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Vitiligo
Vitreous haemorrhage
Vocal chords, upper airway obstruction Acute Asthma Differential Diagnosis of Acute Asthma Mechanical Causes of Upper Airway Obstruction Upper Airway Obstruction
vomiting
von Hippel-Lindau disease
von Willebrand disease
VX
Waldenstrom macroglobulinaemia
Walnuts, anaphylaxis
warfarin
Wasp stings, anaphylaxis Anaphylaxis Causes of Anaphylactic and Anaphylactoid Reactions
Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome
weakness
Wegener granulomatosis
Weight
Wells score Clinical Prediction Rules for Pulmonary Embolism (PE) Probability Deep Vein Thrombosis Estimating the Clinical Probability of DVT with Three-Level Wells Score Pulmonary Embolism
Wernicke encephalopathy Causes of Delirium to Consider in Specific Patient Groups Common Acute Medical Problems in the Patient Who Drinks Heavily Hypoglycaemia Management of Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome and Wernicke Encephalopathy Poisoning The Critically Ill Patient
West Africa, foreign travel
See also breathlessness Acute Breathlessness Anaphylaxis Causes of Breathlessness in the Patient with Cancer Clinical Assessment in Acute Respiratory Failure Differential Diagnosis of Anaphylaxis Fever on Return from Abroad Focused Clinical Assessment in Suspected Acute Exacerbation of COPD Hypotension and Shock Investigation in Suspected Acute Exacerbation of COPD Manifestations of Anaphylaxis and Anaphylactoid Reactions See breathlessness
Whipple's triad
white cell counts
White soft paraffin
WHO ladder, analgesia Palliative and End-of-Life Care Who Analgesic Ladder
Wilson disease Causes of Acute Liver Failure (Fulminant Hepatic Failure) Causes of Plasma Aspartate and Alanine Transaminase Levels of More Than 1000 Units/L
Wolff-Chaikoff effect
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (WPW)
Xanthine oxidase inhibitors
X-rays Acute Headache with Local Signs Acute Oesophageal Disorders Spinal Cord Compression
Yellow nail syndrome
Yersinia