE16A 1369
PULMONARY INFILTRATES, IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST39 1369
PULMONARY LESIONS 1369
PULMONARY MASS, SOLITARY, CAUSES16A 1370
PULMONARY MASS, SOLITARY, MIMICS16A 1370
PULMONARY NODULE, SOLITARY 1370
PULMONARY–RENAL SYNDROMES, CAUSES12B 1370
PULSELESS ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY 1370
PUPILLARY DILATATION, POOR RESPONSE TO DARKNESS 1370
PURPURA 1370
PURPURA, NONPALPABLE20 1370
PURPURA, NONPURPURIC DISORDERS SIMULATING PURPURA1A 1371
PURPURA, PALPABLE20 1371
Q 1371
QT Interval Prolongation22 1371
R 1371
Rectal Mass, Palpable38 1371
RECTAL PAIN 1371
RED BLOOD CELL APLASIA, ACQUIRED, ETIOLOGY 1371
RED EYE 1372
RED EYE, ACUTE1B 1372
RED HOT JOINT 1372
RED URINE 1372
RENAL ALLOGRAFT DYSFUNCTION14A 1372
RENAL ARTERY OCCLUSION, CAUSES 1372
RENAL COLIC1B 1372
RENAL CYSTIC DISORDERS 1372
RENAL FAILURE, ACUTE, PIGMENT-INDUCED2 1372
RENAL FAILURE, CHRONIC14A 1373
RENAL FAILURE, INTRINSIC OR PARENCHYMAL CAUSES36 1373
RENAL FAILURE, POSTRENAL CAUSES36 1373
RENAL FAILURE, PRERENAL CAUSES36 1373
RENAL INFARCTION12B 1374
RENAL PARENCHYMAL DISEASE, CHRONIC16A 1374
RENAL VEIN THROMBOSIS, CAUSES 1374
RESPIRATORY FAILURE, HYPOVENTILATORY28 1374
S 1375
Salivary Gland Enlargement 1375
SALIVARY GLAND SECRETION, DECREASED 1375
SCLERODERMA-LIKE SYNDROMES1A 1375
SCROTAL MASSES, BOYS AND ADOLESCENTS22A 1375
RETINOPATHY, HYPERTENSIVE 1375
RHINITIS 1375
RIB DEFECTS ON X-RAY16A 1375
RIB NOTCHING ON X-RAY16A 1375
RIGHT AXIS DEVIATION22 1375
SCROTAL PAIN28 1376
SCROTAL SWELLING 1376
SEIZURE 1376
SEIZURE, PEDIATRIC2 1376
SEIZURE MIMICS1A 1376
SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, FEMALE1A 1376
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, ANORECTAL REGION26 1377
SEXUAL PRECOCITY41 1377
SHOULDER PAIN 1377
SHOULDER PAIN BY LOCATION 1377
SHOULDER PAIN, IN DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS8 1377
SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION14A 1378
SKIN INDURATION, CHRONIC18B 1378
SMALL BOWEL MASSES38 1378
SMALL BOWEL OBSTRUCTION26 1378
SMALL INTESTINE ULCERATION 1378
SMELL DISTURBANCE 1378
SORE THROAT2 1378
SPASTIC PARAPLEGIAS 1379
SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION, EPIDURAL 1379
SPINAL CORD DYSFUNCTION 1379
SPINAL CORD DYSFUNCTION, NONTRAUMATIC2 1379
SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIC SYNDROMES 1379
SPINAL TUMORS14 1379
SPLENIC CYSTS, CLASSIFICATION5A 1379
SPLENIC TUMORS, CLASSIFICATION5A 1380
SPLENOMEGALY 1380
SPLENOMEGALY AND HEPATOMEGALY38 1380
SPLENOMEGALY, CHILDREN20 1380
STATURAL OVERGROWTH26A 1380
STEATOHEPATITIS 1381
STOMATITIS, BULLOUS 1381
STRIDOR IN NEONATES1 1381
STRIDOR, PEDIATRIC AGE4 1381
STROKE36 1381
STROKE, PEDIATRIC AGE23 1381
STROKE, YOUNG ADULT, CAUSES1A 1382
ST-SEGMENT DEPRESSION, NON-CORONARY CAUSES4A 1382
ST-SEGMENT ELEVATION1 1382
ST SEGMENT ELEVATIONS, NONISCHEMIC 1382
SUDDEN DEATH, PEDIATRIC AGE4 1382
