Emergency Medicine 1991: Vol 23 Index

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INDEX 1991
Acyclovir
Key to issues and dates in Volume 23 For necnatal herpes, 19:110
In entries, boldface numbers refer to issue and lightface to pages in that issue. For varicella-zoster, 19:111
In HIV-positive children, 13:144
Date
Addison’s disease
swumJANUARY 15
Hyponatremia associated with, 8:124
JANUARY 30
Xray signs of, 8:126
.FEBRUARY 15
.FEBRUARY 28
Adenocarcinoma
MARCH 15 NOVEMBER 15
Of lung, 5:37
MARCH 30 .. NOVEMBER 30
APRIL 15 DECEMBER 15
Adenosine
For paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia in
elderly, 21:96
Drainage of, trick for, 2:55; 20:74 Adnexa
Pancreatic, peritoneal lavage to avert, 4:104 Tenderness of, as PID criterion, 18:95
Perianal, 1:42; 18:8 (etter
Pseudomembranous colitis differentiated from, Adolescent
CT for, 21:31 Female, abdominal pain in, 18:91
Subphrenic, as cause of pleural effusion, 3:103 Furunculosis in, 16:22
Hematocolpos in, 16:87
wr ACE inhibitors See also Children.
As cause of cough, 1:48
Abdomen After myocardial infarction, 17:89 Adult respiratory distress syndrome
Bleeding in, during pregancy, 5:11 Oxygen toxicity as cause of, 21:63
Examination of, trick for tickleless, 8:125 Acetaminophen
Mass in, associated with testicular tumor, 9:33 As analgesic, pharmacology of, 10:67 Aeromonas
Pain in Liver damage in alcoholism caused by, 5:69 Diarrhea from, trimethoprim-
In adolescent girls, 18:91 sulfamethoxazole for, 13:132
Aortic aneurysm rupture signaled by, 10:30 Acetazolamide Risk of aquatic infection by, 13:88
In children, diagnosis and treatment of, 14:179 For altitude acclimatization, 14:119
Diagnosis of, in intoxicated patients, 12:85 Aerosol therapy
In the elderly, 10:37 Acetylcysteine For asthma, choices of, 7:68
As MI symptom, 17:67 For hepatotoxicity in alcohol-acetaminophen
Hematocolpos as cause of, 16:87 syndrome, 5:69 AIDS
In juvenile diabetes, 14:185 In children, diagnosis of, 4:65
In pregnancy, ectopic, 16:135 Acid perfusion testing Diarrhea and proctitis associated with, 1:38
Pseudomembranous colitis signaled by, 21:31 For Gl reflux, vs pH monitoring, 17:123, Morphine for, 12:42
Rectus sheath hematoma as cause of, 15:72 Dithiocarb in, for improved immunity, 11:50
X-ray clues to sickle cell anemia as cause of, Acid-base disorders Herpes resistance to acyclovir in, 19:115
v5 In acute asthma, 4:103 Oral hairy leukoplakia as sign of, 14:69
Pleural effusion from, 3:103 PCP in
Trauma to Acidosis Oral antibiotic therapy for, 2:60
Bicycle as cause of, 15:36 In diabetic hyperglycemia, 20:79 Pentamidine as prophylaxis for, 9:51
Liver enzyme elevation associated with, Lactic, in hypoxemia, 21:64 Failure of, 13:121
19:87 Metabolic Periodontitis as predictor for, 16:41
Nonsurgical diagnosis and management of, In acute asthma, bicarbonate for, 4:100 Pseudomembranous colitis risk in, 21:21
19:54 In myocardial infarction, 6:72 Redefinition of, by CDC, implications of 20:62
Seat-belt, in children, 2:69 Vibrio gastroenteritis as cause of, 14:92 In women, epidemiology and diagnosis of, 20:57
See also HIV.
Abnormal mental status Acrodermatitis chronica migrans
As criteria for electrolyte testing, 8:66 In stage 3 Lyme disease, 9:102 Airway
Changes in, associated with smoking, 15:20
Abortion Acromegaly Evaluation of, in tracheal trauma, 17:43
After black widow spider bite, 14:148 Radiologic diagnosis of, 8:131 Feeding tube misplacement in, 6:94
Spontaneous, in diabetes, reducing risk of, 17:55 Hyperreactive, in work-related asthma, 16:113
ACTH Management of, in conscious patient, 17:113
Abruptio placentae For gout in the elderly, 21:78 Obstruction of
Abdominal pain as symptom of, 7:54
Acute, choosing aerosol therapy for, 7:76
Acupuncture In asthma fatality, 15:50
Abscess For tension headache, !7:36 As sting response, grade 4, 14:131, 154
Axillary or anogenital, hidradenitis suppurativa as
Street care of, 4:29, 42
cause of, 1:43 Acute mountain sickness In tongue laceration, 19:59
Classification, diagnosis, and treatment of, 14:118
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Albuterol Amides Megaloblastic, diphyllobothriasis as cause of,
For allergic reactions to pentamidine, 9:52 As local anesthesic, differentiated from esters, 14:91
8:1-47 Sickle-cell, x-ray diagnosis of, 7:96
Alcohol See also Sickle cell disease.
