Hypopituitarism
PART 16: Endocrinology and Metabolism SECTION 1 ENDOCRINOLOGY 399 Approach to the Patient with Endocrine Disorders J. Larry Jameson The management of endocrine disorders requires a broad understanding of…
Concussion and Other Traumatic Brain Injuries
456 Diseases of the Spinal Cord Stephen L. Hauser, Allan H. Ropper Diseases of the spinal cord are frequently devastating. They produce quadriplegia, paraplegia, and sensory deficits far beyond…
Disorders of the Autonomic Nervous System
452 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Diseases Robert H. Brown, Jr. AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the most common form of progressive motor neuron…
Mitochondrial DNA and Heritable Traits and Diseases
84 The Practice of Genetics in Clinical Medicine Susan M. Domchek, J. Larry Jameson, Susan Miesfeldt APPLICATIONS OF MOLECULAR GENETICS IN CLINICAL MEDICINE Genetic testing for inherited abnormalities associated…
Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition Therapy
PART 6: Nutrition and Weight Loss 95e Nutrient Requirements and Dietary Assessment Johanna Dwyer Nutrients are substances that are not synthesized in sufficient amounts in the body and…
Infections in Patients with Cancer
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…
Transplantation in the Treatment of Renal Failure
336 Dialysis in the Treatment of Renal Failure Kathleen D. Liu, Glenn M. Chertow Dialysis may be required for the treatment of either acute or chronic kidney disease. The use of…
Cardiomyopathy and Myocarditis
MITRAL REGURGITATION ETIOLOGY MR may result from an abnormality or disease process that affects any one or more of the five functional components of the mitral valve apparatus (leaflets, annulus,…
Hypoglycemia
419 Diabetes Mellitus: Complications Alvin C. Powers Diabetes-related complications affect many organ systems and are responsible for the majority of morbidity and mortality associated with the disease. Strikingly, in…
Arterial Diseases of the Extremities
TABLE 298-10 USUAL INTRAVENOUS DOSES OF ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS USED IN HYPERTENSIVE EMERGENCIESa Malignant hypertension is a syndrome associated with an abrupt increase of blood pressure in a patient with underlying…