SUDDEN DEATH, YOUNG ATHLETE 1383
SWOLLEN LIMB 1383
T 1383
Tall Stature27 1383
TARDIVE DYSKINESIA13 1383
TASTE AND SMELL LOSS1A 1383
TELANGIECTASIA 1383
TENDINOPATHY26 1383
TESTICULAR FAILURE10 1384
TESTICULAR PAIN 1384
TESTICULAR SIZE VARIATIONS10 1384
TETANUS26 1384
THROMBOCYTOPENIA 1384
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, IN PREGNANCY20 1385
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, INHERITED DISORDERS1A 1385
THROMBOCYTOSIS 1385
THROMBOSIS OR THROMBOTIC DIATHESIS1A 1385
THYROMEGALY 1385
THYROTOXICOSIS26A 1385
TICK-RELATED INFECTIONS 1386
TICS 1386
TORSADES DE POINTES22 1386
TOXIC MEGACOLON, CAUSES5A 1386
TRACHEOBRONCHIAL NARROWING ON X-RAY16A 1386
TREMOR 1386
TREMOR, IN CHILDREN, CAUSES22A 1386
TUBULOINTERSTITIAL DISEASE, ACUTE14 1387
TUBULOINTERSTITIAL KIDNEY DISEASE14 1387
TUMOR MARKERS ELEVATION38 1387
U 1387
Uremic Encephalopathy, Differential Diagnosis12b 1387
URETERAL COLIC24A 1388
URETERIC OBSTRUCTION, CONGENITAL16A 1388
URETHRAL DISCHARGE AND DYSURIA 1388
URETHRAL OBSTRUCTION, CHILDREN16A 1388
URIC ACID STONES 1388
URINARY INCONTINENCE, CHILDREN22A 1388
URINARY RETENTION24A 1388
URINARY RETENTION, ACUTE 1388
URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION14A 1388
URINE CASTS 1389
URINE COLOR ABNORMALITIES24A 1389
URINE, RED29 1389
UROPATHY, OBSTRUCTIVE36 1390
UROSEPSIS24A 1390
UTERINE BLEEDING, ABNORMAL12 1390
UVEITIS, PEDIATRIC AGE 1390
V 1390
VAGINAL BLEEDING, PREGNANCY 1390
VAGINAL DISCHARGE, PREPUBERTAL GIRLS19 1390
VALVULAR HEART DISEASE1A 1391
VASCULITIS, CLASSIFICATION26 1391
VASCULITIS (DISEASES THAT MIMIC VASCULITIS)28 1391
VEGETATIVE STATE, PERSISTENT1A 1391
VENTILATION–PERFUSION MISMATCH ON LUNG SCAN 1391
VENTRICULAR FAILURE 1391
VERRUCOUS LESIONS 1392
VERTIGO 1392
VERTIGO, CENTRAL1 1392
VESICULOBULLOUS DISEASES14 1392
VISION LOSS, ACUTE, PAINFUL 1392
VISION LOSS, ACUTE, PAINLESS 1392
VISION LOSS AFTER DIVING1B 1393
VISION LOSS, CHILDREN 1393
VISION LOSS, CHRONIC, PROGRESSIVE 1393
VISION LOSS, MONOCULAR, TRANSIENT 1393
VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE20A 1393
VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS 1393
VOLUME DEPLETION1A 1393
VOLUME EXCESS1A 1393
VOMITING 1393
VOMITING, NEONATAL1 1394
VULVAR LESIONS12 1394
W 1395
Weakness, Acute, Emergent26 1395
WEAKNESS, GRADUAL ONSET 1395
WEAKNESS, NONNEUROMUSCULAR CAUSES 1395
WEIGHT GAIN 1395
WEIGHT LOSS 1395
WHEEZING 1395
WHEEZING, PEDIATRIC AGE4 1395
WRIST AND HAND PAIN, IN DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS8 1395
WRIST PAIN 1396
X 1396
Xerophthalmia28 1396
XEROSTOMIA28 1396
Y 1396
Yellow Urine 1396
Section III - Clinical Algorithms 1399
A 1402
Abdominal Pain, Right Upper Quadrant 1402
Section IV - Laboratory Tests and Interpretation of Results 1553
A 1555
Ace Level 1555
Acetone (serum or plasma) 1555
Acetylcholine Receptor (AChR) Antibody 1555
Acid-Base Reference Values 1555