Abuse of Aminoglycoside
Acetaminophen-associated hepatotoxicity in, With beta-lactam, for FUO, 6:66 Anesthesia
5:69 For bite wound irrigation, 14:106 For endotracheal intubation of awake patient,
Electrolyte testing indicated in, 8:66 17:115
Head injury masked by, 3:8 (letter), 26; 14:58 Aminophylline Local
Hematemesis in, hospitalization for, 17:117 In asthma, 13:70 Action and application of, 8:147
Hypomagnesemia associated with, 4:95 Hospitalization averted by, 20:108 Minimizing pain of, 10:87
Klebsiella pneumonia associated with, 11:109 Muscular, for injection, 20:74
Parotitis caused by, 6:82, 84 Amiodarone TAC
In trauma patients, screening for, 6:33 Ocular deposits associated with, 3:42 For lacerations, 10:87
Dithiocarb interaction with, 11:52 For PVC, 18:85 For pediatric suturing, 2:56
In exercise-induced anaphylaxis, 1 1:143 For refractory atrial fibrillation, 13:61 For tongue repair, 19:66
Hypothermia associated with use of, 2:82 For ventricular tachycardia, long-term Topical, for ear wick insertion, 16:37
Intoxication with effectiveness of, 17:45
Abdominal injury diagnosis in, 12:85 Aneurysm
In altitude illness diagnosis, ruling out, 14:119 Amitriptyline Aortic
Aortic stenosis syncope misdiagnosed as, For ciguatera neurotoxicity, 14:85 Appendicitis misdiagnosed as, 6:89
16:87 For migraine, 17:30 Diagnosis and management of, 3:59; 19:9
Subarachnoid hemorrhage misdiagnosed as, For psychogenic dizziness, 15:64 (letter)
14:157 Rupture of, 3:60
Migraine associated with, 17:29 Ammonium hydroxide Misdiagnosis of, 10:30
Orthostatic hypertension caused by, 15:63 For syncope, contraindication of, 4:48 Cerebral
Withdrawal from Error in diagnosis of, 14:147
Beta blockers for, 1:8 (letter) Amoxicillin Headache as sign of, 12:32
Magnesium for, 4:95 With clavulanic acid, for animal bite prophylaxis, Rupture of, 11:25
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome differentiated 14:111 Charcot-Bouchard, cerebral hemorrhage
from, 17:7 (letter) For Lyme disease, 9:116 associated with, 11:116
Transdermal clonidine for, 16:88 For otitis media, 17:63
Angina
Alkalosis Amphetamines Angiography in, indications for, 20:93
Respiratory, in acute asthma, 13:69 For vertigo, 15:71 Cold weather, diving maneuver contraindicated
in, 21:95
Allen test Amphotericin And gastroesophageal reflux
For closed traumatic injury to fingers, For amebic meningoencephalitis, 13:90 Associated with, 6:31
12:61 For fever of unknown origin, 6:70 Differentiated from, tests for, 17:123
Microvascular, 2:50
Allergy Ampicillin Postinfarction, as warning of reinfarction risk,
Asthma associated with, immunotherapy for, Allergy to, as cause of urticaria, 6:30 10:77
19:36 For endocarditis prophylaxis, 18:8 (letter) Pseudoxanthoma elasticum as cause of, 20:105
Exercise-induced anaphylaxis as, 1 1:141 Exanthemous eruptions caused by, 18:99 Street management of, 4:44
Fish, scombroid toxicity similar to, 14:85 For gonorrhea, ceftriaxone cost-effectiveness
Urticaria caused by, 6:30 compared with, 5:64 Angioedema
Work related, asthma caused by, 16:113 Haemophilus resistance to, 15:27 Exercise-induced anaphylaxis as cause of, 11:142
See also Stings.
Ampligen Angiography
Altitude illness For chronic fatigue syndrome, 20:132 in angina, nomogram for, 20:93
Diagnosis and treatment of, 14:117 For asymptomatic coronary artery ischemia,
Analgesics 6:40
Alzheimer’s dementia Fear of addiction to, 10:62 For cerebral aneurysm, 11:35
Cerebral hemorrhage associated with, 11:124 For intraosseous infusion in children, 5:82 For chest pain, Gl causes ruled out before,
17:123
Amantadine hydrochloride Anaphylaxis Vs echocardiography, for aortic dissection, 3:70
For neuroleptic malignant syndrome, 13:42 Exercise induced, 1 1:141 For myocardial infarction, 18:55
Insect sting For occluded limb, 10:24
Amebiasis Avoiding recurrence of, 12:83 After thrombolysis, noninvasive alternatives to,
Waterborne, diagnosis and treatment of, 13:77 Prevention and management of, 14:129, 154 3:34
From IV immunotherapy for asthma, 19:100 See also Aortography, Arteriography.
Amenorrhea
Secondary, 6:20 Anemia Angioma
AZT associated, dose adjustment to avoid, Cherry, 19:71
American Heart Association 15:82
Guidelines for endocarditis prophylaxis from, In children, as sign of HIV infection, 4:66
11:163 lron deficiency, 16:73
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Angioplasty See also specific agents, diseases. Aorta
Balloon, in myocardial infarction, 18:55 Emergencies of, 3:59
For occluded limb, 10:20 Antibodies Laceration of, aortography vs CT for, 5:8
Vessel, for postthrombolysis stenosis, 17:81 Heterophil, as sign of Epstein-Barr mononucleosis, (letter)
8:138 Transection of, 3:66
Animal IgE, in assessing insect venom allergies, 9:97 Traumatic injury to, 1:105
Bites of, 14:105 In Lyme disease, 9:110 See also Aneurysm, Stenosis.
