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A2 aortic second sound ABGs arterial blood gases ACE angiotensin converting enzyme AF atrial fibrillation AIDS acquired immunodeficiency syndrome ALS amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ANA antinuclear antibody ARDS adult respiratory distress syndrome bid two times daily biw twice a week bp blood pressure BUN blood urea nitrogen CAPD continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis CBC complete blood count CF complement fixation CHF congestive heart failure CLL chronic lymphocytic leukemia CML chronic myeloid leukemia CMV cytomegalovirus CNS central nervous system CPK creatine phosphokinase CSF cerebrospinal fluid CT computed tomography CVP central venous pressure CXR chest x-ray DIC disseminated intravascular coagulation DVT deep venous thrombosis Dx diagnosis EBV Epstein-Barr virus ECG electrocardiogram EEG electroencephalogram ELISA enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay EMG electromyogram ENT ear, nose, and throat EOM extraocular movement ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate FDA US Food and Drug Administration FEV1 forced expiratory volume in first second GRF glomerular filtration rate GI gastrointestinal G6PD glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase Hb hemoglobin Hct hematocrit HDL high-density lipoprotein HIV human immunodeficiency virus hs at bedtime HSV herpes simplex virus Hx history ICU intensive care unit IFN interferon Ig immunoglobulin IL interleukin IM intramuscular IV intravenous IVC inferior vena cava IVP intravenous pyelogram GLOSSARY 18th Edition TM M A N U A L O F M E D I C I N E EDITORS Dan L. Longo, MD Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Senior Physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Deputy Editor, New England Journal of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; Adjunct Investigator, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland Anthony S. Fauci, MD, ScD(HON) Chief, Laboratory of Immunoregulation; Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland Dennis L. Kasper, MD, MA(HON) William Ellery Channing Professor of Medicine, Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School; Director, Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Stephen L. Hauser, MD Robert A. Fishman Distinguished Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD Robert G. Dunlop Professor of Medicine; Dean, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine; Executive Vice-President, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Joseph Loscalzo, MD, PhD Hersey Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Chairman, Department of Medicine; Physician-in-Chief, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts EDITORS Dan L. Longo, MD Anthony S. Fauci, MD Dennis L. Kasper, MD Stephen L. Hauser, MD J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD Joseph Loscalzo, MD, PhD New York Chicago San Francisco Lisbon London Madrid Mexico City Milan New Delhi San Juan Seoul Singapore Sydney Toronto 18th Edition TM M A N U A L O F M E D I C I N E Copyright © 2013, 2009, 2005, 2002, 1998, 1995, 1991, 1988 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher. ISBN: 978-0-07-180830-9 MHID: 0-07-180830-2 The material in this eBook also appears in the print version of this title: ISBN: 978-0-07-174519-2, MHID: 0-07-174519-X. All trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners. Rather than put a trademark symbol after every occurrence of a trademarked name, we use names in an editorial fashion only, and to the benefi t of the trademark owner, with no intention of infringement of the trademark. Where such designations appear in this book, they have been printed with initial caps. McGraw-Hill eBooks are available at special quantity discounts to use as premiums and sales promotions, or for use in corporate training programs. To contact a representative please e-mail us at