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decorticate posture and diplopia and

with gait, spastic

generalized tonic-clonic seizures headache and

with hyperactive DTR level of consciousness in muscle weakness and nystagmus and

ocular deviation and paralysis paresthesia

simple partial seizures Breast abscess

breast dimpling and breast nodule and breast pain and nipple discharge and nipple retraction and peau d’orange

Breast cancer

breast dimpling and breast nodule and breast ulcer and with gynecomastia nipple discharge and nipple retraction and peau d’orange

Breast cyst, breast pain and Breast dimpling

affects fears of

history and physical examination medical causes

occurs

patient counseling Breast nodule

causes diagnostic tests fear of

history and physical examination

medical causes patient counseling

Breast pain

causes and findings emotional support for

history and physical examination medical causes

patient counseling during pregnancy results

Breast trauma, breast ulcer and Breast ulcer

emotional support

history and physical examination medical causes

patient counseling radiation therapy sign of

Breath odor ammonia

in animals

history and physical examination medical causes

patient counseling reflects

result

fecal

adynamic intestine diagnostic tests emergency interventions

history and physical examination medical causes

occur

patient counseling fruity

drugs

emergency interventions emotional support for

history and physical examination ketoacidosis

low-carbohydrate diets

medical causes patient counseling

Broca’s aphasia Broca’s area Bronchial adenoma

hemoptysis and wheezing

Bronchial obstruction, chest expansion and Bronchiectasis

clubbing and crackles and cyanosis and hemoptysis and productive cough rhonchi

shallow respirations wheezing

Bronchitis

chest pain and chronic

crackles and nonproductive cough and productive cough

clubbing and rhonchi tachypnea throat pain wheezing

Bronchogenic carcinoma nonproductive cough and wheezing

Brown-Séquard syndrome Brucellosis

lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly

Brudzinski’s sign emergency interventions

history and physical examination indicator

medical causes neurologic checks in

patient counseling testing

Bruits

history and physical examination indicator

medical causes patient counseling preventing false signal of

Buerger’s disease cyanosis and

increased capillary refill and and intermittent claudication mottled skin

Buerger’s disease, paresthesia Bulbar palsy

fasciculations and

and gag reflex abnormalities Bulbar paralysis, dysphagia and Bulimia, polyphagia

Burns

anhidrosis and edema of arm and edema of leg and erythema and

eye pain and generalized edema and muscle atrophy and photophobia

vesicular rash Butterfly rash

appears in drugs

history and physical examination immunologic study

medical causes patient counseling

C

Calculi

CVA tenderness and flank pain

hematuria and oliguria and

Cancer

anorexia and excessive weight loss with fatigue

Candida albicans infection, breast ulcer and Candidiasis

erythema and mouth lesions vaginal discharge

Capillary refill, increased diagnostic tests drugs

history and physical examination medical causes

patient counseling treatments

Carbon monoxide poisoning with fatigue

with gait, propulsive Carcinoid syndrome with diarrhea Carcinoma, jaundice and

Cardiac arrhythmia, bradycardia and Cardiac arrhythmias

dizziness and hypotension and palpitations syncope tachycardia tachypnea

Cardiac contusion hypotension and tachycardia

Cardiac tamponade absent/weak pulse and hypotension and

with increased capillary refill with jugular vein distention narrowed pulse pressure ptosis

pulsus paradoxus tachycardia tachypnea

Cardiogenic shock anxiety and hypotension and tachycardia tachypnea

Cardiomyopathy bradycardia and with gallop, atrial

with gallop, ventricular (S3) murmurs and

Carotid artery aneurysm hemianopsia and mydriasis and

Carotid artery stenosis, bruits and Carotid cavernous fistula, bruits and Carpopedal spasm

cause

emergency interventions evaluation and intervention history and physical examination medical causes

patient counseling tetany

treatments Cataract

and halo vision vision loss visual blurring

Cat’s cry

emergency interventions

history and physical examination medical causes

neonate with patient counseling

Cat’s cry syndrome Cavernous sinus thrombosis

diplopia and edema of face and

with exophthalmos ocular deviation and

Cellulitis

arm pain and edema of leg and erythema and

with Homans’ sign Central cord syndrome

analgesia and Central cyanosis

Central midbrain infarction, Doll’s eye sign and Central nervous system disorders, with impotence Cerebellar abscess, ataxia and

Cerebellar ataxia

Cerebellar hemorrhage, ataxia and Cerebellar tumor

Cerebral aneurysm headache and

level of consciousness in ptosis

Cerebral hypoxia, amnesia and

Cerebral lesion, decerebrate posture and Cerebral palsy, with gait, scissors

Cerebral perfusion, decreased, with confusion Cerebral stroke, dysarthria and Cerebrovascular arteriosclerosis, miosis and Cerebrovascular disorders, with confusion Cerumen impaction, earache and

Cervical arthritis, nuchal rigidity and

Cervical cancer, postmenopausal vaginal bleeding Cervical extension injury, neck pain and

Cervical nerve root compression, arm pain and Cervical spine fracture, neck pain and Cervical spine tumor, neck pain and

Cervical spondylosis neck pain and tinnitus

Cervical spondylosis with myelopathy, with gait, scissors Cervical stenosis, dysmenorrhea and

Cervical/endometrial polyps, postmenopausal vaginal bleeding Cervicitis, metrorrhagia and

Chalazion

edema of face and eye pain and

Chancroid

with genital lesions, male vaginal discharge

vulvar lesions Chemical burns, miosis and Chemical irritants

dysuria and epistaxis and

Chemical pneumonitis, productive cough Chest expansion, asymmetrical

emergency interventions

history and physical examination life-threatening causes of medical causes

during normal respiration patient counseling patient preparation treatments

Chest pain

cardiopulmonary studies causes and findings CRS

drugs

emergency interventions

history and physical examination managingi

medical causes patient counseling

in perimenopausal women Cheyne-Stokes respirations Chills

accompany fever drugs

history and physical examination I.V. therapy

medical causes patient counseling rare causes of

signs

transfusion reaction

Chinese restaurant syndrome (CRS), with chest pain Chlamydial infection, vaginal discharge

Cholangitis chills and

clay colored stools jaundice and

Cholecystitis

abdominal mass and abdominal pain and acute, nausea and back pain and

chest pain and jaundice and vomiting

Cholelithiasis abdominal pain and clay colored stools dyspepsia and jaundice and nausea and vomiting

Cholera

decreased skin turgor and with diarrhea hypotension and

muscle spasms and oliguria and vomiting

Cholesteatoma, and hearing loss Chordoma, back pain and Choreiform movements

Choriocarcinoma, nipple discharge and Chorioretinitis, scotoma

Chromosomal aberrations, low birth weight and Chronic bronchitis, accessory muscles and Chronic constrictive, with jugular vein distention Chronic fatigue syndrome

with fatigue throat pain

Chronic lymphocytic, lymphadenopathy and Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

anxiety and cyanosis and with fatigue nasal flaring and orthopnea and pulsus paradoxus tachycardia

Chronic open-angle glaucoma, tunnel vision Chronic renal failure

anorexia and

generalized tonic-clonic seizures Chvostek’s sign

blood transfusion eliciting

emergency interventions evaluation

history and physical examination medical causes

patient counseling Cirrhosis

abdominal distention and abdominal pain and anorexia and

dyspepsia and generalized edema and with hepatomegaly jaundice and

nausea and splenomegaly vomiting

Clammy skin

Clostridium difficile infection, with diarrhea Clubbing

with early fingers, checking

history and physical examination medical causes

patient counseling rare causes of