Dander of, as asthma precipitant, 19:36 Measles, test for, 17:103
Monoclonal Aortography
Anisakiasis For CPK-MB levels, 16:112 For aortic transection, 3:66
Diagnosis and treatment of, 14:92 Immunofluorescent, for herpes diagnosis, CT scanning vs, for aortic laceration, 5:8 (letter)
19:106
Ankle For thrombolysis in Ml, 17:84 Apnea
Inflamed, effusion associated with, 1:79 In pertussis, testing for, 11:40 Water intoxication as cause of, in infants, 21:55
Osteochondritis dissecans of, on x-ray, 19:117 Serum titer of, for herpesvirus, alternatives to,
Sliding, 14:75 19:105 Appendicitis
Splinting, posterior, trick for, 20:74 Abdominal aortic aneurysm misdiagnosed as,
Sprained, foot fractures differentiated from, Anticholinergic drugs 6:89
As risk factor for heat iliness, 11:97 As cause of abdominal pain
Urinary retention associated with, 10:93 In adolescent girls, 18:91
Annulus For vertigo, 15:71 In the elderly, 10:38
Mitral, calcification of, x-ray diagnosis of, 9:123 In children, 14:179
Anticholinesterase inhibitors Misdiagnosed as UTI, 11:105
Anorectum For tetrodotoxin poisoning, 14:91 Trick for diagnosis of, 8:125
Emergencies of, 1:25; 18:8 (letter) Vomiting as sign of, 12:25
Anticoagulants PID differentiated from, 1:55; 2:49
Anorexia For atrial fibrillation, refractory, 13:64 Pregnancy differentiated from, 7:54
Amenorrhea associated with, 6:20 Rectus sheath hematoma caused by, 15:72 Rectus sheath hematoma symptoms similar to,
As sign of severe acute mountain sickness, For stroke, 11:116 15:72
14:123 Thrombolysis and, for acute Ml, 17:78
Appendix
Anoscopy Anticonvulsants Testicular, torsion of, 9:28
Indications for, 1:27 For migraine, 17:33
Arm
Anovulation Antidepressants Cumulative trauma disorders of, 2:27
Diagnosis and treatment of, 6:19 Adverse reactions to, 1:48, 50 Pain in, acute MI signaled by, 16:108
Menstrual abnormalities as sign of, 6:25 For chronic fatigue in panic disorder, 15:52 Rash on, lichen myxedematosus as cause of,
For migraine, 17:30 17:59
Antacids Postural hypotension caused by, 1:48
In ICU, associated with nosocomial pneumonia, For psychogenic dizziness, 15:64 Arnold-Chiari deformity
13:111 In sexual dysfunction, 1:50 Xray recognition of, 13:32
Magnesium-containing, diarrhea caused by, 19:28
Antidiuretic hormone Arrhythmias
Anterior drawer test Hyponatremia associated with, 8:118 Atrial, high-loading dose oral amiodarone for,
For ankle injury, 14:76 13:61
Antiemetics Bupivacaine toxicity as cause of, 8:153
Antiarrhythmic drugs For children, indications for, 12:31 Hypoxia as cause of, 21:64
After cardia¢ arrest, vs defibrillator implant, After reperfusion, treatment and significance of,
19:81 Antifungal agents 18:55
Choice and safety of, 11:151 Long-term, for recurrent candidiasis, 3:50 Supraventricular, as sign of MI in the elderly,
For PVC, 18:80 17:68
For refractory atrial fibrillation, 13:61 Antiprostaglandins Syncope associated with, Holter monitoring to
For supraventricular tachycardia, 11:157 For abnormal menstruation, 6:25 uncover, 11:136
For ventricular tachycardia, 17:45 Ventricular
Antivenin After cardiac arrest, management of, 19:78
Antibiotics For black widow spider bite, 14:148 Wide-QRS complex to diagnose, 20:1 11
Colitis associated with, in the elderly, 19:25 For brown recluse spider bite, 14:152 See also specific arrhythmias.
Diarrhea caused by, 15:27 Goat serum, for scorpion sting, 14:153
Drug fever caused by, 15:101 Snakebite, AAPCC guidelines for use of, 14:168 Arteriography
Prophylactic, for endocarditis, AHA guidelines Coronary
for, 11:163 Anxiety For myocardial infarction, 18:41
Pseudomembranous colitis caused by, imaging In alcohol withdrawal, clonidine to prevent, Postthrombolysis, inefficacy of, 17:81
for, 21:31 16:88 Of extremity, 11:147
Warfarin interactions with, 16:95 Dizziness caused by, 15:64 Doppler measurements instead of, 21:39
For wilderness medical kit, 8:100, 102 In mitral valve prolapse, exercise to lower, For shear injury to thoracic aorta, 1:106
13:107 See also Angiography, Aortography.
