harrison principles of internal medicine 18 edition pdf

... representative of the major areas covered in Harrison s Principles of Internal Medicine, 15th ed., and (2) parallel the format and degree of difficulty of the questions on the examination of the ABIM. ... about 80% of cases; Marfan syndrome and neurofibromatosis do so in about 30 to 40% of cases. By contrast, Huntington’s chorea, HARRISON& apos;S INTERNAL MEDICINE PRINCIPLES OF 15 TH EDITION SELF-ASSESSMENT ... REVIEW For use with the 15th edition of HARRISON S PRINCIPLES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE EDITED BY RICHARD M. STONE, MD Clinical Director, Adult Leukemia Program Department of Adult Oncology Dana-Farber...

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... therapy, is of- ten fatal VI-27. The most common source of bacterial infection of intravenous cannulas is (A) contamination of fluids during the manufacturing process (B) contamination of fluids during ... to half of all cases of cardiotoxicity occur 6 months or more after completion of therapy. Efforts to limit cardiotoxicity and thereby enable the administration of a higher total dose of anthra- cycline ... be of greatest help in the immediate man- agement of this boy would be (A) blood culture (B) examination of a blood smear (C) biopsy of an axillary lymph node (D) aspiration and Gram stains of...

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... inva- sion by a tumor (C) An echocardiogram would offer absolute proof of the diagnosis (D) The lack of pulsus paradoxus could suggest the presence of an atrial septal defect (E) Heparin and IV nitroglycerin ... from loss of position sense characteristic of tabes dorsalis. About 10% of patients with late untreated syphilis experience cardiovascular complications, usually in the form of aneurysms of the ... successful resuscitation of a patient with cardiac arrest depends on the rapidity of the initiation of resuscitative efforts, the clinical status of the patient before the arrest, and the mechanism of the event....

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... None of the above I-127. (Continued) SELF-ASSESSMENT AND BOARD REVIEW For use with the 17th edition of HARRISON S PRINCIPLES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE EDITED BY CHARLES WIENER, MD Professor of Medicine ... problem solving. This book is offered as a companion to the remarkable 17th edition of Harrison s Principles of Internal Medicine. It is designed for the student of medicine to reinforce the knowl- edge ... learning and as a resource for preparing for the Internal Medicine board examination. We appreciate the confidence of the editors of Harri- son’s,17th edition, to allow us to do this book. We thank...

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... pretest probability of CAD of 50%, then the test result of 2mm of ST-segment depression raises the post-test probability to 90%. If one knows the sensitivity and specificity of the test used, ... likelihood ratio. Reproduced with permission from Braunwald E,Fauci AS,Kasper KL,et al. Harrison s Principles of Internal Medicine. 16th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2005:10. % % 99 1 2 5 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 95 99 95 90 50 20 10 5 2 1 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 5 2 1 Posttest probability Pretest probability Likelihood ... in medicine. Retention of information is difficult; organization of the facts and recall of a myriad of data in precise application to the patient is crucial. The purpose of this text is to facilitate...

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... Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Professor of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California Peter C. Brazy, MD Professor of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Chief of ... Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan Janet L. Abrahm, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, ... Professor and Chairman, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland Robert Hernandez, MD University of Miami School of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, ...

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... majority of patients with APML. The mechanism of action of this drug appears to be induction of differentiation of the malignant clone. As such, patients enter remission slowly over a period of 30 ... manifestations of the presence of such anti- bodies are hemolysis, which is generally not severe, and a mild elevation of the reticulocyte count, agglutination of red cells, and an increased rate of hemolysis ... gait. MRI reveals atrophy of both lobes of the cerebellum. Serologic eval- uation reveals the presence of anti-Yo antibody. Which of the following is the most likely cause of this clinical syn- drome? (A)...

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... The magnitude of the shunt depends on the size of the defect, the diastolic properties of both ventricles, and the relative impedance of the pulmonary and systemic circulations. Defects of the sinus ... abnormalities consist of disor- ganized arrangements of myocytes in the ventricular septum. As many as 50% of these cases have familial predisposition, often resulting from one of several mutations ... mucous clearance functions of many cell types, are composed of a double tubular structure. Abnormalities in one of the anatomic com- ponents of cilia can lead to a lack of coordinated ciliary action....

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... administration of 25 g of D -xylose, a 5-h urine collection contains 0.8 g of X. D ISORDERS OF THE G ASTROINTESTINAL S YSTEM — Q UESTIONS 233 X-78. (Continued) X-81. (Continued) (E) Preoperative use of ... moderately ill-appearing woman who has a temperature of 39ЊC (103ЊF), blood pressure of 110/70, pulse of 110, and respiratory rate of IX. D ISORDERS OF THE K IDNEY AND U RINARY T RACT — Q UESTIONS 206 IX-49. ... limited ar- eas of the world. (E) Simultaneous infection with HDV and HBV results in an increased risk of the development of chronic hepatitis. X-52. An 18- year-old man presents with 4 to6hofcrampy abdominal...

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... At the time of diagnosis, in- 42704 Harrison/ Braunwald:HPIM 16/e McGraw-Hill BATCH RIGHT top of rh base of rh cap height base of text short stand drop folio TABLE 186 -1 Treatment of Cryptococcosis Type ... infection of several species of mosquitoes, which in turn infect Part VI Infectious Diseases1164 42704 Harrison/ Braunwald:HPIM 16/e McGraw-Hill BATCH LEFT top of rh base of rh cap height base of text short stand drop ... protozoal trophozoites. Refrig- 184 Coccidioidomycosis 1181 42704 Harrison/ Braunwald:HPIM 16/e McGraw-Hill BATCH RIGHT top of rh base of rh cap height base of text short stand drop folio MEXICO Utah Nevada California San...

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... importer of a good, domestic consumers of the good are better off, and domestic producers of the good are worse off. ◆ Trade raises the economic well-being of a nation in the sense that the gains of the ... the losses of the losers. Now that we have completed our analysis of trade, we can better understand one of the Ten Principles of Economics in Chapter 1: Trade can make everyone better off. If Isoland ... Sellers are worse off because producer surplus falls by the area B. The gains of buyers exceed the losses of sellers, and total surplus increases by the area D. This analysis of an importing country...

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