S

W

Waldenstr m's macroglobulinemia

517–518

1664

cold agglutinin disease and

496

Walking

for COPD

242

for lower extremity occlusive disease

454

for osteoarthritis

810

Wall stent, for lower extremity occlusive disease

454

Warfarin

for atrial fibrillation

375

376

in hyperthyroidism

1137

P.1883

benzodiazepine interactions and

1046

after cardiac valve replacement surgery

338–339

for deep venous thrombosis/pulmonary embolism

management and

288

472

prevention and

286

471–472

for hypercoagulability

532

overdose/toxicity of

1618–1619

postinfarction

361

during pregnancy

288

339

skin necrosis caused by

532

for stroke

994

for transient ischemic attacks

990

Warts (verrucae)

127–129

eyelid

154

venereal See Venereal (genital) warts

Washout time, in antidepressant drug therapy

1073

Wasting

busulfan-induced

1684

in HIV infection/AIDS

1321–1322

in protein-energy malnutrition

1265

Water See also Body water

contaminated

amebiasis transmitted by

1468

ascariasis transmitted by

1518

cholera transmitted by

1428

coccidial/microsporidial infection caused by

1476

cyclosporiasis caused by

1477

diarrhea caused by

545

1300

dracunculiasis (guinea worm infection) transmitted by

1520

enteric (typhoid) fever transmitted by

1425

fascioliasis caused by

1505

fasciolopsiasis transmitted by

1504

giardiasis transmitted by

545

1478

1479

in Legionnaire's disease

1423

leptospirosis transmitted by

455–456

paragonimiasis transmitted by

1506–1507

toxoplasmosis transmitted by

1498

Water deficit See also Dehydration

calculation of

872

Water drinking See Psychogenic polydipsia; Water/fluid intake

Water fleas

dracunculiasis (guinea worm infection) transmitted by

1520

gnathostomiasis transmitted by

1524

Water/fluid intake See also Fluid management/hydration

in diabetes insipidus

1108

1109

disorders of/inappropriate

genetic disorders associated with

874

hypernatremia caused by

871

hyponatremia caused by

869

in schizophrenia/psychotic disorders

869

1058

for hypernatremia

872

requirements for in nutritional support

1281

restriction of

for chronic renal failure

912

for hyponatremia

870

urinary stone formation and

943–944

945

withholding, in terminally ill/dying patient

82

Water-hammer pulse

335

Water shifts, hyperosmolality with and without

872

Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome

1163

Watering of eye

150

Weakness

988

See also Myopathies; Myositis

in diabetes

1198

1198

in Guillain-Barr syndrome

1027

in hyperkalemia

876

in hypokalemia

873

immobility/falls in elderly and

60

61

in motor neuron diseases

988

1022

in multiple sclerosis

1014

in muscular dystrophy

1035

in myasthenia gravis

1033

1034

in periodic paralysis

1037

in polymyositis/dermatomyositis

840

spinal trauma causing

1021

in stroke

991

Web space tinea pedis, cellulitis and

103

125

Weber test

180

Webs, esophageal See Esophageal webs

Weeping/crusted skin lesions

92

113–115

See also specific type

drying agents for

91

Wegener's granulomatosis

847–849

autoantibodies/ANCA in

799

836

848

916

918

nose and paranasal sinus involvement in

201

pulmonary involvement in

292

847–848

renal involvement in

848

916

918

Weight

changes in See also Weight gain; Weight loss

total body water and

865

866

894

nutritional assessment/evaluation of

1263

1265

Weight gain See also Obesity

drugs causing

1099

1099

antipsychotic agents

1062

1063

intensive glycemic control and

1202

1204

lithium

1076

in pregnancy

766

smoking cessation and

7

Weight loss (involuntary/unintended)

