A
Acetaminophen-induced liver damage 147
Acid-base homeostasis 5
Acinetobacter 101
Acquired coagulation disorders 161
Addison’s disease 5
Alcoholic liver disease 147
Allergy and immunology 63
Aminoglycosides 85
Anaemia 163
Ankylosing spondylitis 231
Anti-proliferative agents
azathioprine 117
calcineurine inhibitors 117
cyclosporine (CSA) 117
mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) 117
tacrolimus 118
Anti-retroviral drugs 111
Anti-ulcer treatment 133
Antiarrhythmics 40
Antifungal
amphotericin B 89
amphotericin B deoxycholate 89
azoles 90
flucanazole 90
flucytosine 89
itraconazole 90
Antiherpetic 89
Antiviral agents 88
Appendicitis 105
Arterial blood gases 54
Asthma 65
assessment of severity 66
mild intermittent asthma 67
mild persistent asthma 67
moderate persistent asthma 67
severe persistent asthma 67
therapy 66
Aztreonam 84
C
Carbapenems 85
Catheterisation 48
Chlamydia 101
Chloramphenicol 87
Cholangitis 105
Chronic bronchitis 53
Chronic gouty arthritis 261
Chronic hepatitis B 147
Cluster headache 251
Coarctation 15
Coma 238
Complex tachycardia 39
Cryoglobulinemia 237
Cystitis 106
D
Diabetes mellitus 198
Dialysis
acute renal failure 79
causes 79
medical management 80
vascular causes 80
hemo 79
peritoneal 79
Diverticulitis 105
Dysproteinemia 74
E
E. coli 101
ECF volume excess 3
Electrolytes 1
Emphysema 53
Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) 110
G
Gastric ulcer 132
Gastrointestinal disorders 123
esophageal diseases 126
diarrhoea 128
gastroesophageal reflux disease 126
nausea and vomiting 127
GI bleeding 123
Gestational thrombocytopenia 159
Gonadotropin deficiency 215
H
H. influenzae 101
Heart failure 25
Helicobacter pylori 131
Hepatic encephalopathy 149
Hepatorenal syndrome 149
HIV thrombocytopenia 158
Hodgkin’s disease 185
Hyperinsulinemia 202
Hyperkalemia 5
Hypernatremia 4
Hyperosmolar coma 204
Hyperprolactinemia 215
Hypertension 8
hypertensive encephalopathy 12
malignant hypertension 12
renal hypertension 12
renovascular hypertension 13
secondary hypertension 12
Hyponatremia 3
associated with ECF fluid excess 4
associated with ECF volume depletion 3
associated with normal ECF volume 4
normal or high plasma osmolarity 4
Hypopituitarism 215
I
IgA nephropathy 73
Immunosuppressive medications
glucocorticoids 116
Infections diseases
treatment of 91
acute bacterial endocarditis 96
catheter-related infection 92
fever and rash 91
infective endocarditis 95
meningitis 93
sepsis 92
subacute endocarditis 96
Inflammatory bowel disease 135
Inherited bleeding disorders 160
Intracerebral haemorrhage 245
Iron deficiency 164
L
Legionella pneumophilla 101
Leukaemia 187
M
Malignant diseases 179
anal cancer 181
bladder cancer 181
breast cancer 179
cervical cancer 182
endometrial cancer 183
gastric cancer 180
lung cancer 183
ovarian cancer 183
prostate cancer 182
renal cancer 182
testis cancer 182
Membranous nephropathy 72
Metabolic acidosis 6
Metabolic alkalosis 6
Mitral regurgitation 32
Multifocal atrial tachycardia 39
Multiple myeloma 189
Myasthenia gravis 247
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 106
Mycoplasma 101
Mycoplasma pneumoniae 102
Myocardial infarction 20
N
Nephrotic syndrome 72
NIDDM 204
Nisseria meningitidis 93
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma 186
Nonrenal water loss 4
P
Pancytopenia 170
Peptic ulcer 130
Pheochromocytoma 15
Plant alkaloids 193
Platelet disorders 157
Pneumonia
bacterial pneumonia 100
atypical 100
typical 100
viral pneumonia 103
cholecystitis 104
influenza 103
parainfluenza 103
peritonitis 104
respiratory syncytial virus 103
vertebral osteomyelitis 106
Pneumothorax 254
Potent anti-retroviral therapy 111
Pulmonary artery catheter 48
Pulmonary diseases 51
chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases
signs 53
cough 52
cystic fibrosis 56
hemoptysis 52
interstitial lung disease 60
lung abscess 59
pleural effusion 51
pulmonary aspiration syndrome 59
pulmonary embolism 58
pulmonary hypertension 61
thoracocentesis 51
Pulmonary edema 48
Pulmonary renal syndrome 75
R
Radio contrast sensitivity reactions 64
Reiter’s syndrome 232
Renal disease 69
glomerulonephritis 71
membrano proliferative glomerulonephritis 74
primary glomerulo-nephritis 71
hematuria 69
proteinuria 69
pyuria 69
Renal water loss 4
Respiratory acidosis 7
Respiratory alkalosis 7
Respiratory tract infection 97
lower respiratory tract infection
acute bronchitis 99
chronic bronchitis 99
upper respiratory tract infection 97
epiglottitis 98
pharyngitis 97
sinusitis 98
Resuscitation
cardiopulmonary 45
S
Sarcomas 184
Scleroderma 234
Sick sinus syndrome 34
Sickle cell diseases 172
Sinus bradycardia 37
Special antidotes 259
Specific infections
CMV infections 113
CMV retinitis 113
Cryptococcus neo-formans 113
Kaposi’s sarcoma 114
lymphoma non-hodgkin’s 114
PCP pneumocystis carinii pneumonia 113
Toxoplasma gondii 113
fungal infection
aspergillosis 114
candidiasis 114
Coccidioides immitis 114
Histoplasma capsulatum 114
mycobacterial infections 114
bacterial pneumonias 115
mycobacterial tuberculosis 114
Mycobacterium avium 115
Mycobacterium kansasii 115
Spondyloarthropathy 230
Streptococcus 101
T
Tachyarrhythmias 38
Tetanus 108
Thalassemia
alpha thalassemia 165
anaemia of chronic diseases 170
anaemia of chronic renal insufficiency 170
autoimmune hemolytic anaemia (AIHA) 176
drug-induced hemolytic anemia 177
microangiopathic hemo-lytic anaemia 178
beta thalassemia 165
megaloblastic anaemia 168
thalassemia major 166
thalassemia minor 166
Thrombolysis 23
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura 159
Thyroid disorders 206
Cushing’s syndrome 214
hyperprolactinemia 216
hyperthyroidism 208
euthyroid goitre 211
Graves’ disease 208
multinodular goitre 208
hypothyroidism 207
secondary 208
metabolic bone disease 217
Paget’s disease 218
pituitary gland dysfunction 214
primary adrenal failure 212
secondary adrenal failure 212
Tuberculosis 108