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Lubiprostone

Agents Used to Treat ConstipationTables

Ludwig's angina

Submandibular Space Infection
Some Disorders of the Oral Region by Predominant Site of InvolvementTables

Lues

see Syphilis

Lumbago

see Low back pain

Lumbar puncture (spinal tap)

Neurologic Diagnostic Procedures: Lumbar puncture (spinal tap)
Cerebrospinal Fluid Abnormalities in Various DisordersTables

  • headache after

  • Post-Lumbar Puncture and Other Low–Pressure Headaches

    Lumbar spine

  • stenosis of

  • Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

  • subluxation of

  • Nontraumatic Subluxation: Spondylolisthesis

    Lumbosacral plexus

    PlexusesFigures

    Lumbosacral plexus disorders

    Plexus Disorders

    Lumpectomy

    Breast Cancer: Surgery
    Surgery for Breast CancerFigures

    Lumpy jaw

    Actinomycosis

    Lunate bone

  • avascular necrosis of

  • Kienböck's Disease

  • fracture of

  • Examination for Some Commonly Missed InjuriesTables

    Lung fluke infection

    Paragonimiasis

    Lungs

    see also Pulmonary
    see also Respiratory

  • α1-antitrypsin deficiency and

  • α 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency: Pathophysiology

  • abscess of

  • Aspiration Pneumonitis and Pneumonia: Abscess
    Lung Abscess
    Infectious Causes of Cavitary Lung LesionsTables

  • acid-base balance and

  • Acid-Base Regulation and Disorders: Pulmonary regulation

  • acute injury to

  • Definition of ALI/ARDSTables
    Causes of ALI/ARDSTables
    Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
    Consensus Definition of ALI/ARDSTables
    Shock: Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS)

  • aging-related changes in

  • Selected Physiologic Age-Related ChangesTables

  • air pollution-related illness of

  • Air Pollution–Related Illness

  • allergic disease of

  • see Asthma

  • in altitude sickness

  • Altitude Sickness: Pathophysiology

  • amyloidosis of

  • Amyloidosis: Symptoms and Signs

  • auscultation of

  • Approach to the Patient With Pulmonary Symptoms: Auscultation

  • barotrauma to

  • Barotrauma: Pulmonary Barotrauma
    Recompression Therapy: Complications and contraindications

  • biopsy of

  • Transthoracic Needle Biopsy

  • black

  • Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis

  • bleeding from

  • Hemoptysis
    Some Causes of HemoptysisTables
    Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage and Pulmonary-Renal Syndrome
    Causes of Pulmonary-Renal SyndromeTables

  • brown

  • Examples of Hypersensitivity PneumonitisTables

  • building-related diseases of

  • Building-Related Illnesses

  • bullae of

  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Imaging tests
    Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Surgery
    Pneumothorax: Etiology

  • cancer of

  • Classification of Primary Malignant Lung TumorsTables
    Lung Carcinoma
    Features of Lung CancerTables

  • asbestosis and

  • Asbestos-Related Disorders: Prognosis

  • non-small cell

  • Lung Carcinoma: Classification
    Features of Lung CancerTables
    Lung Carcinoma: Staging
    Lung Carcinoma: NSCLC

  • positron emission tomography in

  • Chest imaging: Positron emission tomography scanning

  • small cell

  • Lung Carcinoma: Classification
    Features of Lung CancerTables
    Lung Carcinoma: Staging
    Lung Carcinoma: SCLC

  • solitary nodule and

  • Estimating the Probability of Cancer in a Solitary Pulmonary NoduleTables

  • staging for

  • Proposed International Staging System for Lung CancerTables

  • carcinoid tumor of

  • Bronchial Carcinoid

  • chemical-induced disease of

  • Aspiration Pneumonitis and Pneumonia: Chemical pneumonitis

  • chronic obstructive disorders of

  • see also Asthma
    see also Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
    Asthma

  • coal workers'

  • Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis

  • compost

  • Examples of Hypersensitivity PneumonitisTables

  • in COPD

  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Surgery

  • cotton-induced disease of

  • Byssinosis

  • in cystic fibrosis

  • Cystic Fibrosis (CF): Respiratory
    Cystic Fibrosis (CF): Respiratory

  • dead space of

  • Ventilatory Failure: Etiology and Pathophysiology

  • disorders of, symptoms of

  • Approach to the Patient With Pulmonary Symptoms

  • drug-induced disease of

  • Drug-Induced Pulmonary Disease
    Substances With Toxic Pulmonary EffectsTables