Acid Phosphatase (serum) 1555
Acid Serum Test 1555
Activated Clotting Time (ACT) 1555
Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (APTT, aPTT) 1555
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone 1555
Alanine Aminopeptidase 1555
Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT, SGPT) 1555
Albumin (serum) 1556
Alcohol Dehydrogenase 1556
Aldolase (serum) 1556
Aldosterone 1556
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) (serum) 1556
Alpha-1-Antitrypsin (serum) 1556
Alpha-1-Fetoprotein (serum) 1556
ALT 1556
Aluminum (serum) 1556
AMA 1556
Amebiasis Serologic Test 1556
Aminolevulinic Acid (δ-ALA) (24-hr urine collection) 1556
Ammonia (serum) 1556
Amylase (serum) 1556
Amylase, Urine 1556
Amyloid a Protein (serum) 1556
ANA 1556
ANCA 1556
Androstenedione (serum) 1556
Angiotensin II 1557
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE level) 1557
ANH 1557
Anion Gap 1557
Anticardiolipin Antibody (ACA) 1557
Anticoagulant 1557
Antidiuretic Hormone 1557
Anti-DNA 1557
ANTI-DS DNA 1557
Antiglomerular Basement Antibody 1557
Antihistone 1557
Antimitochondrial AntibodY (AMA, Mitochondrial antibody) 1557
Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody (ANCA) 1557
Antinuclear Antibody (ANA) 1557
Anti-RNP Antibody 1558
ANTI-Scl-70 1558
Anti-Sm (anti-Smith) Antibody 1558
Anti-Smooth Muscle Antibody 1558
Antistreptolysin O Titer (Streptozyme, ASLO titer) 1558
Antithrombin III 1558
Apolipoprotein A-1 (Apo A-1) 1558
Apolipoprotein B (Apo B) 1558
Arterial Blood Gases 1558
Arthrocentesis Fluid 1559
Aslo Titer 1559
Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST, SGOT) 1559
Atrial Natriuretic Hormone (ANH) 1559
B 1559
B-Type Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) 1559
Basophil Count 1559
Bicarbonate 1559
Bile Acid Breath Test (breath test, hydrogen breath test) 1560
Bile, Urine 1560
Bilirubin, Direct (conjugated bilirubin) 1560
Bilirubin, Indirect (unconjugated bilirubin) 1560
Bilirubin, Total 1560
Bilirubin, Urine 1560
Bladder Tumor Associated Antigen 1560
Bleeding Time (modified Ivy method) 1560
Blood Volume, Total 1560
BNP 1560
Bordetella Pertussis Serology 1560
Brca Analysis 1560
C 1561
C282Y And H63D Mutation Analysis 1561
C3 1561
C4 1561
Calcitonin (serum) 1561
Calcium (serum) 1561
Breath Hydrogen Test (hydrogen breath test) 1561
BUN 1561
Calcium, Urine 1563
Cancer Antigen 15-3 (CA 15-3) 1563
Cancer Antigen 27-29 (CA 27-29) 1563
Cancer Antigen 72-4 (CA 72-4) 1563
Cancer Antigen 125 (CA 125) 1563
Captopril Stimulation Test 1563
Carbamazepine (Tegretol) 1563
Carbohydrate Antigen 19-9 1563
Carbon Dioxide, Partial Pressure 1564
Carbon Monoxide 1564
Carboxyhemoglobin 1564
Carcinoembryonic Antigen (CEA) 1564
Carotene (serum) 1564
Catecholamines, Urine 1564
CBC 1564
CD40 Ligand 1564
CD4+ T-Lymphocyte Count (CD4+ T-cells) 1564
CEA 1564
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) 1564
