A 15-year-old girl is brought to the physician by her mother because of an 8-month history of fatigue; she has had a 6.8-kg (15-lb) weight gain during this
A previously healthy 32-year-old woman who works as a nurse comes to the emergency department because of a 3-week history of episodes of dizziness, nausea, and profuse sweating
A 74-year-old man comes to the physician for a follow-up examination. He has a 3-month history of severe pain and swelling of the metacarpophalangeal joints, wrists, elbows, and
Hospital discharge of a 75-year-old man is delayed due to unavailability of a bed in a nursing home. He is bedridden and unable to attend to his personal
A 24-year-old primigravid woman at 28 weeks gestation has had nagging headaches, a puffy-looking face, and swollen legs for the past week. Her blood pressure is 180/95 mm
A 5-year-old girl is brought to the emergency department because of fever and severe abdominal pain. Acute appendicitis is diagnosed. In the examination room, she keeps her right
A 46-year-old woman receives a non−Tlymphocyte-depleted, allogeneic bone marrow transplant from a matched, unrelated donor. Immunosuppressive therapy with cyclosporine is started. One month later, she has fever. Cytolytic
A full-term female newborn is examined shortly after birth. She appears to be small for gestational age, and she has excess skin on the nape of the neck
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