Gastrointestinal Cancers
Figure 12.1. Treatment algorithm for esophageal cancer. For patients with disease that does not extend beyond the muscle layer of the esophageal wall and are without evidence of lymph node…
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Box 6.1 MAJOR CAUSATIVE AGENTS IN STDS Viruses: HSV-1 and HSV-2, HPV, Molluscum contagiosum, Hepatitis (A, B, C), CMV, HIV, HTLV Bacteria: Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Haemophilus ducreyi (chancroid), Klebsiella granulomatis (granuloma…
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Figure 85.1. Ankle Brachial Index (ABI) and Mortality. Association of ABI with all-cause mortality in a meta-analysis of 16 cohort studies including 48,294 subjects and 480,325 person-years of follow-up. Source:…
Acute Kidney Injury
Figure 57.1. Autoregulation of Glomerular Filtration. (A) The glomerular filtration rate (GFR) for each glomerulus is determined by glomerular capillary pressure (P) and is represented by the open arrow. Total…
Sepsis Syndrome
Box 39.1 THE SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME (SIRS) Defined as two or more of the following criteria: 1) Temperature: >38ºC (100.4ºF) or <36ºC (96.8ºF) 2) Heart rate >90 beats per…
Tropical Infections
Box 5.1 COMPLICATIONS OF FALCIPARUM MALARIA Cerebral malaria (alterations of consciousness including coma) Hypoglycemia Noncardiac pulmonary edema, acute respiratory failure Renal failure, including blackwater fever (hemoglobinuria) Severe anemia Lactic acidosis…
Pleural Disease
Figure 32.1. Indications for performing an initial thoracentesis. Complications from thoracentesis include pain at the puncture site, cutaneous or internal bleeding, pneumothorax, empyema, and spleen/liver puncture. Pneumothorax may complicate as…
