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This book is offered as a companion to the remarkable
17th edition of Harrison s Principles of Internal Medicine. It is
designed for the student of medicine to reinforce the ... irritability.
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tions in type IV collagen, resulting in the most common phenotype of X-linked inheri-
tance, hematuria, sensorineural deafness, ... the
nose, sinuses, and pharynx. Common symptoms include burning in the nares, epistaxis,
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function, urinalysis, thyroid-stimulating hormone,...
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the information in this book through random case review, the
detailed reference index, and specialty chain referencing, Mayo
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may involve sulfasalazine, corticosteroids, 6-mercaptopurine,
metronidazole, infliximab, surgery, and nutritional support
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... General Internal Medicine
and Maternal Fetal Medicine
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB, Canada
GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
Peter Hamilton, MBBCh, FRCPC
Professor of Medicine
Division of General Internal ... Approach to Internal Medicine
Clinical Scholar, Division of General InternalMedicine University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Research Fellow, Division of General InternalMedicine Brigham ... Pharmacology and General Internal
Medicine, Department of Medicine
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB, Canada
OBSTETRICAL MEDICINE
Winnie Sia, MD, FRCPC
Assistant Professor of Medicine
and Obstetrics...
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2 Malda District Hospital, Malda, India.
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experience ... returned to Indiain 2000, and continued to work as a consultant otolaryngologist and epidemiologist. In 2002, he joined
the UC Berkeley based Fogarty International Training Program in Environmental...
... gains in biotechnology in India. The education and
training programs have been well laid, intelligent scientific work-force being avail-
able, fairly good infrastructures are in place and industry ... the Ministry of
S&T’s continued interest in the development of biotechnology inIndia can be
assessed (Table 1) [2, 3].
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areas, a major initiative involving 13 collaborating institutions was launched on
bioprospecting in 1997. Characterizing, inventorying, conserving biodiversity,
and prospecting of different ecogeographical...
... Violence in India, ” unpub-
lished report to USAID /INDIA.
Johnson, F. Catherine, 1996,
“Violence Against Women in India:
The Law as Protector?,” paper
presented at the Association of
Women in Development ... Bureau,
1995,
Crime in India- 1994,
New Delhi.
Prasad, Shally, 1996, “Instituting
Measures to Address Violence
Against Women in India, ” paper
presented at the Association of
Women in Development Interna-
tional ... HIV/AIDS epidemic inIndia is
spreading rapidly and increasingly
will affect women’s health in coming
years. A recent study estimated
that between 2 and 5 million
Indians are currently infected with
HIV...
... the Reserve Bank of India, Directory of Commercial
Bank O¢ ces inIndia 1800-2000 (Volume 1), Mumbai. These data include the opening
(and closing) date of every bank branch in India, as well as ... The
Reserve Bank of India divides states inIndia into six regions. Region-year …xed e¤ects
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district fixed effects, year fixed effects, and rainfall.
banking and politics in India, including the mechanisms by which politicians may in uence
banks. In Section 2.3,...
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FIRST EXPOSURE TO
INTERNAL MEDICINE:
HOSPITAL MEDICINE
Charles H. Griffith III, MD, MSPH
Inpatient InternalMedicine Clerkship Director
Division of General Internal Medicine
University ... Medicine
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
Andrew R. Hoellein, MD, MS
Ambulatory InternalMedicine Clerkship Director
Division of General Internal Medicine
University of Kentucky
Lexington, ... (con-
sider what an internalmedicine residency is: in contrast to some residencies
where much of one’s learning involves mastering various procedures or oper-
ations, an internalmedicine residency...
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(B) Switch zidovudine, lamivudine, and ritonavir/lopinavir to didanosine, stavudine, and
indinavir, and stop simvastatin
(C) Continue all ...
(A) Begin intense insulin therapy
(B) Begin glipizide
(C) Begin pioglitazone
(D) Begin acarbose
(E) Begin metformin
Answer:
to trauma, combined with dehydration and possibly infection. ... therapy(B) Initiate interferon-
(C) Administer N-acetylcysteine
(D) Stop Dilantin
(E) Start methotrexate
Answer:
(D) Stop Dilantin
Explanation:
The patient has Dilantin-induced hepatitis....
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➤ The history is the single most important tool in obtaining a diagnosis. All
physical findings and laboratory and imaging studies are first obtained
and ... specificity
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13. The skin should be carefully examined for ... considering. This is
the principle that “you find what you are looking for.” When one is trying to
perform a thorough head-to-toe examination, for instance, without looking
for anything in particular, one...