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Waardenburg's syndrome

Common Craniofacial SyndromesTables

Waist circumference

  • obesity and

  • Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome: Diagnosis

    Waldenström's macroglobulinemia

    Dysproteinemias Causing Vascular Purpura
    Macroglobulinemia

    Waldeyer's ring

    Approach to the Patient With Nasal and Pharyngeal Symptoms: Throat

    Walker

    Therapeutic and Assistive Devices
    Ambulation AidTables

    Walking

    see also Gait

  • aids for

  • Therapeutic and Assistive Devices
    Correct cane height. Figures
    Fitting crutches.Figures
    Ambulation AidTables

  • exercises for

  • Physical Therapy (PT): Ambulation exercises

  • support for

  • Supporting a patient during ambulation.Figures

    Wandering atrial pacemaker

    Ectopic Supraventricular Rhythms: Wandering atrial pacemaker

    Warfare

  • biological

  • Biological Warfare and Terrorism

    Warfarin

  • antibiotic interaction with

  • Common Effects of Antibiotics on Other DrugsTables

  • in coronary artery disease

  • Drugs for Coronary Artery Disease Tables

  • in deep venous thrombosis

  • Deep Venous Thrombosis (DVT): Anticoagulants

  • dental procedures and

  • Approach to Dental and Oral Symptoms: Drugs

  • dietary supplement interactions with

  • Drug, Herbal Preparation, and Food Interactions With WarfarinTables
    Some Possible Dietary Supplement–Drug Interactions*Tables

  • drug interactions of

  • Some Drugs With Potentially Serious Drug Interactions*Tables

  • drug interactions with

  • Drug, Herbal Preparation, and Food Interactions With WarfarinTables

  • during breastfeeding

  • Drugs Contraindicated for Breastfeeding Mothers Tables

  • in elderly

  • Effect of Aging on Drug ResponseTables
    Drug Categories of Concern in the Elderly: Anticoagulants

  • food interactions with

  • Drug, Herbal Preparation, and Food Interactions With WarfarinTables

  • pharmacogenetics of

  • Examples of Pharmacogenetic Variations Tables

  • poisoning with

  • Symptoms and Treatment of Specific Poisons Tables

  • in pregnancy

  • Heart Disorders in Pregnancy: Arrhythmias
    Thromboembolic Disorders in Pregnancy: Treatment
    Drugs With Adverse Effects During PregnancyTables

  • in pulmonary embolism

  • Pulmonary Embolism (PE): Anticoagulation
    Some Anticoagulation Options Other Than Heparin in Thromboembolic DiseaseTables

  • in stroke

  • Ischemic Stroke: Acute

  • vitamin E deficiency and

  • Potential Vitamin-Drug InteractionsTables

  • vitamin K interaction with

  • Vitamin K: Etiology

    Warm antibody hemolytic anemia

    Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
    Drugs That Cause Warm Antibody Hemolytic AnemiaTables

    Warming therapy

    Frostbite: Prehospital care
    Hypothermia: Treatment

    Warm shock

    Sepsis and Septic Shock: Pathophysiology

    Warts

    Warts
    Wart VariantsTables
    Selected Viruses That Infect Humans* Tables

  • callus and corn vs

  • Calluses and Corns: Diagnosis

  • filiform

  • Warts: Symptoms and Signs
    Warts: Filiform warts

  • flat

  • Warts: Symptoms and Signs
    Warts: Flat warts

  • genital

  • Warts: Symptoms and Signs
    Genital Warts

  • of lips

  • Some Disorders of the Oral Region by Predominant Site of InvolvementTables

  • plantar

  • Warts: Symptoms and Signs
    Warts: Plantar warts

    Washerwoman's sprain

    Noninfectious Tenosynovitis: De Quervain's Syndrome

    Wasting disorders

    see also Undernutrition
    Protein-Energy Undernutrition: Secondary PEU

    Water

  • body

  • see also Fluids
    Water and Sodium Balance
    Fluid compartments in an average 70-kg man. Figures
    Common Causes of Volume DepletionTables
    Principal Causes of HyponatremiaTables
    Composition of Body FluidsTables
    Disorders Associated with Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone SecretionTables
    Principal Causes of HypernatremiaTables

  • in children

  • Physical Growth: Body composition
    Changes in body proportions of body composition with growth and aging. Figures

  • deficit of

  • see also Dehydration
    see also Hyponatremia

  • excess of

  • see also Hyponatremia

  • deficit of

  • Hypernatremia
    Principal Causes of HypernatremiaTables

  • excess of

  • Hyponatremia
    Principal Causes of HyponatremiaTables

  • homeostasis of

  • Polyuria: Pathophysiology

  • loss of

  • Water and Sodium Balance: Water intake and excretion

  • osmolality of

  • Water and Sodium Balance: Osmotic forces

  • total

  • Water and Sodium Balance

  • chlorination of

  • Approach to Dental and Oral Symptoms: Physical examination

  • dietary

  • in acute renal failure

  • Acute Renal Failure (ARF): General measures

  • in central diabetes insipidus

  • Central Diabetes Insipidus: Symptoms and Signs

  • for children

  • Nutrition
    Range of Average Water Requirements of Children at Different Ages Under Ordinary ConditionsTables

  • in chronic renal failure

  • Chronic Kidney Disease (Chronic Renal Failure): Fluid and electrolytes

  • exercise and

  • Exercise: Hydration

  • at high altitude

  • Altitude Sickness: Prevention

  • in hot weather

  • Heat Illness: Prevention

  • intake of

  • Water and Sodium Balance: Water intake and excretion
    Hyponatremia: Euvolemic hyponatremia

  • psychogenic drinking of

  • Central Diabetes Insipidus: Etiology and Pathophysiology
    Central Diabetes Insipidus: Psychogenic polydipsia

  • requirements for

  • Nutrition: General Considerations: Water

  • environmental

  • contamination of

  • Examples of Hypersensitivity PneumonitisTables

  • fluoridation of

  • Caries: Prevention

  • replacement of

  • see Fluid therapy

  • skin cleansing with

  • Principles of Topical Dermatologic Therapy: Cleansing agents

    Water bug bites

    Other Arthropod Bites

    Water deprivation test

    Central Diabetes Insipidus: Diagnosis
    Hypernatremia: Diagnosis
    Polyuria: Testing
    Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus: Diagnosis

    Water-hammer pulse

    Carotid Pulse Amplitude and Associated DisordersTables

    Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome

    Meningococcal Diseases: Symptoms and Signs
    Acute Bacterial Meningitis: Diagnosis

    Watermelon stomach

    Vascular GI Lesions

    Waxy casts

    Urinary CastsTables

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