Index

Index W

Waldenström's macroglobulinemia: Sec. 14, Ch. 175; Sec. 14, Ch. 175 [sidebar]
Walking: Sec. 1, Ch. 6 (see also Running): for amputee: Sec. 1, Ch. 7; assistive devices for: Sec. 1, Ch. 7 [figure]; in ataxia-telangiectasia: Sec. 16, Ch. 184; cane for: Sec. 1, Ch. 7 [figure]; in children: Sec. 23, Ch. 268; Sec. 23, Ch. 268 [table]; cholesterol lowering with: Sec. 12, Ch. 157; exercise improvement of: Sec. 1, Ch. 7; after hip fracture: Sec. 1, Ch. 7; with frostbite: Sec. 24, Ch. 291; obesity effects on: Sec. 12, Ch. 156; pain with: Sec. 3, Ch. 34; Sec. 3, Ch. 34; in Parkinson's disease: Sec. 6, Ch. 91; pronation and: Sec. 5, Ch. 75; in pulmonary rehabilitation: Sec. 4, Ch. 40; test of (gait): Sec. 6, Ch. 77
Wandering eye (strabismus): Sec. 23, Ch. 277; Sec. 23, Ch. 277 [figure]
Warfarin: Sec. 14, Ch. 173 [sidebar]: after surgery: Sec. 4, Ch. 46; barbiturate interaction with: Sec. 2, Ch. 13; monitoring of: Sec. 2, Ch. 10; during pregnancy: Sec. 22, Ch. 259 [table]; in pulmonary embolism: Sec. 4, Ch. 46
Warm antibody hemolytic anemia: Sec. 14, Ch. 172
Warming therapy: in frostbite: Sec. 24, Ch. 291; in hypothermia: Sec. 24, Ch. 291; in stingray injury: Sec. 24, Ch. 298
Warts: Sec. 18, Ch. 213: genital: Sec. 17, Ch. 200; Sec. 21, Ch. 238; oral: Sec. 8, Ch. 113; plantar: Sec. 18, Ch. 213; seborrheic: Sec. 18, Ch. 215
Washerwoman's sprain: Sec. 5, Ch. 74
Wasp stings: Sec. 24, Ch. 298
Water (amniotic fluid), breaking of: Sec. 22, Ch. 260: premature: Sec. 22, Ch. 261
Water (body): balance of: Sec. 12, Ch. 158; Sec. 12, Ch. 158 [sidebar]; on brain (see Hydrocephalus); deficiency of (see Dehydration); excess of: Sec. 12, Ch. 158; excretion of: Sec. 12, Ch. 158; retention of (see Swelling [edema])
Water (dietary): daily requirement for: Sec. 12, Ch. 158; fluoridation of: Sec. 8, Ch. 114; Sec. 12, Ch. 155; in gastroenteritis: Sec. 9, Ch. 122; in hemorrhagic colitis: Sec. 9, Ch. 122
Water (environmental): amebiasis from: Sec. 17, Ch. 196; ascariasis from: Sec. 17, Ch. 196; cholera from: Sec. 17, Ch. 190; contamination of: Sec. 9, Ch. 122; Sec. 9, Ch. 122; Sec. 23, Ch. 275; cryptosporidiosis from: Sec. 17, Ch. 196; diving injuries in: Sec. 24, Ch. 295; Sec. 24, Ch. 295 [sidebar]; Sec. 24, Ch. 295 [sidebar]; drowning in: Sec. 24, Ch. 294; filters for: Sec. 17, Ch. 196; giardiasis from: Sec. 17, Ch. 196; schistosomiasis from: Sec. 17, Ch. 196
Water aerobics: Sec. 1, Ch. 6
Water bug bites: Sec. 24, Ch. 298
Water deprivation test: Sec. 13, Ch. 162
Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome: Sec. 6, Ch. 89
WBCs (see White blood cells)
