By Stephen N. Adler, Debra Adler-Klein MD, Dianne B. Gasbarra
The revised, up to date 5th variation of this notebook is a convenient connection with seek advice while making bedside interpretations of medical info. Remarkably entire for its small measurement, the booklet lists approximately two hundred indicators, actual indicators, laboratory attempt effects, and radiologic findings and their differential diagnoses.
This variation has a brand new, extra straightforward two-color layout, tabs indicating sections, and shortened lists of the most typical diagnoses. An accelerated part on HIV an infection covers new manifestations, together with immune reconstitution syndrome. The infectious disorder bankruptcy has been revised to mirror its expanding significance in scientific medication, the emergence of multi-drug resistant micro organism, and the specter of bioterrorism.
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68 TSH synthetic defect Treatment with bexarotene and other retinoid X receptor-selective ligands Increased Requirement for Oral Levothyroxine Decreased gastrointestinal absorption of levothyroxine tablets • Drugs that interfere with levothyroxine absorption ♦ Aluminum hydroxide-containing antacids ♦ Bile acid sequestrants ♦ Calcium ♦ Ciprofloxacin ♦ Ferrous sulfate and ferrous fumarate ♦ Raloxifene ♦ Sodium polystyrene sulfonate ♦ Sucralfate Increased levothyroxine metabolism • Carbamazepine • Phenobarbital • Phenytoin • Rifampin Increased levothyroxine requirement by an unknown mechanism • Lovastatin • Sertraline Levothyroxine malabsorption • Celiac disease and other malabsorption syndromes • Large quantities of fiber, bran, or soy References 1.
42 Electrolyte abnormality (especially potassium, calcium, magnesium) Hypothermia or hyperthermia Electric shock 37 38 Drowning Insect stings and bites Neurologic disorders • Stroke • Hemorrhage • Migraine • Seizure • Brainstem compression of any cause • Infection • Neoplasm Sudden infant death syndrome Liquid protein diet Modified fast diet programs References 1. Lerman BB. Ventricular arrhythmias and sudden death. See Bibliography, 2. 2. Myerburg RJ, Castellanos A. Cardiac arrest and sudden cardiac death.
See Bibliography, 4. 2. Weiss RE, Wu SY, Refetoff S. Diagnostic tests of the thyroid, p. 1902. See Bibliography, 6. 74 3-I. g. 76 References 1. Davis PJ, Davis FB. Nontoxic goiter, pp. 367-369. See Bibliography, 2. 2. Hermus AR, Huysmans DA. Pathogenesis of nontoxic diffuse and nodular goiter. pp. 873-877. See Bibliography, 4. 3. Hegedüs L, Gerber H, Bonnema SJ. Multinodular goiter, pp. 2115-2118. See Bibliography, 6. 3-J. , sarcoidosis) • Hematoma Simple cyst Nonthyroid Lesions Branchial cleft cyst and other epithelial cysts Carotid aneurysm Cystic hygroma Dermoid Fibrosis (including postradiation) Hemangioma Laryngocele/bronchocele Lipoma Lymph node Parathyroid adenoma Parathyroid cyst Teratoma 64 65 Thyroglossal duct cyst References 1.