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Arthritis Improvised inhaler spacers for, 12:42
As cause of acute joint pain, 1:94 Intrinsic vs extrinsic, 19:36
Chronic, analgesia for, physicians’ attitudes Neutrophilic leukocytosis after, 16:51
toward, 10:61 Spontaneous prieumomediastinum in, x-ray
In the elderly, 21:72 diagnosis of, 5:127
Lung cavitation secondary to, 1:126 In sting allergy, 14:137
Lyme, 9:112 Work related, 16:113
Shoulder, 18:34
X-ray abnormalities caused by, 13:35 Ataxia
In acute mountian sickness, 14:118
Pain in, in drug abuse, 8:47
Arthropathy
Tingling of, notalgia paresthetica as cause of, 2:67
Shoulder, diagnosis and treatment of, 18:42 Atelectasis
Fever as sign of, 15:102 See also Spine.
Arthropod sting Oxygen therapy as cause of, 21:70
Diagnosis and management of, 14:147 Bacteremia
Atherosclerosis In endocarditis, 5:30
Arthroscopy Of leg, diagnosis and treatment of, 10:20 Furunculosis as risk for, 16:22
For septic arthritis in the elderly, 21:77 Pneumococcal, as marker for HIV, 1:124
For talus fracture, 20:22 Athletes
Amenorrhea in, 6:20 Baker’s cyst
Aspergillosis Analgesia for, physicians’ attitudes toward, Diagnosis and aspiration of, 1:88
Pleural effusion as sign of, 1:115 10:60 In the elderly, 21:72
In work-related asthma, 16:116 Guidelines for resuming play, after head trauma,
14:65 Balanitis
Aspiration Risk of heat illness in, 11:97 Associated with diabetes, 9:33
Of acutely painful joint, 1:77
For arthritis in the elderly, 21:74 Atopy Balloon
Foreign body, in- toddlers, 1:116 As asthma precursor, 19:36 Intra-aortic pumping by, for heart failure, 9:74
Gastric Sting allergy disassociated from, 14:137 Valvuloplasty, for mitral stenosis, 12:52
Gastric emptying as cause of, 10:84
In gastroesophageal reflux, pulmonary Audiometry Barbiturates
symptoms of, 20:98 For vertigo, 15:60 lllicit diversion of, 6:51
In tongue laceration, 19:59 For vertigo/deafness diagnosis, 15:66
Transtracheal, in pneumonia in the elderly, 5:92 Barium swallow
Auscultation For esophageal foreign body in children, 8:52
Aspirin Abdominal, in children, 14:182
For brown recluse spider envenomation, 12:50 For aortic stenosis, 16:87 Barotrauma
For myocardial ischemia, circadian titration of, Carotid From oxygen therapy, risk of, 21:69
10:36 As angiography indication, 20:93
For thrombosis in acute MI, 17:84 Before massage, 21:95 Bartholin cyst
Tongue laceration as contraindication for, 19:68 Epigastric, for intubation placement, 10:87 Dysuria as symptom of, 3:25
For headache, 17:24
Asthma For high-altitude pulmonary edema, 14:123 Battle’s sign
Acute For Ml, 14:23 Reliability of, in head trauma, 4:37
Assessment and management of, 13:67 In the elderly, 17:68
Bicarbonate for metabolic acidosis in, 4:100 For mitral stenosis, 16;123 Bee
IV magnesium sulfate for, 4:94 In the elderly, 12:52 Africanized, sting danger from, in U.S, 14:132
Preadmission x-rays for, 18:102 For mitral valve prolapse, 13:107
Steroids to prevent relapse of, 17:49 For myocardial contusion, 14:45 Bell clapper deformity
Street management of, 4:44 Pulmonary, of children, trick for, 13:72 As intravaginal cause of testicular torsion, 9:23
Aerosol therapy for, choices of, 7:68 For syncope diagnosis, 11:136
Allergy as component of, 19:36 Bell’s palsy
Amunophylline for Autonomic nervous system As sign of Lyme disease, 9:104
Exacerbation of, 13:70 Dysfunction of, neuroleptic malignant syndrome
Hospitalization averted by, 20:108 as cause of, 13:42 Belladonna alkaloids
In children For vertigo, 15:71
Clinical scoring system for severity of, 21:48 AV dissociation
HIV-positive diagnosis of, 13:143 As indicator of VT, 20:12 Bennett’s fracture
Hospitalization for, 8:70 Diagnosis and reduction of, 12:76
Immunotherapy for, 19:98 Azithromycin
Fatal attack of, averting, 15:45 For group A strep infection, 13:50 Benzalkonium chloride
Foreign body aspiration differentiated from, For rabies prevention, 14:112
1:116 AZT
Gastroesophageal reflux as precipitant of, 20:98 Dithiocarb with, 11:50
Dose adjustment of, to avoid toxicity, 15:82
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Bites
Benzodiazepines Dyscrasias of, rectus sheath hematoma caused
Animal, 14:105
In alcohol withdrawal, alternatives to, 16:88 by, 15:72
Arachnida, 14:146
For chronic fatigue in panic disorder, 15:52 For endocarditis, 5:30
Brown recluse spider, diagnosis and treatment of,
lllicit diversion of, 6:51 For Klebsiella pneumonia, 11:109
12:45; 14:152
For vertigo, 15:71 Loss of, as cause of iron deficiency, 16:73
Fire ant, silver nitrate stick for, 14:114
Occult, as sign of infectious diarrhea, 19:20
Human
Beta agonists Smear of, for malaria, 11:167
Head and neck, vs animal, 5:49
For allergic reactions to pentamidine, 9:51 In stool
Infection from, 14:113
For asthma Anisakiasis as cause of, 14:92
Penile injury from, 8:36
Acute, 13:70 E. coli colitis as cause of, 19:26
Sucker, as cause of ecchymosis, 7:52
As fatality factor, 15:45 Venous, for glucose level, in hypotension, 19:98
Snake, 14:161
Immunotherapy for children to lower dosage
Treatment kits for, contraindicated, 14:168
of, 19:100 Blood vessels
See also Stings.
