Index W

Waldenström's macroglobulinemia 737-739

Walkers 211-212

Walking (see also Gait)

assistive devices for 211-212

for exercise 301

for gait disorders 211

in pulmonary rehabilitation 808

for weight reduction 605

Wallenberg's syndrome 1031

Wandering 371

Ward 131

Warfarin 695t, 698-700, 699t (see also Anticoagulants)

aging effect on 60t

alcohol interaction with 335

in atrial fibrillation 891-892

in deep vein thrombosis 928-929

dosage adjustments for 71

drug interactions with 68t, 617

in heart failure 910

in hip fracture 215-216

in ischemic stroke 410-411, 415

after myocardial infarction 862t

Warts

genital 1190

seborrheic 1242t

Washerwoman's sprain 543-544

Water, body

decrease in 562-563, 566-568, 567t

     in heat exhaustion 660

excess of 563-566, 565t

sodium metabolism and 561-568, 565t, 567t

total 561

Water-loading test 565t

Water mattress 1268t

WDHA syndrome 1146t

Weakness

in internal carotid artery atherosclerosis 403, 404

muscle (see Muscle(s), weakness of)

in systemic hypoperfusion 415

Web, esophageal 1038-1039

Weber's test 1319-1320

Wegener's granulomatosis 509-510

glomerulonephritis in 958

Weight

in COPD 809

in dementia 362

in diabetes mellitus 630

in malnutrition 600, 600t

in obesity 605

Weight training 50t

Werner's syndrome 8

Wernicke's aphasia 424t, 428

Wernicke's encephalopathy 335, 338

Wheelchair, amputee 287

Whipple's disease 1099t, 1103

Whipple's operation 1147

White blood cells, count of

in acute leukemia 725, 726

in myelodysplastic syndromes 741

Wiedemann-Rautenstrauch syndrome 8

Winkler's disease 1342

Word recognition score 1320-1321

Wrinkles 1231, 1236

Wrist

carpal tunnel syndrome of 540-541

splinting of 541f

De Quervain's syndrome of 540

fracture of 221-222

range of motion of 270t

Wrongful death 123-125