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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