Ceruloplasmin (serum) 1565
Chlamydia Group Antibody Serologic Test 1565
Chlamydia Trachomatis PCR 1565
Chloride (serum) 1565
Chloride (sweat) 1565
Chloride, Urine 1565
Cholecystokinin-Pancreozymin (CCK, CCK-PZ) 1566
Cholesterol, High-Density Lipoprotein 1566
Cholesterol, Low-Density Lipoprotein 1566
Cholesterol, Total 1566
Chorionic Gonadotropins, Human (serum) (HCG) 1566
Chymotrypsin 1566
Circulating Anticoagulant (lupus anticoagulant) 1567
CK 1567
Clonidine Suppression Test 1567
Clostridium Difficile Toxin Assay (stool) 1567
CO 1567
Coagulation Factors 1567
Cold Agglutinins Titer 1567
Complement 1567
Complement Deficiency 1568
Complete Blood Count (CBC) 1568
Conjugated Bilirubin 1569
Coombs, Direct 1569
Coombs, Indirect 1569
Copper (serum) 1569
Copper, Urine 1569
Corticotropin Releasing Hormone (CRH) Stimulation Test 1569
Cortisol, Plasma 1569
C-Peptide 1569
CPK 1569
C-Reactive Protein 1569
C-Reactive Protein, High Sensitivity (hs-CRP, cardio-CRP) 1569
Creatine Kinase (CK, CPK) 1569
Creatine Kinase Isoenzymes 1569
Creatinine (serum) 1569
Creatinine Clearance 1571
Creatinine, Urine 1571
Cryoglobulins (serum) 1571
Cryptosporidium Antigen By EIA (stool) 1571
CSF 1571
Cystatin C 1571
Cystic Fibrosis PCR 1571
Cytomegalovirus by PCR 1571
D 1571
d-Dimer 1571
Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate 1571
Dehydrotestosterone (serum, urine) 1571
Deoxycorticosterone (11-deoxycorticosterone, DOC) (serum) 1571
Dexamethasone Suppression Test, Overnight 1571
Digoxin 1571
Electrophoresis, Hemoglobin 1572
Electrophoresis, Protein 1572
Ena Complex 1572
Endomysial Antibodies 1572
Eosinophil Count 1572
Epinephrine, Plasma 1572
Epstein-Barr Virus Serology 1572
Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR, sed rate, sedimentation rate) 1572
Erythropoietin (EP) 1572
Dilantin 1572
Disaccharide Absorption Tests 1572
DOC 1572
Donath-Landsteiner (D-L) Test For Paroxysmal Cold Hemoglobinuria 1572
Dopamine 1572
d-Xylose Absorption 1572
d-Xylose Absorption Test 1572
E 1573
Estradiol (serum) 1573
Estrogen 1573
Ethanol (blood) 1573
Extractable Nuclear Antigen (ENA complex, anti-RNP antibody, anti-SM, anti-Smith) 1573
F 1573
Factor V Leiden 1573
Fasting Blood Sugar 1573
FBS 1573
FDP 1573
Fecal Fat, Quantitative (72-hr collection) 1573
Fecal Globin Immunochemical Test 1573
Gamma-Glutamyl Transferase (GGT) 1574
Gastrin (serum) 1574
Gastrin Stimulation Test 1574
Ferritin (serum) 1574
α-1 Fetoprotein 1574
Fibrin Degradation Product (FDP) 1574
Fibrinogen 1574
Folate (folic acid) 1574
Follicle-Stimulating Hormone (FSH) 1574
Free T4 1574
Free Thyroxine Index 1574
FTA-ABS (serum) 1574
Furosemide Stimulation Test 1574
G 1575
Gliadin Antibodies, IgA and IgG 1575
Glomerular Basement Membrane (gBm) Antibody 1575
Glomerular Filtration Rate 1575
Glucagon 1575
Glucose, Fasting (FBS, fasting blood sugar) 1575
Glucose, Postprandial 1575
Glucose Tolerance Test 1575
Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) Screen (blood) 1575
γ-Glutamyl Transferase (GGT) 1575
Glycohemoglobin (glycated glycosylated] hemoglobin), (HbA1c) 1575
Growth Hormone 1575
Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone (GHRH) 1575
Growth Hormone Suppression Test (after glucose) 1575
H 1576
Ham Test (acid serum test) 1576
Haptoglobin (serum) 1576
HBA1c 1576
HDL 1576
Helicobacter Pylori (serology, stool antigen) 1576
Hematocrit 1576
Hemoglobin 1576
Hemoglobin A1c 1576
Hemoglobin Electrophoresis 1576
Hemoglobin, Glycated 1576
Hemoglobin, Glycosylated 1576
Hemoglobin H 1576
Hemoglobin, Urine 1576
Hemosiderin, Urine 1576
Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia Antibodies 1576
Hepatitis a Antibody 1577
HAV-IgM Antibody 1577
HAV Total Antibody 1577
Hepatitis a Viral Infection 1577
Hepatitis B Surface Antigen (HBsAg) 1577
Hepatitis B Viral Infection 1577
Hepatitis C Viral Infection 1578
Hepatitis C RNA 1578
Hepatitis D Viral Infection 1578
Delta Hepatitis Coinfection (acute HDV1 acute HBV) or Superinfection (acute HDV1 chronic HBV) 1578
HDV-Ag 1578
HDV-Ab (IgM) 1578
HDV-Ab (total) 1578
HER-2/NEU 1579
Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) 1579
HFE Screen for Hereditary Hemochromatosis 1579
Heterophil Antibody 1579
High-Density Lipoprotein (HDL) Cholesterol 1579
HLA Antigens 1579
Homocysteine (plasma) 1579
Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) 1579
Human Herpes Virus 8 (HHV8) 1580
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Antibody, Type 1 (HIV-1) 1580
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Antigen (p24), Qualitative (p24 antigen) 1580
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Viral Load 1581
Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) 1581
Huntington's Disease PCR 1581
Hydrogen Breath Test 1581
5-Hydroxyindole-Acetic Acid, Urine 1581
I 1581
Immune Complex Assay 1581
Immunoglobulins 1581
Influenza A and B Tests 1581
Insulin Autoantibodies 1581
Insulin, Free 1581
Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1) (serum) 1581
Insulin-Like Growth Factor-II 1581
International Normalized Ratio (INR) 1581
Intrinsic Factor Antibodies 1581
Iron (serum) 1581
Iron-Binding Capacity, Total (TIBC) 1581
Iron Saturation (% Transferrin Saturation) 1581
L 1581
Lactate (blood) 1581
Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) 1582
Lactate Dehydrogenase Isoenzymes 1582
Lactose Tolerance Test (serum) 1582
Lap Score 1582
Lead 1582
LDH 1582
LDL 1582
Legionella Pneumophila PCR 1582
Legionella TITER 1582
Leukocyte Alkaline Phosphatase (LAP) 1582
Leukocyte Count 1582
Lipase 1582
Lipoprotein(a) 1582
Lipoprotein Cholesterol, High-Density 1582
Lipoprotein Cholesterol, Low-Density 1582
Liver Kidney Microsome Type 1 Antibodies (LKM1) 1582
LKM1 1582
Low-Density Lipoprotein (LDL) Cholesterol 1582
Lupus Anticoagulant 1582
Luteinizing Hormone 1582