  • during pregnancy

  • Physiology of Pregnancy: Respiratory

  • dust-induced disease of

  • Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis: Pathophysiology
    Environmental Pulmonary Diseases
    Building-Related Illnesses: Specific BRIs

  • eosinophilic disease of

  • Substances With Toxic Pulmonary EffectsTables
    Eosinophilic Pulmonary Diseases

  • eosinophilic granuloma of

  • Pulmonary Langerhans' Cell Histiocytosis

  • examination of

  • Diagnostic and Therapeutic Pulmonary Procedures

  • fetal

  • Perinatal Physiology: Pulmonary

  • maturity of

  • Large-for-Gestational-Age (LGA) Infant: Infants of diabetic mothers
    Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Diagnosis

  • fibrosis of

  • Key Features Of Idiopathic Interstitial PneumoniasTables
    Treatment and Prognosis of Idiopathic Interstitial PneumoniasTables
    Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
    Substances With Toxic Pulmonary EffectsTables

  • asbestos-induced

  • Asbestos-Related Disorders: Asbestosis

  • coal-induced

  • Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis: Pathophysiology

  • silica-induced

  • Silicosis: Pathophysiology

  • function of

  • see Pulmonary function testing

  • hemoptysis from

  • Hemoptysis
    Some Causes of HemoptysisTables

  • hemorrhage in

  • Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage and Pulmonary-Renal Syndrome

  • hemosiderosis of

  • Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage and Pulmonary-Renal Syndrome: Pathophysiology

  • histiocyte proliferation in

  • Pulmonary Langerhans' Cell Histiocytosis

  • host defenses of

  • Pneumonia

  • hot tub

  • Examples of Hypersensitivity PneumonitisTables

  • humidifier

  • Examples of Hypersensitivity PneumonitisTables

  • hypersensitivity diseases of

  • Substances With Toxic Pulmonary EffectsTables

  • occupation-related

  • Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
    Examples of Hypersensitivity PneumonitisTables
    Diagnostic Criteria for Hypersensitivity PneumonitisTables

  • idiopathic fibrosis of

  • Key Features Of Idiopathic Interstitial PneumoniasTables
    Treatment and Prognosis of Idiopathic Interstitial PneumoniasTables
    Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

  • infection of

  • see also Pneumonia

  • ARDS and

  • Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS): Complications

  • bacterial

  • Pneumonia

  • barriers to

  • Host Defense Mechanisms: Natural Barriers

  • fungal

  • Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)
    Diagnostic Criteria for Allergic Bronchopulmonary AspergillosisTables
    Stages of Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis*Tables
    Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Evaluation of exacerbations
    Aspergillosis
    Histoplasmosis

  • interstitial diseases of

  • Interstitial Lung Diseases
    Causes of Interstitial Lung DiseaseTables

  • irritant gas-induced injury to

  • Irritant Gas Inhalation Injury

  • in Langerhans' cell granulomatosis

  • Pulmonary Langerhans' Cell Histiocytosis: Treatment

  • lavage of

  • see Lavage

  • lymphangioleiomyomatosis of

  • Lymphangioleiomyomatosis

  • lymphocyte proliferation in

  • Key Features Of Idiopathic Interstitial PneumoniasTables
    Treatment and Prognosis of Idiopathic Interstitial PneumoniasTables
    Lymphoid Interstitial Pneumonia

  • marijuana effects on

  • Marijuana (Cannabis): Chronic effects

  • near drowning injury to

  • Drowning: Hypoxia

  • needle aspiration of

  • Transthoracic Needle Biopsy

  • neonatal

  • Perinatal Physiology: Pulmonary

  • nocardiosis of

  • Nocardiosis

  • obstructive disorders of

  • Flow-volume loops.Figures
    Characteristic Physiologic Changes Associated With Pulmonary DisordersTables
    Airflow, Lung Volumes, and Flow-Volume Loop: Obstructive disorders
    Severity of Obstructive and Restrictive Lung Disorders*Tables

  • occupation-related diseases of

  • Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
    Examples of Hypersensitivity PneumonitisTables
    Diagnostic Criteria for Hypersensitivity PneumonitisTables
    Environmental Pulmonary Diseases

  • postural drainage of

  • Chest Physiotherapy

  • proteinosis of

  • Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis

  • radiation effects on

  • Focal Radiation Injury*Tables

  • rehabilitation for

  • Pulmonary Rehabilitation

  • resection of

  • in COPD

  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Surgery

  • restrictive disorders of

  • Flow-volume loops.Figures
    Characteristic Physiologic Changes Associated With Pulmonary DisordersTables
    Severity of Obstructive and Restrictive Lung Disorders*Tables
    Airflow, Lung Volumes, and Flow-Volume Loop: Restrictive disorders

