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... Chapter 041. Weight Loss (Part 3) Approach to the Patient: Weight Loss Before extensive evaluation is undertaken, it is important to confirm weight loss and to determine ... management of unintentional weight loss in elderly people. CMAJ 172:773, 2005 [PMID: 15767612] Bouras EP, Lange SM: Rational approach to patients with unintentional weight loss. Mayo Clin...

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... significant weight loss (Chap. 71). Causes of Weight Loss The list of possible causes of weight loss is extensive (Table 41-1). In the elderly, the most common causes of weight loss are depression, ... present with weight loss and weakness, with few other manifestations of thyrotoxicosis. New-onset diabetes mellitus is often accompanied by weight loss, reflecting g...

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... metabolism of food. Chapter 041. Weight Loss (Part 1) Harrison's Internal Medicine > Chapter 41. Weight Loss Weight Loss: Introduction Significant unintentional weight loss in a previously ... changes in weight should always be assessed; loss of 5% of body weight over 6–12 months should prompt further evaluation. Physiology of Weight Regulation T...

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... help with psychological or situational problems. Discretion must be Chapter 025. Numbness, Tingling, and Sensory Loss (Part 3) Examination of Sensation The main components of the sensory ... hypalgesia should be mapped by proceeding radially from the most hypalgesic site (Figs. 25-2 and 25 -3). Figure 25-2 position movement of specific joints muscle spindles ge also D...

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... the small intestine when endoscopic therapy is unsuccessful. Although Chapter 042. Gastrointestinal Bleeding (Part 3) Hemorrhagic and Erosive Gastropathy ("Gastritis") Hemorrhagic

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... conceptus/individual under investigation. One especially important application is in prenatal diagnosis (particularly for pregnancies involving older women), assaying for chromosomal abnormalities in ... is analyzed by a computer program, which determines where the DNA of interest may have gains or losses of material. This technique is useful in the analysis of tumors, particularly in tho...

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... demonstrates the extent and topography of cerebellar atrophy. A short expansion Chapter 024. Gait and Balance Disorders (Part 3) Parkinsonism and Freezing Gait Parkinson's disease (Chap. 366)

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... Source: Modified from Inouye SK et al: Ann Intern Med 113:941, 1990. History Chapter 026. Confusion and Delirium (Part 3) Approach to the Patient: Delirium As the diagnosis of delirium is clinical

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... the response to near is often relatively intact. When the near stimulus is Chapter 029. Disorders of the Eye (Part 3) Demonstration of a relative afferent pupil defect (Marcus Gunn pupil)

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... are associated with elevated gonadotropins with hyperandrogenism and Chapter 051. Menstrual Disorders and Pelvic Pain (Part 3) Algorithm for evaluation of amenorrhea. β-hCG, human chorionic ... premature when it occurs in women younger than age 40. Ovarian failure is associated with the loss of negative-feedback restraint on the hypothalamus and pituitary, resulting in increas...

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