Lyme Disease Antibody Titer 1583
Lymphocytes 1583
M 1584
Magnesium (serum) 1584
Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) 1584
Metanephrines, Urine 1585
Mitochondrial Antibody (AMA) 1585
Monocyte Count 1585
Mycoplasma Pneumoniae PCR 1585
Myelin Basic Protein, Cerebrospinal Fluid 1585
Myoglobin, Urine 1585
N 1585
Neisseria Gonorrhoeae PCR 1585
Neutrophil Count 1585
Norepinephrine 1585
5′-Nucleotidase 1585
O 1585
Osmolality (serum) 1585
Osmolality, Urine 1585
Osmotic Fragility Test 1585
P 1585
Paracentesis Fluid 1585
Parathyroid Hormone (PTH) 1586
Parietal Cell Antibodies 1586
Partial Thromboplastin Time (PTT), Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (APTT) 1586
Pepsinogen I 1586
pH, Blood 1586
pH, Urine 1586
Phenobarbital 1586
Phenytoin (Dilantin) 1586
Phosphatase, Acid 1586
Phosphatase, Alkaline 1586
Phosphate (serum) 1586
Plasminogen 1586
Platelet Aggregation 1586
Platelet Antibodies 1586
Platelet Count 1586
Platelet Function Analysis 100 Assay (PFA) 1587
Potassium (serum) 1587
Potassium, Urine 1588
Procainamide 1588
Progesterone (serum) 1588
Prolactin 1588
Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) 1588
Prostatic Acid Phosphatase 1588
Protein (serum) 1588
Protein C Assay 1588
Protein Electrophoresis (serum) 1589
Protein S Assay 1589
Prothrombin Time (PT) 1590
Protoporphyrin (free erythrocyte) 1590
PSA 1590
PT 1590
PTH 1590
PTT 1590
R 1590
RDW 1590
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Count 1590
Red Blood Cell Distribution Width (RDW) 1590
Red Blood Cell Folate 1590
Red Blood Cell Mass (volume) 1590
Red Blood Cell Morphology 1590
Renin (serum) 1590
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Screen 1590
Reticulocyte Count 1590
Rheumatoid Factor 1591
RNP 1591
Rotavirus Serology 1591
S 1591
Sed Rate 1591
Sedimentation Rate 1591
Semen Analysis 1591
SGOT 1591
SGPT 1591
Sickle Cell Test 1591
Smooth Muscle Antibody 1591
Sodium (serum) 1591
Streptozyme 1592
Sucrose Hemolysis Test (sugar water test) 1592
Sudan III Stain (qualitative screening for fecal fat) 1592
Synovial Fluid Analysis 1592
T 1592
T3 (triiodothyronine) 1592
T3 Resin Uptake (T3RU) 1593
T4, Free (free thyroxine) 1593
T4, Serum T4 1593
Tegretol 1593
Testosterone (total testosterone) 1593
Theophylline 1594
Thoracentesis Fluid 1594
Thrombin Time (TT) 1594
Thyroglobulin 1594
Thyroid Microsomal Antibodies 1594
Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone (TSH) 1594
Thyrotropin (TSH) Receptor Antibodies 1595
Thyrotropin Releasing Hormone (TRH) Stimulation Test 1595
Thyroxine (T4) 1595
TIBC 1595
Tissue Transglutaminase Antibody 1595
Transferrin 1595
Triglycerides 1595
Triiodothyronine 1595
Troponins (serum) 1595
TSH 1596
TT 1596
Tuberculin Test (PPD) 1596
U 1596
Unconjugated Bilirubin 1596
Urea Nitrogen, Blood (BUN) 1596
Uric Acid (serum) 1596
Urinalysis 1596
Urine Amylase 1597
Urine Bile 1597
Urine Calcium 1597
