A 43-year-old woman comes to the physician because she has not had a menstrual period for 3 months. Vital signs are normal. Examination of the breasts shows expressible
A 26-year-old woman is brought to the emergency department 3 hours after ingesting approximately 50 tablets of aspirin in a suicide attempt. She is nauseated, confused, and sleepy.
A 76-year-old man with a history of prostatic hypertrophy has the recent onset of increased difficulty urinating. Symptoms began shortly after he started taking a nasal decongestant orally
A comatose 35-year-old man is admitted to the hospital after being involved in a motorcycle collision. He is intubated and mechanically ventilated. He dies 8 weeks later. A
A 73-year-old woman comes to the physician because of a 2-month history of diffuse weakness and tingling of her arms and legs. Neurologic examination shows weakness of the
A 35-year-old man who works at a facility processing highly radioactive substances accidentally receives a high, whole-body dose of ionizing radiation estimated to be 1500 rads (15 gray).
A 3-month-old male infant is brought to the physician because of recurrent viral infections and rashes over his trunk. Lymph nodes are difficult to detect on physical examination;
A 50-year-old man has had gradually progressive weakness of the hands during the past year. Physical examination shows atrophy of the forearm muscles, fasciculations of the muscles of
A 45-year-old woman has a 6-month history of progressive shortness of breath on exertion. She does not smoke. Pulmonary function findings are shown (values are given as %
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