Weakness, muscle: Sec. 5, Ch. 59; Sec. 5, Ch. 59 [table]: in acute intermittent porphyria: Sec. 12, Ch. 160; age-related (sarcopenia): Sec. 5, Ch. 58; in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Sec. 6, Ch. 95; in Bell's palsy: Sec. 6, Ch. 96; in botulism: Sec. 6, Ch. 95; in brachial plexus disorders: Sec. 6, Ch. 95; in Brown-Séquard syndrome: Sec. 6, Ch. 88; in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease: Sec. 6, Ch. 95; in Guillain-Barré syndrome: Sec. 6, Ch. 95; in kidney failure: Sec. 11, Ch. 143; in muscular dystrophy: Sec. 5, Ch. 73; in myasthenia gravis: Sec. 6, Ch. 95; in myotonic dystrophy: Sec. 5, Ch. 73; in periodic paralysis: Sec. 5, Ch. 73; in polymyositis: Sec. 5, Ch. 68; in progressive supranuclear palsy: Sec. 6, Ch. 91; in respiratory failure: Sec. 4, Ch. 55 [table]; in spinal muscular atrophy: Sec. 6, Ch. 95; testing of: Sec. 5, Ch. 59; in vitamin B₁₂ deficiency: Sec. 12, Ch. 154
Weaning, of infant: Sec. 23, Ch. 263
Webs, esophageal: Sec. 9, Ch. 120
Wegener's granulomatosis: Sec. 5, Ch. 69; Sec. 11, Ch. 143; Sec. 20, Ch. 236
Weight: of adolescent: Sec. 23, Ch. 270; Sec. 23, Ch. 271; body composition and: Sec. 12, Ch. 152 [sidebar]; children's charts for: Sec. 23, Ch. 268 [table]; gain of: Sec. 12, Ch. 152; Sec. 12, Ch. 156 (see also Obesity); in infant: Sec. 23, Ch. 263; Sec. 23, Ch. 263 [figure]; Sec. 23, Ch. 267; during pregnancy: Sec. 22, Ch. 257; vs. height: Sec. 12, Ch. 152 [table]; loss of: Sec. 12, Ch. 152; Sec. 12, Ch. 156; in anorexia nervosa: Sec. 7, Ch. 103; in cancer: Sec. 15, Ch. 181; in coronary artery disease prevention: Sec. 3, Ch. 33; diets for: Sec. 12, Ch. 152; Sec. 12, Ch. 156; drugs for: Sec. 12, Ch. 156; in high blood pressure: Sec. 3, Ch. 22; in HIV infection: Sec. 17, Ch. 199; in polycystic ovary syndrome: Sec. 22, Ch. 244; surgery for: Sec. 12, Ch. 156; Sec. 12, Ch. 156 [figure]; in undernutrition: Sec. 12, Ch. 153; metric equivalents for: Appendix I; of newborn: Sec. 23, Ch. 263; Sec. 23, Ch. 263; of premature infant: Sec. 23, Ch. 264; pre-pregnancy: Sec. 22, Ch. 258; in preventive care: Sec. 1, Ch. 5 [table]
Weight lifter's back: Sec. 6, Ch. 94
Weight lifter's syncope: Sec. 3, Ch. 23
Weight lifting: Sec. 1, Ch. 6
Weights and measures: Appendix I
Weil's syndrome: Sec. 17, Ch. 190
Well-child visits: Sec. 23, Ch. 263; Sec. 23, Ch. 268; Sec. 23, Ch. 270
Werdnig-Hoffmann disease: Sec. 6, Ch. 95
Werner's syndrome: Sec. 1, Ch. 3
Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome: Sec. 6, Ch. 82; Sec. 7, Ch. 108; Sec. 12, Ch. 154
Wernicke's aphasia: Sec. 6, Ch. 82 [sidebar]; Sec. 6, Ch. 82
Wernicke's encephalopathy: Sec. 6, Ch. 82; Sec. 7, Ch. 108; Sec. 12, Ch. 154
Western equine encephalitis: Sec. 6, Ch. 89
West Nile encephalitis: Sec. 6, Ch. 89
Wet-lung syndrome: Sec. 23, Ch. 264
Wheals: Sec. 16, Ch. 185; Sec. 18, Ch. 202 [sidebar]: in allergy skin test: Sec. 16, Ch. 185
Wheezing: Sec. 4, Ch. 39: in asthma: Sec. 4, Ch. 44; Sec. 23, Ch. 274; in bronchiolitis: Sec. 23, Ch. 274; in respiratory tract infection: Sec. 23, Ch. 273
Whipple's disease: Sec. 9, Ch. 125
Whipworm infection: Sec. 17, Ch. 196
