Plasma Cell Disorders
135e Less Common Hematologic Malignancies Ayalew Tefferi, Dan L. Longo The most common lymphoid malignancies are discussed in Chap. 134, myeloid leukemias in Chaps. 132 and 133, myelodysplastic syndromes…
Parkinson’s Disease and Other Movement Disorders
449 Parkinson’s Disease and Other Movement Disorders C. Warren Olanow, Anthony H.V. Schapira, Jose A. Obeso PARKINSON’S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second commonest neurodegenerative…
Peripheral Neuropathy
459 Peripheral Neuropathy Anthony A. Amato, Richard J. Barohn Peripheral nerves are composed of sensory, motor, and autonomic elements. Diseases can affect the cell body of a neuron or…
Vascular Injury to the Kidney
339 Polycystic Kidney Disease and Other Inherited Disorders of Tubule Growth and Development Jing Zhou, Martin R. Pollak The polycystic kidney diseases are a group of genetically heterogeneous disorders and…
Cardiovascular Collapse, Cardiac Arrest, and Sudden Cardiac Death
OVERVIEW AND DEFINITIONS Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is defined as natural death due to cardiac causes in a person who may or may not have previously recognized heart disease but…
Disorders of Lipoprotein Metabolism
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…
Azotemia and Urinary Abnormalities
Other classes exhibit antiemetic properties. 5-HT3 antagonists such as ondansetron and granisetron can prevent postoperative vomiting, radiation therapy–induced symptoms, and cancer chemotherapy–induced emesis, but also are used for other causes…
Bronchiectasis
310 Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis and Pulmonary Infiltrates with Eosinophilia Praveen Akuthota, Michael E. Wechsler HYPERSENSITIVITY PNEUMONITIS INTRODUCTION AND DEFINITION Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP), also referred to as extrinsic allergic alveolitis, is…
Cystic Fibrosis
310 Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis and Pulmonary Infiltrates with Eosinophilia Praveen Akuthota, Michael E. Wechsler HYPERSENSITIVITY PNEUMONITIS INTRODUCTION AND DEFINITION Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP), also referred to as extrinsic allergic alveolitis, is…
