Pocket Medicine: The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Internal Medicine (134 page)

3 “Waxy broad” cast
(courtesy Nicholas Zwang, MD)

4 Renal tubular epithelial cell
(courtesy Nicholas Zwang, MD)

5 RBC cast.
(
Dis. of Kidney & Urinary Tract
, 8th ed, 2006.)

6
 
WBC cast.
(
Clin. Lab. Medicine
, 2nd ed, 2002.)

7 Calcium oxalate crystals
(courtesy Mallika Mendu, MD). Calcium monohydrate (arrow), calcium dihydrate (dashed arrow), and amorphous calcium crystals (arrowhead)

8 “Struvite” magnesium ammonia phosphate crystals
(courtesy Brett Carroll, MD)

9 Cystine crystals
(Clin. Lab. Medicine, 1994.)

10 Sulfadiazine “shock of wheat” crystals
(courtesy Nicholas Zwang, MD)

ACLS ALGORITHMS

Figure ACLS-1 ACLS Tachycardia Algorithm

Figure ACLS-2 ACLS Bradycardia Algorithm

Figure ACLS-3 VF/Pulseless VT, Asystole & PEA Algorithms

Table of Contents

Contributing Authors

Foreword

Preface

CARDIOLOGY

Electrocardiography

Chest Pain

Noninvasive Evaluation of CAD

Coronary Angiography and Revascularization

Acute Coronary Syndromes

PA Catheter and Tailored Therapy

Heart Failure

Cardiomyopathies

Valvular Heart Disease

Pericardial Disease

Hypertension

Aortic Aneurysms

Acute Aortic Syndromes

Arrhythmias

Atrial Fibrillation

Syncope

Intracardiac Devices

Cardiac Risk Assessment for Noncardiac Surgery

Peripheral Artery Disease

PULMONARYQ

Dyspnea

Pulmonary Function Tests

Asthma

Anaphylaxis

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Hemoptysis

Bronchiectasis

Solitary Pulmonary Nodule

Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Interstitial Lung Disease

Pleural Effusion

Venous Thromboembolism

Pulmonary Hypertension

Respiratory Failure

Mechanical Ventilation

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Sepsis

GASTROENTEROLOGY

Esophageal and Gastric Disorders

Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Diarrhea, Constipation and Ileus

Diverticular Disease

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Intestinal Ischemia

Pancreatitis

Abnormal Liver Tests

Hepatitis

Acute Liver Failure

Cirrhosis

Hepatic Vascular Disease

Ascites

Biliary Tract Disease

NEPHROLOGY