Urine camp 1597
Urine Catecholamines 1597
Urine Chloride 1597
Urine Copper 1597
Urine Cortisol, Free 1597
Urine Creatinine (24 hr) 1597
Urine Crystals 1597
Urine Eosinophils 1597
Urine Glucose (qualitative) 1597
Urine Hemoglobin, Free 1597
Urine Hemosiderin 1597
Urine 5-Hydroxyindole-Acetic Acid (Urine 5-HIAA) 1597
Urine Indican 1597
Urine Ketones (semiquantitative) 1597
Urine Metanephrines 1597
Urine Myoglobin 1598
Urine Nitrite 1598
Urine Occult Blood 1598
Urine Osmolality 1598
Urine pH 1598
Urine Phosphate 1598
Urine Potassium 1598
Urine Protein (quantitative) 1598
Urine Sediment 1598
Urine Sodium (quantitative) 1598
Urine Specific Gravity 1598
Urine Vanillylmandelic Acid (VMA) 1599
V 1599
Varicella-Zoster Virus (VZV) Serology 1599
Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide (VIP) 1599
VDRL 1599
Viscosity (serum) 1599
Vitamin B12 1599
Vitamin D, 1,25 Dihydroxy Calciferol 1599
Vitamin K 1599
Von Willebrand Factor 1600
W 1600
WBC 1600
Westergren 1600
White Blood Count 1600
Section V - Clinical Practice Guidelines 1601
PART A • THE PERIODIC HEALTH EXAMINATION 1605
Age-Specific Charts 1605
PART B • IMMUNIZATIONS AND CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS 1615
Childhood and Adolescent Immunizations 1615
General Recommendations on Immunization 1621
Immunizations for Adults 1633
Recommendations and Implementation Strategies for Hepatitis B Vaccination of Adults 1645
Hepatitis A Prophylaxis 1648
Influenza Treatment and Prophylaxis 1649
HIV Testing and Postexposure Prophylaxis 1654
APPENDIX 1665
Appendix Ia - Definitions of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Terms 1667
Appendix Ib - Relaxation Techniques 1669
Appendix Ic - Overview of Selected Natural Products 1671
Appendix Id - Natural Products and Drug Interactions 1675
Appendix Ie - Commonly Ingested Plants with Significant Toxic Potential 1679
Appendix If - Herbs Associated with Toxicity 1681
Appendix Ig - Websites Providing Data on Herbal Therapy Hazards 1683
Appendix IIa - Dietary Supplements: What Every Primary Care Provider Should Know 1685
Appendix IIb - Vitamins and Their Functions 1687
Appendix IIc - Nutritional Trace Elementsand Their Clinical Implications 1693
Appendix IId - Summary of Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies 1697
Appendix IIIa - Historical and Physical Findingsin Poisoning 1699
Appendix IIIb - Recognizable Poison Syndromes 1701
Appendix IIIc - Antidotes and Indications for Use 1703
Appendix IV - Impairment and Disability Issues 1709
Appendix V - Primary Care Procedures e1
1. ANESTHESIA e1
2. BIOPSY TECHNIQUES e2
3. SUTURES AND DRESSINGS e3
4. NEEDLE ASPIRATION e5
5. DERMATOLOGY e6
6. EYES, EARS, NOSE, THROAT e9
7. HAND/DIGIT e10
8. ORTHOPEDICS e10
9. GASTROENTEROLOGY e13
10. GYNECOLOGY e16
11. INPATIENT MEDICINE e19
12. OBSTETRICS e23
13. REPRODUCTIVE—FEMALE e25
14. URINARY e26
Appendix VI e29
Index 1711
IBC IBC1