Doppler pressure measurements of, for injury
Beta blockers to, 21:42
Black widow spider
After acute MI Elastic fiber degeneration of, in pseudoxanthoma
Bite of, 14:146
For myocardial salvage, 17:84 elasticum, 20:105
Verapamil as alternative to, 1:121
Bladder
Adverse reactions to, 1:47 Blood-brain barrier
Dysfunction of, urinary retention associated with,
For alcohol withdrawal, 1:8 (letter) In meningitis, neurochemical changes in, 17:122
10:90
Vs antiarrhythmics, 11:151
Trauma to, 8:34
In cardiac disease in the elderly, 17:77 Boerhaave’s syndrome
Penetrating, nonsurgical management of,
In diabetes, hyperglycemia risk associated with, As cause of pleural effusion, 3:114
19:54
20:84
Tumor of, dysuria associated with, 3:25
Epinephrine contraindicated with, in anaphylaxis, Bone
14:143 Abnormalities of, as sign of congenital syphilis,
Blastomycosis
For migraine, 17:30 19:82
Pleural effusion as sign of, 1:114
For myocardial ischemia, circadian titration of, Infarction of, as x-ray clue to sickle cell disease,
10:36 7:96
Bleeding
As street drug, 6:52 Subperiosteal resorption of, in
See also specific drugs. Arterial, street care of, 4:30 hyperparathyroidism, 8:132
Cervical, associated with chlamydial infection,
Beta carotene Botulinum toxin
For chronic fatigue syndrome, 20:132 Gastrointestinal For posttraumatic torticollis, 11:70
Pseudoxanthoma elasticum as cause of, In seafood, 14:93
20:105
Beta-lactam
Upper, hospitalization for, 17:117
For FUO with neutropenia, 6:66 Boutonniere deformity
Gingival, HIV-related periodontitis as cause of,
Diagnosis of, 12:61, 73
16:41
Betaxolol
lron deficiency caused by, 16:73
For myocardial ischemia, circadian titration of, Bowel
10:36 Menstrual, see Menstruation. Dysfunctional, error in diagnosis and treatment
In pregnancy
of, 9:98
Bicarbonate Abdominal signs of, 5:111 Inflammatory disease of
For asthma-induced metabolic acidosis, 4:100 Cocaine use as cause of, 3:98 Amebic colitis in elderly differentiated
To blunt lidocaine injection pain, 6:62 In progestogen challenge, cancer risk signaled by, from, 19:25
Saline with, for ocular irrigation, 18:60 15:38 Imaging for, 21:31
At urethral meatus, as indication of GU damage, Mesentery of, in abused child, 1:96
Bicycle injuries 8:27 Obstructed, as cause of abdominal pain in the
Diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of, 15:35 elderly, 10:38
Blood
Arterial gases
Biopsy Bowen’s disease
For lung cancer, 5:38 In acute asthma assessment, 13:69 Squamous cell carcinoma differentiated from,
In coral snake bite, 14:164
Lymph node, in HIV-positive children, 13:146 20:105
For hypothermia, 2:83
Marrow, for iron deficiency anemia, 16:81
Low, in lupus, 19:49
Muscle, for .-tryptophan-caused eosinophilia Boxer’s fracture
myalgia, 11:91 Vs pulse oximetry, 11:62 Diagnosis and reduction of, 12:76
For respiratory infection in HIV-positive
Myocardial, for fibrotic cardiomyopathy, 8:146
children, 13:144
For pleural malignancy, 5:126 Brachial plexopathy
For squamous cell carcinoma, 20:105 Trick for obtaining, 10:87 Shoulder pain as symptom of, 18:44
Cerebral flow of, in migraine, 17:30
For temporal arteritis, 11:126
Tissue, for cutaneous vasculitis, 1:99 Clotting abnormalities of, in heat illness, 11:97 Bradyarrhythmias
For tuberculosis Color of, in cyanosis vs methemoglobinemia, As sign of MI in the elderly, 17:68
4:32
Closed pleural, 1:109
Transbronchial, 15:91 Culture Bradycardia
In cellulitis, 16:28 Cold-water facial immersion for, 21:95
Bismuth subsalicylate Relative, fever with, significance of, 15:100
For traveler's diarrhea prophylaxis, 13:131 As sign of hypothermia, 2:81
As sign of myocardial damage, 14:45 :
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Candidiasis
Brain Buttocks
In pregnancy, 7:65
Damage to, in meningitis, neurochemistry of, Rash on, erythema annulare centrifugum as
Recurrent, elimination of, 3:50
17:122 cause of, 4:55