  • silicosis of

  • Silicosis

  • in SLE

  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE): Cardiopulmonary manifestations

  • smoke inhalation injury to

  • Smoke InhalationSidebars

  • solitary nodule of

  • Solitary Pulmonary Nodule
    Some Causes of a Solitary Pulmonary NoduleTables
    Estimating the Probability of Cancer in a Solitary Pulmonary NoduleTables

  • in systemic sclerosis

  • Systemic Sclerosis: Cardiopulmonary manifestations

  • tap water

  • Examples of Hypersensitivity PneumonitisTables

  • toxic gas-induced injury to

  • Irritant Gas Inhalation Injury

  • transfusion-related injury to

  • Complications of Transfusion: Acute lung injury

  • transplantation of

  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Surgery
    Lung Transplantation
    Cystic Fibrosis (CF): Other

  • in COPD

  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Surgery

  • in Langerhans' cell granulomatosis

  • Pulmonary Langerhans' Cell Histiocytosis: Treatment

  • in pulmonary hypertension

  • Pulmonary Hypertension: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (group 1)

  • rejection of

  • Signs of Transplant Rejection by CategoryTables
    Lung Transplantation: Procedure

  • trapped

  • Pleural Effusion: Etiology
    Causes of Pleural Effusion Tables
    Pleural Fibrosis and Calcification: Postinflammatory

  • tumors of

  • Tumors of the Lungs
    Classification of Primary Malignant Lung TumorsTables
    Classification of Benign Lung TumorsTables

  • vascular disease of

  • Substances With Toxic Pulmonary EffectsTables

  • ventilation/perfusion scan of

  • Chest imaging: Ventilation/perfusion (V/Q) scanning
    Pulmonary Embolism (PE): Noninvasive testing
    Clinical Prediction Rule for Diagnosing Pulmonary EmbolismTables

  • ventilator-associated injury to

  • Overview of Mechanical Ventilation: Ventilator settings
    Overview of Mechanical Ventilation: Complications and Safeguards
    Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS): Mechanical ventilation

  • in Wegener's granulomatosis

  • Wegener's Granulomatosis: Symptoms and Signs

    Lupus anticoagulant

    Thrombotic Disorders: Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome

    Lupus erythematosus

  • discoid

  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE): Discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE)

  • drug-induced

  • Types of Drug Reactions and Typical Causative Agents Tables

  • nephritis in

  • Nephritic and Nephrotic Syndromes: Lupus Nephritis

  • subacute cutaneous

  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE): Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus (SCLE)

  • systemic

  • see also Systemic lupus erythematosus
    Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
    Criteria for the Classification of SLE*Tables
    Protocol for Chemotherapy With Cyclophosphamide and IV MesnaTables

    Lupus nephritis

    Nephritic and Nephrotic Syndromes: Lupus Nephritis

    Lupus pernio

    Systemic Involvement in Sarcoidosis Tables

    Lupus pneumonitis

    Some Causes of HemoptysisTables

    Luteinizing hormone (LH)

    Principles of Endocrinology: Luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)
    Male Reproductive Endocrinology: Physiology

  • blood levels of

  • Generalized Hypopituitarism: Laboratory testing
    Male Reproductive Endocrinology: Sexual Differentiation, Adrenarche, and Puberty

  • deficiency of

  • Generalized Hypopituitarism: Symptoms and Signs
    Selective Pituitary Hormone Deficiencies

  • isolated

  • Male Hypogonadism in Children: Secondary

  • in infertility treatment

  • Male Hypogonadism: Treatment of infertility due to hypogonadism

  • in male hypogonadism

  • Male Hypogonadism: Diagnosis of primary and secondary hypogonadism
    Male Hypogonadism in Children: Diagnosis

  • in menstrual cycle

  • Female Reproductive Endocrinology: Follicular phase
    The idealized cyclic changes in pituitary gonadotropins, estradiol (E2), progesterone (P), and uterine endometrium during the normal menstrual cycle. Figures

  • in ovulation disorders

  • Ovulatory Dysfunction: Treatment

  • at puberty

  • Female Reproductive Endocrinology
    The CNS-hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal-target organ axis. Figures
    Female Reproductive Endocrinology: Puberty

    Luxatio erecta

    Dislocations: Glenohumeral (shoulder) dislocations

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