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Walnuts, anaphylaxis
Wasp stings, anaphylaxis Anaphylaxis Causes of Anaphylactic and Anaphylactoid Reactions
Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome
Wegener granulomatosis
Wells score Clinical Prediction Rules for Pulmonary Embolism (PE) Probability Estimating the Clinical Probability of DVT with Three-Level Wells Score Deep Vein Thrombosis Pulmonary Embolism
Wernicke encephalopathy Causes of Delirium to Consider in Specific Patient Groups Hypoglycaemia Poisoning Common Acute Medical Problems in the Patient Who Drinks Heavily Management of Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome and Wernicke Encephalopathy The Critically Ill Patient
West Africa, foreign travel
See also breathlessness Anaphylaxis Clinical Assessment in Acute Respiratory Failure Fever on Return from Abroad Hypotension and Shock Manifestations of Anaphylaxis and Anaphylactoid Reactions Acute Breathlessness Causes of Breathlessness in the Patient with Cancer Differential Diagnosis of Anaphylaxis Focused Clinical Assessment in Suspected Acute Exacerbation of COPD Investigation in Suspected Acute Exacerbation of COPD See breathlessness
Whipple's triad
White soft paraffin
WHO ladder, analgesia Who Analgesic Ladder Palliative and End-of-Life Care
Wilson disease Causes of Plasma Aspartate and Alanine Transaminase Levels of More Than 1000 Units/L Causes of Acute Liver Failure (Fulminant Hepatic Failure)
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (WPW)
Waldenstrom macroglobulinaemia
warfarin
weakness
Weight
white cell counts
Wolff-Chaikoff effect