Differentiating lesions of, in stroke, 11:121
Capillary refill
Edema in, high-altitude ascent as cause of, 14:118
Unreliable as indicator of hypovolemia, 20:77
Hypoperfusion of, in chronic fatigue syndrome,
Capsulitis
Right hemisphere of, lesion in, 17:24
Adhesive
Swelling of, in infant water intoxication, 21:59
As cause of shoulder pain in the elderly,
Tumor
18:37
Deterioration of patient with, causes of,
Injection for, 1:87
11:124
Headache in, 17:24; 21:92
Carbon monoxide
Toxicity, ruling out in altitude illness diagnosis,
Brain stem Calcaneus
14:119
Toxic lesion of, vertigo as symptom of, 15:66 Fractures of, diagnosis and management of,
Carcinoma
Breast
Colon, differentiated from fecaloma, 19:20
Cancer of, estrogen risk for, reevaluated, Calcium channel blockers
Nonresolving infiltrate as sign of, 9:117
15:37 In acute cardiac disease in the elderly,
Squamous cell, diagnosis and treatment of,
Metastatic pleural effusion in, 5:119 contraindicated, 17:77
20:105
Nursing mastitis of, trick for relieving, 18:88 As cause of gastroesophageal reflux, 6:31;
17:124
Cardiac arrest
Bromocriptine mesylate For myocardial ischemia, circadian titration of,
Defibrillator transplants after, 19:78
For neuroleptic malignant syndrome, 13:42 10:36
For myocardial salvage after infarction, 17:84
Cardiomyopathy
Bronchitis See also specific drugs.
Fibrotic, differentiated from myocarditis, 8:146
Community acquired, 15:19
Hypertrophic, workup for, 2:91
Endocarditis misdiagnosed as, 3:73 Calcium hydroxyapatite disease
Physical signs of, 14:23
Feigned, as drug seeker’s scam, 6:56 Diagnosis and management of, 1:77, 82
Gastroesophageal reflux as precipitant of, 20:98
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Calculus
In hypothermia, 2:89
Bronchodilators Urinary
Off-duty emergency, 4:27
Aerosol delivery of, advantages of, 7:68 Dysuria as symptom of, 3:25
Thoracotomy in, 20:67
Infected, associated with S. saprophyticus
Bronchoscopy UTI, 9:121
Cardiovascular toxicity
For pneumonia
From local anesthetics, 8:152
In the elderly, 5:92 Calf pain
Nonresolving, 9:117 Lumbar radiculopathy as cause of, 11:105
Cardioversion
For pulmonary lesion, 5:37 And swelling, Baker's cyst as cause of, 21:86
For atrial fibrillation, with antiarrhythmic drugs,
For tuberculosis diagnosis, 15:91
13:61
Camel back fever
Bronchus Significance of, 15:100
Cardioverter-defibrillator
Endotracheal tube misplaced in, 18:107
Implantation of
Campylobacter
After cardiac arrest, 19:78
Brown recluse spider In aquatic infection, diagnosis and treatment of,
For ventricular tachycardia, 17:46
Bite of, 12:45; 14:148
Diarrhea from, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole
Carotid artery
Bruits for, 13:132
Auscultation of
Carotid
As angiography indication, 20:93
As angiography indication, 20:93 Cancer
Before massage, 21:96
Carotid massage contraindicated by, Chemotherapy for
Dissection of, as cause of stroke, 11:121
21:96 Diarrhea caused by, 19:28
Endarterectomy of, predicting outcome of,
Pseudomonal sepsis after, 6:89
13:36
Bupivacaine Chronic fatigue syndrome differentiated from,
Massage of, for bradycardia induction, cold-water
For animal bite wound closure, 14:110 20:132
facial immersion superior to, 21:95
For impingement diagnosis after heel fracture, Deep vein thrombosis associated with, 7:37
In erythroderma, 7:32
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Overdose, cardiovascular collapse from, 8:152 Menstrual bleeding, heavy, associated with, 6:24
Diagnosis and management of, 1:86
Pharmacologic action of, 8:147 Pleural effusion as sign of, 1:111; 5:119
Disorders associated with, 8:61
Sigmoidoscopy in rural areas to screen for, 9:55
Pronator syndrome differentiated from , 9:63
Burns Uterine, hormone therapy as risk for, 15:37
Repetitive-motion causes of, 2:25
Corrosive esophageal, in children, 7:45 See also specific malignancies, sites.
