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Chapter 019. Fever of Unknown Origin (Part 5) doc
... diagnosis of
FUO.
Chapter 019. Fever of Unknown Origin
(Part 5)
In any FUO workup, the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) should be
determined. Striking elevation of the ESR and anemia of chronic ... polymyalgia
rheumatica—common causes of FUO in patients >50 years of age. Still's disease is
suggested by elevations of ESR, leukocytosis, and anemia...
Chapter 019. Fever of Unknown Origin (Part 7) docx
... endocarditis are
specific: Analysis of 100 patients with acute fever or fever of unknown origin.
Clin Infect Dis 23:298, 1996 [PMID: 8842267]
Kazanjian P
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Chapter 019. Fever of Unknown Origin
(Part 7)
Acknowledgments
Sheldon M. Wolff, MD, now deceased, was an author of a previous version
of this...
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Causes
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Chapter 019. Fever of Unknown Origin
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Harrison's Internal Medicine > Chapter 19. Fever of Unknown Origin
Definition and Classification
Fever of unknown origin (FUO) ... the number of undetected cases of
systemic lupus erythematosus and other autoimmune diseases.
Table 19-1 Classic FUO in Adults
A
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(Year of
Publ...
Chapter 019. Fever of Unknown Origin (Part 4) ppt
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Figure 19-1
Chapter 019. Fever of Unknown Origin
(Part 4)
Specialized Diagnostic Studies
Classic FUO
A stepwise flow chart depicting the diagnostic workup and therapeutic
management of FUO ... parasitic genera and species. The eventual
clinical validation of such microarrays will further diminish rates of undiagnosed
FUO of infectious etiology.
tissue remove...
Chapter 019. Fever of Unknown Origin (Part 6) pdf
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>80% of HIV-infected patients, but drug fever and lymphoma remain important
considerations. Treatment of HIV-associated FUO depends on many factors and is
discussed in Chap. 182.
Fever of Unknown ...
therapy based on the probability of various causes of fever and on the calculated
risks and benefits of a guided empirical approach. The age and physical state of
t...
Chapter 019. Fever of Unknown Origin (Part 2) pptx
... Mediterranean fever
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No actual fever observed during 2–3 weeks of inpatient observation.
Includes patients with exaggerated circadian rhythm.
Chapter 019. Fever of Unknown Origin ... drug-related etiology must be considered in any case of prolonged fever.
Any febrile pattern may be elicited by a drug. Virtually all classes of drugs cause
fe...
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...
intentional release of infectious agents, many of which cause illnesses presenting
with prolonged fever, underscores the need for obtaining an insightful
environmental, occupational, and professional ... Bacterial endocarditis
Nocardiosis
Whipple's disease
Rickettsial infections
Anaplasmosis
Ehrlichiosis
Murine typhus
Q fever
Rickettsialpox
Rocky Mountain spott...
Chapter 005. Principles of Clinical Pharmacology (Part 5) doc
... site of action, it alters the function of that
molecular target, with the ultimate result of a drug effect that the patient or
physician can perceive. For drugs used in the urgent treatment of ...
Pharmacology
(Part 5)
Adjusting Drug Dosages
While elimination half-life determines the time required to achieve steady-
state plasma concentrations (C
ss
), the magnitude of...
Chapter 029. Disorders of the Eye (Part 5) pps
... Chapter 029. Disorders of the Eye
(Part 5)
Ventral view of the brain, correlating patterns of visual field loss with
the sites of lesions in the visual pathway. ... entire upper or lower pole of the optic disc causes an
altitudinal field cut that follows the horizontal meridian (Fig. 29-3D). This pattern
of visual field loss is typical of ischemic optic neuropathy ....
Chapter 062. Principles of Human Genetics (Part 5) pot
... Chapter 062. Principles of
Human Genetics
(Part 5)
Figure 62-3
Crossing-over and genetic recombination. During chiasma formation,
either of the two sister chromatids ... sequences upstream
(5') of the transcription start site, although there are also examples of control
elements within introns or downstream of the coding regions of a gene. The
upstream regula...