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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…