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Waardenburg's syndrome

Common Craniofacial SyndromesTables

Waist circumference

  • metabolic syndrome and

  • Criteria Often Used for Diagnosis of Metabolic Syndrome*Tables

  • 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, Oral, and Pharyngeal Symptoms: Throat

    Walker

    Therapeutic and Assistive Devices
    Ambulation AidsTables

    Walking

    see also Gait

  • aids for

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

  • exercises for

  • Physical Therapy (PT)

  • 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 Antibiotic InteractionsTables

  • in coronary artery disease

  • Drugs for Coronary Artery Disease Tables

  • in deep venous thrombosis

  • Deep Venous Thrombosis (DVT): Anticoagulants

  • 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

  • metronidazole interaction with

  • Metronidazole: Toxicity

  • pharmacogenetics of

  • Examples of Pharmacogenetic Variations Tables

  • poisoning with

  • Symptoms and Treatment of Specific Poisons Tables

  • in pregnancy

  • Drugs With Adverse Effects During Pregnancy Tables
    Heart Disorders in Pregnancy: Arrhythmias
    Thromboembolic Disorders in Pregnancy: Diagnosis and Treatment

  • 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 Can Cause Warm Antibody Hemolytic AnemiaTables

    Warming therapy

    Frostbite: Prehospital care
    Hypothermia: Treatment

    Warm shock

    Sepsis and Septic Shock: Pathophysiology

    Warts

    Warts
    Wart Variants and Clinical CorrelationsTables
    Selected Viruses That Infect Humans* Tables

  • callus and corn vs

  • Calluses and Corns: Symptoms, Signs, and 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 Involvement Tables

  • 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 Extracellular Fluid Volume DepletionTables
    Principal Causes of Extracellular Fluid Volume OverloadTables
    Principal Causes of HyponatremiaTables
    Composition of Fluids LostTables
    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
    Hypernatremia
    Principal Causes of HypernatremiaTables

  • excess of

  • see also Hyponatremia
    Hyponatremia
    Principal Causes of HyponatremiaTables

  • loss of

  • Water and Sodium Balance

  • osmolality of

  • Water and Sodium Balance

  • total

  • Water and Sodium Balance
    Fluid compartments in an average 70-kg man. Figures

  • chlorination of

  • Approach to the Dental Patient: 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
    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
    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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