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See also airway management definition 1 See airway management
Facial examination, strokes
See also paralysis; weakness Clinical Features of Raised Intracranial Pressure See paralysis Weakness and Paralysis Guillain-Barre Syndrome See weakness
factor IX Specific Measures According to the Anticoagulant/Antiplatelet Agent Management of Anticoagulation
factor X
See also constipation Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Acute Diarrhoea See constipation
Faecal incontinence Complications of Radiotherapy Non-Focal (Global) Neurological Symptoms: Not Attributable to a Focal Area of the Brain and Therefore Very Unlikely to Represent TIA Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
Falciparum malaria Chemotherapy of Falciparum Malaria (See Guidelines and British National Formulary) Fever on Return from Abroad Causes of Hypoglycaemia Differential Diagnosis of Systemic Vasculitis Jaundice with Abnormal Conscious Level/Mental State
Falls in older people Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Falls in Older People
Familial Mediterranean Fever
Fanconi syndrome Causes of Hypokalaemia Disorders of Plasma Phosphate Concentration Causes of Hypophosphataemia
Fat emboli Causes of Acute Pulmonary Oedema Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)
Febrile convulsions in childhood
Feet infections Hyperosmolar Hyperglycaemic State Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Felty syndrome
Femoral hernia
Femoral veins Focused Assessment in Severe Hypertension Temporary Cardiac Pacing Central Vein Cannulation Infective Endocarditis Thrombolytic Therapy: Problems
Fentanyl
Ferritin Urgent Investigation in Patients with Pancytopenia of Unknown Aetiology Alcoholic Hepatitis: Diagnosis
fever
Fibreoptic endoscopy Upper Airway Obstruction Urgent Investigation of the HIV-Positive Patient with Respiratory Symptoms
Fibrinogen Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Clues from the Blood Film Management of Anticoagulation Pancytopenia and Febrile Neutropenia Urgent Investigation in Patients with Pancytopenia of Unknown Aetiology Bleeding Disorders Hypotension and Shock Management of Bleeding in a Patient Taking an Anticoagulant or Antiplatelet Drug Specific Measures According to the Anticoagulant/Antiplatelet Agent
Fibrinolytic therapy Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Management of Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STE-ACS) Acute Coronary Syndromes (1): ST-Segment Elevation Cardiac Arrest in Hospital
Finland, subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH)
See also AV block Differential Diagnosis of Bradycardia and AV Block The ECG after Transient Loss of Consciousness Classification of Bradycardia and Atrioventricular (AV) Block See AV block
Fish, anaphylaxis Differential Diagnosis of Anaphylaxis Causes of Anaphylactic and Anaphylactoid Reactions
Fistulating disease Causes of Hypokalaemia Clinical Assessment of the Patient with Vomiting Inflammatory Bowel Disease Flare Arterial Cannulation: Indications, Contraindications and Potential Complications Central Vein Cannulation Inflammatory Bowel Disease
See also seizures See seizures Hypertensive Encephalopathy
Fixed-rate insulin infusions
Flecainide Drug Therapy of Haemodynamically Stable Pre-Excited Atrial Fibrillation Drug Therapy of Atrial Fibrillation or Flutter: Medication to Restore Sinus Rhythm (Chemical Cardioversion) Focused Assessment of the Patient with an Acute Arrhythmia