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Carotid stenosis Further Investigation to Determine the Cause of Stroke Stroke
carotid territory TIAs
Carvedilol
Cashew nuts, anaphylaxis
Cataracts Differential Diagnosis of Gradual Visual Loss Drugs Causing Visual Symptoms Loss of Vision
See also adrenaline; dopamine; noradrenaline; paraganglioma Causes of Hypokalaemia Paraganglioma (Phaeochromocytoma) Crisis
Catheters Acute Limb Pain Central Vein Cannulation Erythroderma and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Monitoring and Supportive Care in Acute Kidney Injury Pancytopenia and Febrile Neutropenia Urinary Tract Infection
Cathiniones
See also spinal cord compression Acute Sensory Symptoms Acute Spinal Pain Investigation in Suspected Guillain-Barre Syndrome Localization: Clues from the Examination Localization of the Cause of Weakness by Clinical Syndrome Priority Differential Diagnoses to Consider Based on Presentation Spinal Cord Compression Urgent Investigation of the Patient with Weakness Weakness and Paralysis
See also pneumonia Chest X-Ray Findings in Pneumonia See pneumonia
See also white cell Acute Medical Problems in the HIV-Positive Patient Diagnostic Clues in the HIV-Positive Patient with Respiratory Symptoms Headache/Delirium/Focal Neurological Signs in the HIV-Positive Patient Pneumocystis Jirovecii Pneumonia (PCP): Diagnosis and Management Respiratory Symptoms in the HIV-Positive Patient Spectrum of HIV Infection Urgent Investigation of the HIV-Positive Patient with Respiratory Symptoms
Cefotaxime Acute Abdominal Pain Acute Liver Failure and Decompensated Chronic Liver Disease Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Initial Antibiotic Therapy for Suspected Bacterial Meningitis in Adults Initial Empirical Treatment Regimens for Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults (Source: Adapted from British Thoracic Society Guidelines) Management of Hypothermia Reduced Conscious Level Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP)
Ceftazidime
Ceftriaxone Acute Pericarditis An Example of Initial Antibiotic Therapy Regime for Adult Sepsis (Excludes Penicillin Allergic Patients) Fever on Return from Abroad Initial Antibiotic Therapy for Suspected Bacterial Meningitis in Adults Initial Antibiotic Therapy for Suspected Native Joint Septic Arthritis Initial Antibiotic Therapy for Suspected Septic Arthritis Initial Empirical Treatment Regimens for Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults (Source: Adapted from British Thoracic Society Guidelines)
Cefuroxime An Example of Initial Antibiotic Therapy Regime for Adult Sepsis (Excludes Penicillin Allergic Patients) Empirical Antibiotic Therapy in Suspected Urinary Tract Infection Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Initial Empirical Treatment Regimens for Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults (Source: Adapted from British Thoracic Society Guidelines)
ceiling of care, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Cell lysis Causes of Pain in the Patient with Cancer: Due to the Cancer Complications of Chemotherapy Epidemiology of Gout and Pseudogout
cellulitis
Central lines
See also neurological diagnosis Causes of Pain in the Patient with Cancer: Due to the Cancer Causes of Respiratory Alkalosis Complications of Radiotherapy See neurological diagnosis Sequential (Sepsis-Related) Organ Failure Assessment Score Spectrum of HIV Infection Weakness and Paralysis
Central venous cannulation
Central venous monitoring Acute Abdominal Pain Acute Liver Failure and Decompensated Chronic Liver Disease Cardiac Arrest in Hospital Cardiac Tamponade Cardiogenic Shock Central Vein Cannulation Hypotension and Shock Indications for Transthoracic Echocardiography in Suspected Infective Endocarditis Indications for Urgent Echocardiography in the Hypotensive Patient Infective Endocarditis Rhabdomyolysis Sepsis Urgent Investigation in Hypotension
Cephalexin
See also ceftriaxone Acute Liver Failure and Decompensated Chronic Liver Disease Causative Agents of Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) and Urethritis Cellulitis: Assessment of Severity of Illness and Management Empirical Antibiotic Therapy in Suspected Urinary Tract Infection Sepsis Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP)
Cerebellum Anatomical Localization in Neurological Diagnosis Focused Examination in Acute Neurological Disease
See also strokes arterial atherothromboembolism arterial atherothromboembolism 1 atrial fibrillation (AF) atrial fibrillation (AF) 1 Bacterial Meningitis See strokes Stroke
Cerebral malaria Bacterial Meningitis Causes of a Reduced Conscious Level Causes of Fever with Headache, Abnormal Behaviour or Reduced Conscious Level Causes of Tonic-Clonic Status Epilepticus
Cerebral oedema Acute Liver Failure and Decompensated Chronic Liver Disease Diabetic Ketoacidosis Drowning Major Complications of Acute Liver Failure and Their Management Poisoning Problems Encountered in the Patient with Poisoning Raised Intracranial Pressure
cerebral salt wasting (CSW)
Cerebral vasculitis Causes of Acute Headache with 'Red-Flag' Features: Fever, Reduced Conscious Level, Papilloedema, Neck Stiffness or Focal Neurological Signs Causes of Fever with Headache, Abnormal Behaviour or Reduced Conscious Level Causes of Tonic-Clonic Status Epilepticus Classification of Stroke Diseases Which May Mimic Stroke