Index F

Face

in physical examination 32

Face-lift 1238

Factitious disorders 328

Factor V Leiden defect 690

Fahrenheit scale 1387

Failure to thrive 595

Fainting (see Syncope)

Falls 195-204

benzodiazepine use and 340

complications of 198 (see also Fractures)

death from 195

drugs and 197, 197t

during hospitalization 102

prevention of 47t, 52, 200, 201t-203t, 296

risk factors for 195, 196-198, 196t, 197, 197t, 200t

by stroke patients 282

subarachnoid hemorrhage and 416-417

subdural hematoma and 422

Famciclovir 1377t

in herpes zoster infection 1018, 1260

Familial benign hypocalciuric hypercalcemia 578, 580

Family caregiving 142-143

Famotidine 1046

Fasciculations 519

Fat(s)

atrophy of

     insulin injection and 636

fecal 1090, 1102

malabsorption of 1088-1089, 1097

postoperative 254

subcutaneous 1234

Fatigue, in muscle disorders 511-512

Fecal occult blood test 48t, 718t, 1143

Feces (see also Constipation; Diarrhea)

in diarrhea 1089-1090

fat in 1090, 1102

impaction of , 1082, 1092-1093, 1094, 1116-1117

     in dying patient 119

     urinary incontinence with 966

incontinence of 1003, 1092-1095, 1093t

     during hospitalization 101

     postoperative 1080

in irritable bowel syndrome 1069

pH of 1090

Sudan stain of 1101-1102

in ulcerative colitis 1060

Feet (see Foot)

Felodipine

aging effect on 60t

in hypertension 842t

Femoral artery, aneurysm of 938

Femoral head

blood supply to 225f

fracture of 224-225, 224f, 227-228, 228f

Fenfluramine, sexual function and 1164t

Fenoprofen 386t, 492t

Fentanyl 387t, 391

in cancer pain management 117, 722

for postoperative pain 264

transdermal 391

Ferritin

age-related change in 1384t

in iron deficiency anemia 676

Ferrous sulfate 676-677

Festination 435

Fever (see also Temperature)

in influenza 768

Fiber 1083-1084, 1084t

Fibric acid derivatives 619t-620t, 621-622, 624

Fibrinogen

age-related changes in, 1384t

in atherosclerosis 851

in disseminated intravascular coagulation 692-693

Fibrinogen (fibrin) degradation products, in disseminated intravascular coagulation 692

Fibrinolytic agents 700-701, 701t

Fibroblasts

age-related changes in 470

Fibromatosis

palmar 539-540

plantar 540, 547t

Fibrosis, cardiac 896

Film dressings 1271, 1272t

Finances (see also Health care funding)

of cancer chemotherapy 723

of dying patient 123

of home health care 88-89

of nursing home care 107-108

Finasteride

in benign prostatic hyperplasia 1182

in bladder outlet obstruction 979

Fine-needle aspiration, of breast 1219

Finger(s)

Boutonnière deformity of 537, 538f

Dupuytren's contracture of 539-540, 539f

mallet 536, 537f

range of motion of 270t

swan-neck deformity of 536-537, 538f

trigger 543, 544f

Finkelstein test 544

Fish oils 622

Fissures, anal 1076, 1077f

Fistula

anal 1078

     in Crohn's disease 1065

colovesical 1202-1203

gallbladder 1127-1128

vaginal 1202

Fitness testing 298

Flashing lights 1291

Flash pulmonary edema 903

Flavoxate 977t

Flecainide 888t, 893

Flexibility exercises 50t, 304

Floaters 1291

Flow-volume loops 781, 785f

Flucloxacillin 1367t-1368t

Fluconazole 1376t

Flucytosine 1376t

in infective endocarditis 884t

Fludarabine 720t

Fludrocortisone 848

in multiple system atrophy 442

Fluids (see also Water, body)

in acute renal failure 961-962

in dehydration 563

in diarrhea 1091

in dying patient 118

in gastrointestinal tract bleeding 1106

in heat exhaustion 660

in hypercalcemia 578-579

in hypernatremia 567-568

in multiple myeloma treatment 736

postoperative 252-253

     in hyponatremia 566

withholding of 139

Fluocinolone acetonide 1247t

Fluoroquinolones 1372t

5-Fluorouracil

in actinic keratoses 1238, 1277

in breast cancer 1226t

in vulvar cancer 1207

Fluoxetine 72

Fluoxymesterone 713

Flurazepam

adverse effects of 66t

aging effect on 62

Flurbiprofen 386t, 492t

Fluvastatin 617, 618t, 621

Foam dressings 1271

Folic acid (folate)

deficiency of 592-593

     anemia in 686-687

     trimethoprim use and 1373t

drug interactions with 589t

in malabsorption 1101

Fomivirsen 1367t

Food poisoning 1089, 1091

diarrhea in 1087

Foods (see also Diet; Malnutrition)

in irritable bowel syndrome 1068, 1069

Foot

age-related changes in 544

care of 553t

in diabetes mellitus 556-557, 628, 636, 636f

disorders of 544-557, 545t, 547t, 549t

examination of 546

fracture of 555

ischemia of

     in peripheral atherosclerosis 919-920

     in small-vessel syndrome 920-922, 921t

muscle cramps in 533-535

nerve disorders of 555-556

pain in 546, 555-557, 916

in physical examination 36

range of motion of 270t

Raynaud's phenomenon of 922-923

sensory nerve damage of 556

systemic disease and 551t, 556-567

Foot drop 206

Forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV₁) 784f

age-related changes in 754-755

in COPD 781, 785

Forced vital capacity (FVC) 754-755, 781

Fordyce's granules 1017

Foreign body

ear 1330t

esophageal 1008, 1034

nasal 1345

ocular 1313

Formoterol 787

Foscarnet 1377t

Fosinopril

in hypertension 842t

Fractures 213-231

aspirin in 216

casts for 218-219, 219t

Colles' 221-222

compartment syndrome with 215

falls and 198

foot 555

healing of 214

hip 224-228 (see also Hip, fracture of)

humerus (proximal) 222-223

imaging of 216-217

immobilization for 218

ischial ramus 229-230

joint replacement for 220-221

nasal 1346-1347

in osteoporosis 475, 476

pelvic (pubic ramus) 229-230

pulmonary embolism and 215-216

radius (distal) 221-222

surgical stabilization of 219-220

tibial (proximal) 223-224

traction for 220

vertebral 230-231

wrist 221-222

Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome 444

Frailty

cautiousness and 308-309

muscle-strengthening exercise in 303

prevention of 48t, 50t, 52

Frank-Starling mechanism 820

Free radicals

aging and 7, 381

Frequency, urinary 971

Frontotemporal dementia 367

Fructosamine

in diabetes mellitus 630

Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy 1314

Functional residual capacity (FRC) 754

Fungal infection

of ears 1335, 1336

in endocarditis 880, 884t

Furosemide

aging effect on 60t

in hypercalcemia 579

in hyperkalemia 571

in hypermagnesemia 584

in hypertension 839t

in hyponatremia 566

warfarin interaction with 68t