Bursitis Candida
Diagnosis and management of, 1:77, 88 AIDS signaled by, 20:57
Vaginitis, in adolescents, 18:93
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Cat Herpetic whitlow differentiated from, 12:86
Pain in
Allergies to, asthma associated with, 19:36 Vibrio as cause of, 13:88
Bite of, risk of infection from, 14:109 Angiography indications in, 20:93
Error in management of, 7:34
Cellulose
Cat-scratch fever For hemostasis after circumcision, necrosis In lupus, hypoxemia as cause of, 19:50
MI as cause of
Lymphadenopathy as sign of, 8:136 caused by, 14:147
Acute, 16:108
In the elderly, absence of, 17:67
Cataracts Central nervous system
Steroids as cause of, 3:41 Abnormalities of, in chronic fatigue syndrome, Short-stay hospitalization to rule out, 19:40
20:131 Noncardiac causes of, 17:70, 123
Reflux vs angina as cause of, 6:31
Catatonia Damage to, smokable methamphetamine as
“Lethal,” neuroleptic malignant syndrome cause of, 12:41 Street diagnosis and management of, 4:44
Workup for, 4:71
differentiated from, 13:42 Dysfunction of
Trauma to, street care of, 4:30
Amebic meningoencephalitis as cause of,
X-ray of
Catecholamines 13:90
Aortic traumatic injury on, 1:106
Change in level of In cerebral edema at high altitudes, 14:124
For arthritis in the elderly, 21:74
In exercise, 13:107 In heat stroke, 11:99
With high-altitude ascent, 14:124 Vertigo associated with, 15:60 For fever and neutropenia, 15:105
Dangers of, in acute heart failure, 9:73 Infection of For foreign body aspiration in children, 1:116
In HIV-positive children, fever as sign of, Lung cavitation on, arthritis associated with,
1:126
Catheter 13:138
MI signs on, 15:105
Ablation by, after cardiac arrest, vs defibrillator Neutrophil ratio for diagnosis of, 12:34
implant, 19:81 Toxicity of, from local anesthetics, 8:152
Chickenpox
Sterilization of, trick for, 14:114 Tuberculosis of, ethambutol for, 15:92
In children, acyclovir for, 19:111
Impetigo differentiated from, 16:22
Catheterization Cephalosporins
Cardiac Empirical
Children
For cardiac tamponade, 1:67, 72 For bacterial meningitis, 17:121
Abdominal cramps in, as precursor to migraine,
Valve replacement indicated by, 8:143 For bronchitis or pneumonia, 15:27
17:29
In ventricular ectopy, 18:80 For fever of unknown origin with neutropenia,
Abuse of
Foley 6:66
Bilious vomiting as sign of, 1:96
For bladder trauma, 8:34; 19:54 See also specific drugs.
Missed diagnosis of, 17:111
For esophageal foreign body removal, 8:51
Acute abdomen in, 14:179
Intravenous, sepsis from, fever as sign of, 15:100 Cerebritis
Analgesia for, physicians’ attitudes toward, 10:62
Subclavian, misplacement in, 10:107 In lupus, hypoxemia associated with, 19:50
Appendicitis in, 14:179
Swan-Ganz
Misdiagnosed as UTI, 11:105
For heart block, 20:53 Cerebrovascular disease
Trick for diagnosis of, 8:125
For myocardial contusion, 14:45 High-altitude ascent contraindicated in people
Asthma in
Umbilical artery, misplacement in, 20:135 with, 14:125
Early manifestations in, 19:36
Ureteral tear from, error in diagnosis of, 9:98 Syncope as sign of, 11:129
HIV-positive, 13:143
Urethral, trick for, 12:42
Hospitalization for, 8:70
Of vena cava, persistent left superior, 8:154 Cerumen
Immunotherapy for, 19:98
Tricks for removing, 13:72
Scoring system for severity of, 21:48
Cefaclor
Auscultation of, pulmonary, trick for, 13:72
Diarrhea infrequently caused by, 15:27 Cervicitis
Bicycle-related injuries in, 15:35
In adolescents, 18:91
Bites in
Cefixime
Animal, 14:113
For Lyme disease, 9:116 Cervix
Black widow, 14:148
Abnormalities of, associated with chlamydial
Scalp, infection risk from, 14:109
Cefoxadril infection, 7:79
Tick, signs and symptoms of, 14:153
For Lyme disease, 9:116 Cancer of, AIDS signaled by, 20:61
Cocaine exposed, prenatally, behavior of, 3:100
Motion tenderness of, as PID criterion, 18:95
Congenital syphilis in, 19:82
Cefoxitin
Corrosive esophageal injury in, 7:45
With doxycycline, for acute PID, 13:119 Chalazion
Cystic fibrosis in, heat illness risk associated with,
Heat therapy for, trick for, 20:74
11:97
Ceftriaxone
Drug reactions in, 3:41
For gonorrhea, 5:62 Charcoal
Eczema herpeticum in, acyclovir for, 19:108
For Lyme disease, 9:116 Activated, for toxic ingestion
Endocarditis in, 5:26
Efficacy and safety of, 10:83
Examination of, trick for, 6:62
Cellulitis Indications for, 4:49
Fecal incontinence in, error in treatment of, 9:98
Acute, 16:28 Pediatric, 16:103
Foreign body in
Crepitant, clostridial vs nonclostridial, 16:30
Aspiration of, 1:116
Diagnosis and treatment of, 16:21 Cheilosis
Nasal, trick for removal of, 8:125
Gout differentiated from, in the elderly, 21:77 As sign of iron deficiency anemia, chronic, 16:76
Orbital, 15:57
Removal of, 8:51
