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Urine analysis
Urine stick tests
Urinothorax
Urticarial vasculitis
urticaria
Uterine disease
Uveitis Acute Diarrhoea Differential Diagnosis of Sudden Persistent Visual Loss Differential Diagnosis of Transient Visual Loss Focused Assessment of the Patient with Acute Diarrhoea Focused Assessment of the Patient with Visual Loss Loss of Vision
UV treatment
Vaginal bleeding
Vaginal discharge
Vaginal synechiae
Vagotonic manoeuvres Acute Arrhythmias: General Principles of Management Differential Diagnosis and Management of Narrow Complex Regular Tachycardia Differential Diagnosis of Narrow Complex Tachycardia
Valproate Differential Diagnosis of Headache in Pregnancy Seizures and Epilepsy
Valsalva massage Acute Arrhythmias: General Principles of Management Insertion of an Intercostal Chest Drain
valve disease
Vancomycin An Example of Initial Antibiotic Therapy Regime for Adult Sepsis (Excludes Penicillin Allergic Patients) Causes of Hospital-Acquired Diarrhoea Central Vein Cannulation Empirical Antibiotic Therapy in Suspected Infective Endocarditis Infective Endocarditis Initial Antibiotic Therapy for Suspected Bacterial Meningitis in Adults Initial Antibiotic Therapy for Suspected Native Joint Septic Arthritis Initial Antibiotic Therapy in Cellulitis and Necrotizing Fasciitis Initial Empirical Treatment Regimens for Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults (Source: Adapted from British Thoracic Society Guidelines) Monitoring in Infective Endocarditis Sepsis
Variable-rate insulin infusions
See also acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding; Sengstaken-Blakemore tubes Insertion of a Sengstaken-Blakemore Tube See acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding See Sengstaken-Blakemore tubes
Heat/cool pads
Heatstroke
Helicobacter pylori
Heliox
HELLP (haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelet count) syndrome Acute Medical Problems in Pregnancy Causes of Thrombocytopenia Causes of Thrombocytopenia in Pregnancy and Post-Partum Jaundice with Abdominal Pain, Distension or Tenderness Pre-Eclampsia and HELLP Syndrome (Haemolysis, Elevated Liver Enzymes, Low Platelets)
See also parasites Differential Diagnosis of Acute Asthma Fever on Return from Abroad See parasites
HELP shouts, cardiac arrest
Henoch-Schonlein purpura
heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) Bleeding Disorders Comparison of Unfractionated Heparin and Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin (LMWH)
heparin
Hepatic foetor Acute Liver Failure and Decompensated Chronic Liver Disease Focused Assessment of the Patient with Possible Acute Liver Failure
Hepatic gluconeogenesis