Rabies and Other Rhabdovirus Infections
PREVENTION AND ERADICATION OF POLIOVIRUS (See also Chap. 148) After a peak of 57,879 cases of poliomyelitis in the United States in 1952, the introduction of IPV in 1955 and…
Skin Manifestations of Internal Disease
TREATMENT METABOLIC ACIDOSIS Treatment of metabolic acidosis with alkali should be reserved for severe acidemia except when the patient has no “potential HCO3–” in plasma. Potential [HCO3–] can be estimated…
Relapsing Polychondritis
389 Relapsing Polychondritis Carol A. Langford Relapsing polychondritis is an uncommon disorder of unknown cause characterized by inflammation of cartilage predominantly affecting the ears, nose, and laryngotracheobronchial tree. Other manifestations…
Atlas of Percutaneous Revascularization
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….
Cancer Cell Biology
PART 7: Oncology and Hematology SECTION 1 NEOPLASTIC DISORDERS 99 Approach to the Patient with Cancer Dan L. Longo The application of current treatment techniques (surgery, radiation…
Cancer of the Skin
FIGURE 103e-1 Gompertzian tumor growth. The growth fraction of a tumor declines exponentially over time (top). The growth rate of a tumor peaks before it is clinically detectable (middle). Tumor size…
Disorders of Hearing
FIGURE 39-5 Hollenhorst plaque lodged at the bifurcation of a retinal arteriole proves that a patient is shedding emboli from the carotid artery, great vessels, or heart. FIGURE 39-6 Central retinal artery…
Antimycobacterial Agents
FIGURE 202-1 Acid-fast bacillus smear showing M. tuberculosis bacilli. (Courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta.) EPIDEMIOLOGY More than 5.7 million new cases of TB (all forms, both…
Approach to the Patient with Shock
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…
