... rights reserved. Manufactured in the United States of America. Except as permitted underthe United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any ... consists of multiple-choice questions that (1)are representative of the major areas covered in Harrison’s Principles ofInternal Medicine, 15th ed. , and (2) parallelthe format and degree of difficulty ... REVIEWFor use with the 15th edition of HARRISON’S PRINCIPLESOFINTERNAL MEDICINE EDITED BYRICHARD M. STONE, MDClinical Director, Adult Leukemia ProgramDepartment of Adult OncologyDana-Farber...
... because of a 3-week history of an expanding,slightly burning ring of redness (as shown in Plate C) thatfirst surrounded a red papule on the posterior neck. Hecomplains of headaches, generalized ... areself-limited and can be diagnosed by microscopic examination of a lymph node biopsyspecimen. The cat-scratch disease skin test is no longer used because of fear of the trans-mission of viral ... perfringens (associated with poorly cooked meat or poultry), S. aureus (associatedwith improperly refrigerated dairy foods), and B. cereus (associated with grossly contam-inated uncooked rice) all...
... self-limited disease mainly of youngadults that causes inflamed cysts (comedones), which sometimes result in scarring. Closedcomedones, or whiteheads, seen as white lesions of 1 to 2 mm, are often ... aclosed glottis (Valsalva maneuver) reduces the intensity of most murmurs by diminishingboth right and left ventricular filling. With reduced filling and thus reduced chamber size,the murmurs of ... —QUESTIONS145VII-98. (Continued)(A) Immediately begin CPR, followed by intubation,followed by defibrillation starting at 100 J, fol-lowed by 200 J and then 360 J(B) Immediately begin CPR, followed by intubationthen...
... book is offered as a companion to the remarkable17th edition of Harrison’s PrinciplesofInternal Medicine. It isdesigned for the student ofmedicine to reinforce the knowl-edge contained in ... None of the aboveI-127. (Continued)SELF-ASSESSMENTAND BOARD REVIEWFor use with the 17th edition of HARRISON’S PRINCIPLESOFINTERNAL MEDICINE EDITED BYCHARLES WIENER, MDProfessor ofMedicine ... active method of life-long 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...
... Because severe drug-induced neutropenia is generally self-limited once use of the offending drug has beenstopped, consideration of bone marrow transplantation is not justi ed. V-13. The answer is ... elevation of the reticulocytecount, agglutination of red cells, and an increased rate of hemolysis at temperatures Ͻ37ЊC(98.6ЊF). A second clinical manifestation of cold hemolysis is the presence of ... recognized that many environmentaland industrial exposures are associated with an increased risk of neoplasia. For example,tobacco smoking is associated with an increased likelihood of developing...
... fromthe effect of oxygen free radicals on lung tissues, needs to be managed with the conserv-ative use of inspired oxygen tensions. Right-sided heart hemodynamic monitoring oftenis required to provide ... bases.VIII-25. Expected results of the pulmonary function test-ing of the man described above would include(A) increased lung elastic recoil(B) increased total lung capacity(C) reduced functional ... of the recent B. pertussis infection requires evidence of an elevatedlevel of antibodies against one of the various virulence factors of the organism; this canbe provided by an enzyme-linked...
... accredited by the University of Alabama School of Medicine and Medscape, both of whom are accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Board Reviewfrom Medscape ... evidence-based reference of adult internal medicine, ACP Medicine is alsothe first such comprehensive reference to carry the name of the American College of Physicians.At the end of each set of questions, ... improve future editions.Daniel D. Federman, M.D., M.A.C.P.Founding Editor, ACP Medicine The Carl W. Walter Distinguished Professor ofMedicine and Medical Education and Senior Dean for Alumni...
... undertaken, al-though no controlled data are available to prove the efficacy of thismeasure. Immunoglobulin should not be administered late because of the risk of antibody-mediated enhancement.POWASSAN ... is used.COLORADO TICK FEVER Several hundred cases of Colorado tick fever arereported annually in the United States. The infection is acquired be-tween March and November through the bite of ... complication of uncontrolled meningitis. Surgical debride-ment of bone lesions or drainage of abscesses can be helpful. The prog-nosis for ultimate cure of disseminated coccidioidomycosis is guarded.Resection...
... term accelerated H !?*Hypertensive emergency:As above but with evidence of ongoing target organ damage. It should betreated immediately with parentral medications, with reduction of themean ... Showing decline of ejection fraction of the left ventricle orany valve lesion.Treatment of acutecardtogenlcpulmonary edemaor acute leftheartfailure*-Hospitalization&rest in bed in sitting ... (concor) 1.25 - 2.5 mg/d with gradual increase of thedose according to need with monitoring of patients.• Abrupt administration of large doses of BB can intensify HF, specially acuteHF.14m-Variant...
... Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Professor of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CaliforniaPeter C. Brazy, MD Professor of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Chief of ... Aldrich, MD Professor of Medicine, Director, Unified Pulmonary Medicine, Albert Einstein College ofMedicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New YorkRichard M. Allman, MD Professor of Medicine, ... Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Professor of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Torrance, CaliforniaTheodore C. Eickhoff, MD Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, University of Colorado...
... p-value of 0.05decided entry and a p-value of 0.20 was used forremoval. RBM3 was included in all models irrespective of the backward selection procedure.All tests were two sided. A p-value of 0.05 ... Journal of Translational Medicine 2011, 9:114http://www.translational -medicine. com/content/9/1/114Page 3 of 9and disease outcome was e xamined. For survival analy-sis, data were dichotomized into ... Brandstedt J, Uhlen M, Ponten F,Jirstrom K: Expression of the RNA-binding protein RBM3 is associatedJonsson et al. Journal of Translational Medicine 2011, 9:114http://www.translational -medicine. com/content/9/1/114Page...