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Facial examination, strokes
Facial injuries, upper airway obstruction
See also paralysis; weakness Clinical Features of Raised Intracranial Pressure Guillain-Barre Syndrome See paralysis See weakness Weakness and Paralysis
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
factor IX Management of Anticoagulation Specific Measures According to the Anticoagulant/Antiplatelet Agent
Factor V Leiden
factor X
See also constipation Acute Diarrhoea Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment See constipation
Faecal incontinence Complications of Radiotherapy Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Non-Focal (Global) Neurological Symptoms: Not Attributable to a Focal Area of the Brain and Therefore Very Unlikely to Represent TIA
Falciparum malaria Causes of Hypoglycaemia Chemotherapy of Falciparum Malaria (See Guidelines and British National Formulary) Differential Diagnosis of Systemic Vasculitis Fever on Return from Abroad Jaundice with Abnormal Conscious Level/Mental State
Falls in older people Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Falls in Older People
Familial Mediterranean Fever
Family Law Reform Act 1969
Fanconi syndrome Causes of Hypokalaemia Causes of Hypophosphataemia Disorders of Plasma Phosphate Concentration
Fasciotomies
Fat emboli Causes of Acute Pulmonary Oedema Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)
Febrile convulsions in childhood
Feet infections Diabetic Ketoacidosis Hyperosmolar Hyperglycaemic State
Felodipine
Felty syndrome
Femoral artery