Chelation
In lead poisoning, indications for, 4:78
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Fractures in China White Chvostek’s sign
Elbow, x-ray diagnosis of, 13:149 Identification of, 11:79 In diagnosis of hyperventilation, 6:62
Metatarsal, 20:37
Salter, clinical vs x-ray exam of, 16:9 (letter) Chlamydia Ciguatera
Gastroenteritis in, rapid rehydration for, 5:113; In adolescent girls, 18:92 Toxic reactions to, diagnosis and management of,
13:1 1(letter) With gonococci, in PID, combination IV therapy 14:84
Headache in for, 13:119
Hydronephrotic kidney as cause of, 8:47 Infection Cimetidine
Migraine, anticonvulsants for, 17:33 Diagnostic model for, 7:79 For scombroid poisoning, 14:86
Hernia in, strangulated, 9:30 In pregnancy, 7:65
Hydration of, popsicles for, 16:37 Pertussis differentiated from, 11:39 Ciprofloxacin
Hypothermia in, increased risk of, 2:81 Pneumonia caused by For osteomyelitis, resistance to, 19:44
Hypothyroidism in, radiologic diagnosis of, 8:131 TWAR-strain, infections in elderly of, 15:19 For traveler's diarrhea, resistance to, 13:132
Impetigo in, diagnosis and treatment of, 16:21 Vs other agents, 16:127
Infection in Circumcision
Herpes, prognosis for and diagnosis and Chloramphenicol Necrosis after, cellulose for hemostasis as cause
treatment of, 19:107 For ehrlichiosis, 14:174 of, 14:147
HIV
Diagnosis of, 4:65 Chloroquine Cirrhosis
Fever in, 13:137 Macular degeneration caused by, 3:41 Alcoholic, error in diagnosis of, 5:99
Strep For malaria, 11:173 La@nnec’s, as cause of parotitis, 6:82, 84
Carriers of, clindamycin for, 18:77 Resistance to, mefloquine for, 16:9 (letter)
Group A vs non-group A, 13:50 Claudication
New virulence of, 11:161 Chlorpromazine Messenter, as sign of temporal arteritis, 13:36
insect sting For migraine, 3:76 As sign of giant cell arteritis, 21:80
Allergy to, 9:93 Ocular deposits associated with, 3:41 As sign of limb occlusion, 10:20
Treatment of, 14:130
Intraosseous infusion for, 5:74 Chlorpropamide Clindamycin
Iron deficiency in, 16:73 As cause of hyponatremia, 8:123 Douching with, in pregnancy, 15:8 (letter)
IV placement in With gentamicin, for PID, 13:119
Jugular, 4:81 Cholecystectomy For strep carriers, 18:77
Trick for, 8:125 Diarrhea after, management of, 19:34 Topical, for bacterial vaginosis, 2:77
Lichen nitidus in, 12:55
Lichen spinulosis in, 15:31 Cholecystitis Clonidine
Lidocaine use in, caveats for, 1:8 (letter) Abdominal pain in children caused by, 14:186 For diarrhea associated with diabetes in the
Meningitis in Aortic aneurysm rupture misdiagnosed as, 10:30 elderly, 19:33
HIV-related, 13:37 Fever as sign of, 15:102 As street drug, 6:52
Neutrophil ratio to diagnose, 12:34 In pregnancy, 7:57 Transdermal, for alcohol withdrawal, 16:88
Measles in, preschool, 17:97 X-ray signs of, 11:175
Mongolian spot in, diagnosis of, 8:77 Clostridium
Nasogastric drainage in, trick for, 12:42 Cholera As cause of cellulitis, 16:30
Nevi in Seafood related, 14:92 As cause of pseudomembranous enterocolitis,
Epidermal, 19:71 15:27; 19:25; 21:31
Giant congenital pigmented, 16:63 Cholestasis
Osteomyelitis in In pregnancy, 7:57 Cluster headache
H. influenzae b as cause of, 11:110 Diagnosis and treatment of, 17:22, 34
Pyogenic vertebral, MRI for, 13:147 Cholestyramine Migraine diffentiated from, 24:92
Otitis media in, antibiotics for, 17:63 For diarrhea, radiation or surgery induced, 19:34
Pain in, trick for locating, 20:74 Cocaine
Pertussis in, 11:36 Chondrocalcinosis As local anesthetic, 8:147
Poisoning in Pseudogout signaled by, 21:78 In pregnancy, effects of, 3:92
Ipecac contraindicated for, 16:103 Toxicity of, methamphetamine differentiated
Iron, 16:83 Choreoathetoid disorder from, 12:41
Lead, 4:78 Smokable methamphetamine as cause of, 12:41
Rectal prolapse in, 1:41 Coccidioidomycosis
Seat-belt injury in, 2:69 Chronic fatigue syndrome Pleural effusion as sign of, 1:109, 115
Suturing of Diagnosis and management of, 20:122
Scalp, trick for, 12:42 Cochlea
TAC anesthesia for, 2:56 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Dysfunction of, vertigo associated with, 15:65
Testicular or spermatic cord torsion in, 9:23 Aminophylline for, hospitalization averted by,
Tinea amiantacea in, 13:55 20:108 Cockroach
Tuberculosis incidence in, 15:91 Auto-PEEP in, error in treatment as cause of, Antigens to, as asthma precipitant, 19:39
Vomiting in 499
Abuse as cause of, 1:96 Exacerbation of, street management of, 4:44 Codeine
Age-related causes of, 12:23 High-altitude ascent contraindicated by, 14:12 Abdominal discomfort from, naloxone for, 8:125
Hypoxia in, oxygen therapy for, 21:64 Efficacy and administration of, 10:68
Smoking associated with, 15:20
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