69. Ectopic Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Infections

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Chlamydia trachomatis infection, 079.98 Ectopic pregnancy, 633.90 Gonorrhea, 098.0 Herpes, 054.9 Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID salpingitis), 614.9 Syphilis, 097.9 ECTOPIC PREGNANCY I. Definition A. Implantation of the fertilized ovum in…

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67. Autoimmune Diseases

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Giant cell arteritis, 446.5 Systemic lupus erythematosus, 710.0 GIANT CELL ARTERITIS I. Definition A. Systemic panarteritis of the medium-sized and large arteries, usually the temporal artery or the aorta B….

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66. HIV/AIDS and Opportunistic Infections

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The authors would like to acknowledge David A. Miller for his contributions that remain unchanged from the first edition. HIV infection, 042. Current therapy for HIV infection and its major…

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65. Other Common Cancers

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Bladder cancer, 188.9 Breast cancer, 174.9 Cervical cancer, 180.0 Colorectal cancer, 154.0 Endometrial cancer, 182.0 Lung cancer, 162.9 Ovarian cancer, 183.0 Prostate cancer, 185. LUNG CANCER I. General comments/incidence/predisposing factors…

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64. Lymphoma

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Hodgkin’s disease, 201.9 Lymphoma, 202.8 Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, 202.8 STAGING I. Ann Arbor Staging Classification is the anatomic staging system that parallels non-Hodgkin’s and Hodgkin’s disease. A. Stage I: single lymph…

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62. Coagulopathies

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Disseminated intravascular coagulation, 286.6 Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, 287.4 Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura, 287.3 IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA (ITP) I. Definition A. Disorder in which antibody-sensitive platelets are destroyed by the spleen B. Autoimmune…

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63. Leukemias

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Acute lymphocytic leukemia, 204.0 Acute myelogenous leukemia, 205.0 Chronic lymphocytic leukemia, 204.1 Chronic myelogenous leukemia, 205.1 ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA (ALL) I. Definition A. Malignancy that causes hematopoietic progenitor cells to…

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61. Sickle Cell Disease/Crisis

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Sickle cell disease/crisis, 282.60 I. Definition A. Sickle cell anemia (SS) is an uncompensated hemolytic anemia with shortened RBC survival; increased RBC production (erythropoiesis) is insufficient to balance the increased…

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60. Anemias

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Anemia of chronic disease (ACD), 285.29 Folic acid deficiency, 281.2 Pernicious anemia, 281.0 Vitamin B12 deficiency, 281.1 Anemias, 285.9 Iron deficiency, 280.9 Thalassemia, 282.49 INITIAL ANEMIA WORKUP I. Definition of…

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59. Back Pain Syndromes

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Herniated disk, 722.2 Low back pain, 724.2 LOW BACK PAIN I. Definition A. Low back pain (LBP) is any pain perceived by the patient as originating from the lumbosacral region…

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