Disorders of the Small Intestine
Chapter 92 Disorders of the Small Intestine Chad E. Roline and Robert F. Reardon Small Bowel Obstruction Perspective The signs and symptoms of small bowel obstruction (SBO), as well as…
ANESTHESIA
Chronic Medical Illness during Pregnancy
Chapter 179 Chronic Medical Illness during Pregnancy Kirsten K. Calder Principles of Disease The physiologic changes that occur in pregnancy may exceed the patient’s underlying compensatory mechanisms, resulting in initial…
Heavy Metals
Chapter 157 Heavy Metals Larissa I. Velez and Ellen J. O’Connell Iron Iron, which is essential to the function of hemoglobin, myoglobin, many cytochromes, and many catalytic enzymes, can be…
Trauma in Pregnancy
Chapter 37 Trauma in Pregnancy Kriti Bhatia and Hilarie H. Cranmer Perspective Trauma occurs in 6 to 7% of all pregnancies. It is the leading nonobstetric cause of maternal death,…
Drug Therapy in Pregnancy
Chapter 180 Drug Therapy in Pregnancy Rania Habal Perspective Major birth defects affect 3 to 5% of all live births.1 Most are of unknown etiology, but 1 to 3% of…
Rhabdomyolysis
Chapter 127 Rhabdomyolysis Ram Parekh Perspective Rhabdomyolysis is a potentially life-threatening condition characterized by the breakdown of skeletal muscle and the release into the circulatory system of intracellular contents, including…
Aspirin and Nonsteroidal Agents
Chapter 149 Aspirin and Nonsteroidal Agents Donna L. Seger and Lindsay Murray Aspirin Perspective The incidence of aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid [ASA]) overdose and related childhood deaths has decreased significantly in…
Hallucinogens
Chapter 156 Hallucinogens Binh T. Ly and Saralyn R. Williams The term hallucinogen has been used to describe the clinical effect of a variety of xenobiotics; however, most drugs do…
Pediatric Fever
Chapter 167 Pediatric Fever Nathan W. Mick Fever is the most common chief complaint of pediatric patients presenting to the emergency department (ED), accounting for up to 20% of ED…
Upper Respiratory Tract Infections
Chapter 75 Upper Respiratory Tract Infections Frantz R. Melio and Laurel R. Berge Pharyngitis (Tonsillopharyngitis) Perspective and Principles of Disease Tonsillopharyngitis (from this point on referred to as pharyngitis) is…