28–29

1099–1100

See also specific disorder and Weight reduction

in anorexia

1099–1100

1270–1271

busulfan-induced

1684

in diabetes

1099

1198

1198

1223–1224

in elderly

28

64

in endocrine disorders

1099–1100

in HIV infection/AIDS

1321–1322

malabsorption and

600

in protein-energy malnutrition

1265

in Whipple's disease

604

Weight reduction

1099

1268–1269

in arthritis prevention/management

809

in gastroesophageal reflux management

568

in hypertension management/prevention

421

426

for obese patient

1099

1268–1269

with type 2 diabetes

1217

for persistent anovulation (polycystic ovary syndrome)

747

for rheumatoid arthritis

830

for sleep apnea

306

Weil's syndrome

1456

WelChol See Colesevelam

Well-being, general, cancer treatment response evaluated by

1688–1689

Wellbutrin See Bupropion

Wenckebach (Mobitz type I) atrioventricular block

382

383

in myocardial infarction

362

Wermer's syndrome See Multiple endocrine neoplasia, type 1

Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome

1084

1092

1103

1273

Wernicke's aphasia, stroke causing

991

Wernicke's encephalopathy

1017

1084

1092

1103

1273

West Nile fever/encephalitis

1371–1373

screening blood for

534

1372

Westermark's sign, in pulmonary embolism

281

Western blot assay

in HIV infection/AIDS

1330

in Lyme disease

1459

Western (equine) encephalitis

1371–1373

WFS1 gene mutation, in Wolfram syndrome

1197

Wharton's duct, calculus formation in

208

Wheals See Urticaria

Wheezes

221

in asthma

227

in heart disease

315

in pulmonary embolism

282

Whiplash injuries

neck pain in

815

thoracic outlet syndrome and

467

Whipple resection, for pancreatic and periampullary carcinoma

701

Whipple's disease

603–604

arthritis in

604

855

Whipple's triad

1235

Whipworm infections (trichuriasis/trichocephaliasis)

1533–1534

White blood cell count (leukocyte count)

ascitic fluid

559–560

chemotherapy dosage modification and

1681

1681

in cholecystitis

686

in chronic lymphocytic leukemia

510

in chronic myelogenous leukemia

500

504

505

in joint fluid

807

808

laboratory reference range for

1740

1743

in myelofibrosis

500

503

pleural fluid

301

in polycythemia

500

500

White blood cells See Leukocytes

White cell casts

896

897

935

Whitlow, herpetic

108

1350

Whole blood See Fresh whole blood

Whole bowel irrigation, for poisoning/drug overdose

1612

Whooping cough (pertussis)

1420

prevention of

1304

1305–1306

1420

Wickham's striae

131

Wide QRS complex See QRS complex, wide

Wilson's disease (hepatolenticular degeneration)

677–678

1013

parkinsonism differentiated from

1008

Winterbottom's sign

1464

Withdrawal See also specific substance

cognitive disorders/delirium caused by

1091

1093

Withdrawal response, in coma or stupor

1017

Withdrawal/withholding of curative effort, in terminally ill/dying patient

69

82

83

Wolbachia bacteria

filariasis and

1523

onchocerciasis and

1527

1528

Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome

374

pregnancy and

416

Wolfram syndrome

1108

1196

Wood alcohol See Methanol

Wood's light, in rape victim examination

759

Woody (Riedel's) thyroiditis

1145

1146

Wound botulism

1410

in drug users

1631

P.1884

Wound care

for bite wounds

1296

in burn injuries

1597–1598

Wound infections

clostridial

botulism

1410

myonecrosis/gas gangrene

1408–1409

tetanus

1409–1410

coagulase-negative staphylococci causing

1408

1597

surgical, antibiotic prophylaxis for

46–48

47

Wrestlers, epidemic herpes in (herpes gladiatorum)

108

Wrist, ulnar nerve lesions at

1029

Wrist fracture, falls in elderly and

61

Writer's cramp

1012

Wuchereria bancrofti

1522

1523

eosinophilic pulmonary syndromes and

280

1522

Wylie-Allen test

468

Wytensin See Guanabenz

X25 gene, in Friedreich's ataxia

1024