Whirling sensation (see Vertigo)
White blood cells: Sec. 16, Ch. 183 [sidebar]: biology of: Sec. 14, Ch. 169; Sec. 14, Ch. 174; cancer of (see Leukemia); count of: Sec. 14, Ch. 170; Sec. 14, Ch. 170 [table]; Sec. 14, Ch. 174; Sec. 17, Ch. 188; Appendix II; disorders of: Sec. 14, Ch. 174; Sec. 14, Ch. 174 [sidebar]; drug-related decrease in: Sec. 2, Ch. 15 [table]; formation of: Sec. 14, Ch. 169; Sec. 14, Ch. 174; high levels of (leukocytosis): Sec. 14, Ch. 169; Sec. 14, Ch. 174; in infection: Sec. 16, Ch. 183; Sec. 17, Ch. 188; low levels of (leukopenia): Sec. 14, Ch. 169; Sec. 14, Ch. 170; Sec. 14, Ch. 174; with cancer treatment: Sec. 15, Ch. 182; in nonspecific (innate) immunity: Sec. 16, Ch. 183; during pregnancy: Sec. 22, Ch. 257; radiation effects on: Sec. 24, Ch. 292; transfusion of: Sec. 14, Ch. 171
White coat hypertension: Sec. 3, Ch. 22
White color: in mouth: Sec. 8, Ch. 109 [sidebar]; Sec. 8, Ch. 113; of tongue: Sec. 8, Ch. 110
White plague (see Tuberculosis)
White sponge nevus: Sec. 8, Ch. 109 [sidebar]
Whooping cough (pertussis): Sec. 23, Ch. 272: immunization for: Sec. 17, Ch. 189; Sec. 17, Ch. 189 [table]; Sec. 23, Ch. 263; Sec. 23, Ch. 263 [figure]; Sec. 23, Ch. 272 [sidebar]
Wide excision surgery, in breast cancer: Sec. 22, Ch. 251; Sec. 22, Ch. 251 [figure]
Will, living: Sec. 1, Ch. 9 [sidebar]; Sec. 1, Ch. 9
Wilms' tumor: Sec. 23, Ch. 283
Wilson's disease: Sec. 12, Ch. 155 [sidebar]: hepatitis in: Sec. 10, Ch. 137
Windpipe (see Trachea)
Wintergreen oil poisoning: Sec. 24, Ch. 297
Wisdom teeth: Sec. 8, Ch. 109: impaction of: Sec. 8, Ch. 114
Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome: Sec. 16, Ch. 184
Withdrawal (see Drugs, abuse of)
Withdrawal method, for family planning: Sec. 22, Ch. 255 [table]; Sec. 22, Ch. 255
Wohlfart-Kugelberg-Welander disease: Sec. 6, Ch. 95
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome: Sec. 3, Ch. 27
Wolman's disease: Sec. 23, Ch. 282 [sidebar]
Womb (see Uterus)
Wood's light examination: Sec. 18, Ch. 202; Sec. 18, Ch. 208
Woodworker's lung: Sec. 4, Ch. 51 [table]
Woolsorter's disease: Sec. 17, Ch. 190
Word recognition, in dyslexia: Sec. 23, Ch. 269
Workplace diseases (see Occupational lung disorders)
Worm infection: Sec. 17, Ch. 196; Sec. 17, Ch. 196; Sec. 17, Ch. 196 [figure]; Sec. 17, Ch. 196; Sec. 17, Ch. 196; Sec. 17, Ch. 196; Sec. 17, Ch. 196 [table]; Sec. 17, Ch. 196
Worry (see Anxiety)
Wound: botulism in: Sec. 6, Ch. 95; first aid for: Sec. 24, Ch. 299; surgical: Sec. 25, Ch. 301
Wrinkles: Sec. 1, Ch. 3
Wrist (see also Hair): carpal tunnel syndrome of: Sec. 5, Ch. 71; Sec. 5, Ch. 71 [figure]; fracture of: Sec. 5, Ch. 60; Sec. 5, Ch. 62; Sec. 5, Ch. 62; ganglia of: Sec. 5, Ch. 71; Kienböck's disease of: Sec. 5, Ch. 71; strengthening exercise for: Sec. 5, Ch. 75 [sidebar]
Writing, learning disorders in: Sec. 23, Ch. 269
Wry neck: Sec. 6, Ch. 91