Chapter 134. Botulism (Part 1) pdf
Chapter 014. Abdominal Pain (Part 1) pdf
... viscera
Chapter 014. Abdominal Pain
(Part 1)
Harrison's Internal Medicine > Chapter 14. Abdominal Pain
Abdominal Pain: IntroductionThe correct interpretation of acute
abdominal pain ... mildest of
abdominal pains may herald an urgently correctable lesion. Any patient with
abdominal pain of recent onset requires early and thorough evaluation and
acc...
Chapter 026. Confusion and Delirium (Part 1) pdf
... Chapter 026. Confusion and Delirium
(Part 1)
Harrison's Internal Medicine > Chapter 26. Confusion and Delirium
Confusion and Delirium: Introduction
Confusion, a mental and behavioral ... delirium remain largely unknown and understudied.
Some episodes of delirium continue for weeks, months, or even years. The
persistence of delirium in some...
Chapter 027. Aphasia, Memory Loss, and Other Focal Cerebral Disorders (Part 1) pdf
...
cognition; an occipitotemporal network for face and object recognition; a limbic
network for retentive memory; and a prefrontal network for attention and
behavior.
The numbers refer to the Brodmann ... that intersect in
Lateral (top) and medial (bottom) views of the cerebral hemispheres.
The primary sensory and motor areas constitute 10% of the cerebral cortex....
Chapter 042. Gastrointestinal Bleeding (Part 1) pdf
... Chapter 042. Gastrointestinal
Bleeding
(Part 1)
Harrison's Internal Medicine > Chapter 42. Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Introduction
Bleeding from the gastrointestinal ... patients bleeding from varices varies widely from ~5 to
30%, depending on the population. Hemorrhagic or erosive gastropathy (e.g., due
Sources of Gastroint...
Chapter 059. Bleeding and Thrombosis (Part 1) pdf
...
Chapter 059. Bleeding and Thrombosis
(Part 1)
Harrison's Internal Medicine > Chapter 59. Bleeding and Thrombosis
Bleeding and Thrombosis: Introduction
The ...
procoagulant and anticoagulant forces. The procoagulant forces include platelet
adhesion and aggregation and fibrin clot formation; anticoagulant forces include
the natural inhibitors...
Chapter 062. Principles of Human Genetics (Part 1) pdf
... Bases of
Inherited Disease
(OMMBID)
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Chapter 062. Principles of
Human Genetics
(Part 1)
Table 62-1 Selected Databases Relevant for...
Chapter 076. Eating Disorders (Part 1) pdf
... Chapter 076. Eating Disorders
(Part 1)
Harrison's Internal Medicine > Chapter 76. Eating Disorders
Eating Disorders: Introduction
Anorexia nervosa ... eating behavior. The salient feature of anorexia nervosa (AN) is a
refusal to maintain a minimally normal body weight. Bulimia nervosa (BN) is
characterized by recurrent episodes of binge eating ...
die...
Chapter 079. Cancer Genetics (Part 1) pdf
... malignancies.
Figure 79-2
Chapter 079. Cancer Genetics
(Part 1)
Harrison's Internal Medicine > Chapter 79. Cancer Genetics
Cancer Is a Genetic Disease
Cancer arises through a series ... consequence of these mutations in
tumor cells, is now known as cancer genetics.
The Clonal Origin and Multistep Nature of Cancer
Nearly all cancers originate from...
Chapter 089. Pancreatic Cancer (Part 1) pdf
... mellitus and pancreatic
cancer has also been demonstrated; however, it is uncertain if diabetes is a
precedent of, or consequence of, pancreatic cancer.
Chapter 089. Pancreatic Cancer
(Part 1)
...
(Part 1)
Harrison's Internal Medicine > Chapter 89. Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatic Cancer: Introduction
Over 90% of pancreatic cancers are ductal a...
Chapter 095. Carcinoma of Unknown Primary (Part 1) pdf
... Chapter 095. Carcinoma of
Unknown Primary
(Part 1)
Harrison's Internal Medicine > Chapter 95. Carcinoma of Unknown
Primary
Carcinoma of Unknown Primary: Introduction
Carcinoma ...
Carcinoma of unknown primary (CUP) is a biopsy-proven (mainly
epithelial) malignancy for which the anatomic site of origin remains unidentified
after an in...
Chapter 118. Infective Endocarditis (Part 1) pdf
...
Chapter 118. Infective Endocarditis
(Part 1)
Harrison's Internal Medicine > Chapter 118. Infective Endocarditis
Infective Endocarditis: Introduction
The prototypic lesion of infective ... Clinical Forms of Endocarditis
Percent of Cases
Native
Valve Endocarditis
Prostheti
c Valve
Endocardi
tis at
Indicated Time
of Onset
(Months) after
Val...
Chapter 120. Osteomyelitis (Part 1) pdf
... months but has had no fever.
Chapter 120. Osteomyelitis
(Part 1)
Harrison's Internal Medicine > Chapter 120. Osteomyelitis
Osteomyelitis: Introduction
Osteomyelitis, an infection ... thrombosed
blood vessels are the principal histologic findings of acute osteomyelitis. The
distinguishing feature of chronic osteomyelitis is necrotic bone, which is
character...
Chapter 134. Botulism (Part 1) pdf
... Chapter 134. Botulism
(Part 1)
Harrison's Internal Medicine > Chapter 134. Botulism
Definition
Botulism is a paralytic disease caused by ... (Fig.
134 -1). Cure follows sprouting of new nerve terminals.
Figure 134-1
involvement and proceeds caudally to involve the extremities. Cases may be
classified as (1) food-borne botulism, ... wound botulism, from...
Chapter 134. Botulism (Part 2) pot
... dietary exposure (i.e., features suggesting
an aerosol attack)
Chapter 134. Botulism
(Part 2)
Clinical Manifestations
Food-Borne Botulism
After ingestion of food containing toxin, illness ... inhalational botulism) or as a contaminant in material to be ingested
(producing food-borne botulism) . Inhalational botulism resembles food-borne
illness, but gastrointestinal...
Chapter 134. Botulism (Part 4) ppsx
... failure and long
term outcome in black tar heroin–
associated wound botulism. Chest 120:562,
Chapter 134. Botulism
(Part 4)
Botulism: Treatment
Patients should be hospitalized and monitored ... Prevention: Botulism in the United States,
1899-
1996: Handbook for epidemiologists, clinicians, and laboratory workers.
Atlanta, CDC, 1998 (http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent /botulism/...