120e Carcinoma of Unknown Primary Gauri R. Varadhachary, James L. Abbruzzese Carcinoma of unknown primary (CUP) is a biopsy-proven malignancy for which the anatomic site of origin remains unidentified…
PART 19: Disorders Associated with Environmental Exposures 476e Altitude Illness Buddha Basnyat, Geoffrey Tabin EPIDEMIOLOGY Mountains cover one-fifth of the earth’s surface; 38 million people live permanently at altitudes…
FIGURE 44-3 Acute epiglottitis. In this lateral soft tissue radiograph of the neck, the arrow indicates the enlarged edematous epiglottis (the “thumbprint sign”). TREATMENTEPIGLOTTITIS Security of the airway is always of…
363 Alcoholic Liver Disease Mark E. Mailliard, Michael F. Sorrell Chronic and excessive alcohol ingestion is one of the major causes of liver disease. The pathology of alcoholic liver disease…
Criteria for Acute Myocardial Infarction The term acute myocardial infarction (MI) should be used when there is evidence of myocardial necrosis in a clinical setting consistent with acute myocardial ischemia….
Criteria for Acute Myocardial Infarction The term acute myocardial infarction (MI) should be used when there is evidence of myocardial necrosis in a clinical setting consistent with acute myocardial ischemia….
PART 12: Critical Care Medicine SECTION 1 RESPIRATORY CRITICAL CARE 321 Approach to the Patient with Critical Illness John P. Kress, Jesse B. Hall The care of critically ill…
PART 12: Critical Care Medicine SECTION 1 RESPIRATORY CRITICAL CARE 321 Approach to the Patient with Critical Illness John P. Kress, Jesse B. Hall The care of critically ill…
In patients with subacute presentations, fever is typically low-grade and rarely exceeds 39.4°C (103°F); in contrast, temperatures of 39.4°–40°C (103°–104°F) are often noted in acute endocarditis. Fever may be blunted…
