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PLA-1 antibodies

Thrombocytopenia: Other Causes: Blood transfusions

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Placenta

  • abnormal implantation of

  • see Placenta previa

  • delivery of

  • Management of Normal Delivery: Placenta

  • development of

  • Conception and Prenatal Development: Amniotic sac and placenta
    Placenta and embryo at about 11 4⁄7 wk gestation. Figures

  • drug transport across

  • Drugs in Pregnancy

  • hormone production by

  • Physiology of Pregnancy: Endocrine

  • premature separation of (abruptio placentae)

  • Vaginal Bleeding During Late Pregnancy
    Vaginal Bleeding During Late Pregnancy : Etiology
    Some Causes of Bleeding During Late PregnancyTables
    Some Risk Factors for Major Causes of Bleeding During Late PregnancyTables
    Abnormalities of Pregnancy

    Placenta accreta

    Management of Normal Delivery: Placenta
    Placenta Accreta

    Placental insufficiency syndrome

    Postmature Infant: Pathophysiology
    Small-for-Gestational-Age (SGA) Infant: Complications

    Placenta previa

    Vaginal Bleeding During Late Pregnancy
    Vaginal Bleeding During Late Pregnancy : Etiology
    Some Causes of Bleeding During Late PregnancyTables
    Some Risk Factors for Major Causes of Bleeding During Late PregnancyTables
    Abnormalities of Pregnancy: Diagnosis
    Placenta Previa
    Perinatal Hematologic Disorders: Blood loss

    Plague

    Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Etiology
    Plague and Other Yersinia Infections

  • terrorist use of

  • Biological Warfare and Terrorism

    Plantar fasciosis (fasciitis)

    Disorders Associated With Heel Pain According to LocationTables
    Plantar Fasciosis

    Plantar fibromatosis

    Plantar Fibromatosis

    Plantar nerve compression

    Disorders Associated With Heel Pain According to LocationTables
    Medial and Lateral Plantar Nerve Entrapment

    Plantar warts

    Warts: Palmar and plantar warts

  • corn vs

  • Cornification Disorders: Diagnosis

    Plants

  • occupational exposure to

  • Examples of Hypersensitivity PneumonitisTables

  • poisoning with

  • Common Specific AntidotesTables
    Plant Poisoning
    Moderately Poisonous PlantsTables

    Plaque(s)

  • asbestotic

  • Asbestos-Related Disorders: Other Asbestos-Related Pleural Disease
    Pleural Fibrosis and Calcification: Asbestos-related

  • atherosclerotic

  • Atherosclerosis: Pathophysiology
    Atherosclerosis: Symptomatic patients
    Coronary Artery Disease: Pathophysiology
    Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS): Etiology

  • cutaneous

  • Description of Skin Lesions: Lesion Type (Primary Morphology)

  • in pregnancy

  • Pruritic Urticarial Papules and Plaques of Pregnancy

  • dental

  • Evaluation of the Dental Patient: Physical examination
    Common Dental Disorders: Etiology

  • Hollenhorst

  • Renal Atheroembolism: Symptoms and Signs

  • retinal

  • Renal Atheroembolism: Symptoms and Signs

    Plasma cell disorders (dyscrasias)

    Plasma Cell Disorders
    Classification of Plasma Cell DisordersTables

    Plasma cell myeloma

    Multiple Myeloma

    Plasmacytoma

    Multiple Myeloma: Pathophysiology
    Variant Expressions of Multiple MyelomaTables

    Plasma factors

    see Coagulation factors

    Plasmapheresis

    Therapeutic Apheresis: Plasma exchange
    Indications for Plasma Exchange According to the American Society for Apheresis Tables

  • in essential thrombocythemia

  • Essential Thrombocythemia: Treatment

  • in Goodpasture syndrome

  • Goodpasture Syndrome : Treatment

  • in Guillain-Barré syndrome

  • Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS): Treatment

  • in macroglobulinemia

  • Macroglobulinemia: Treatment

  • in rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis

  • Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN): Treatment

  • in thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura-hemolytic-uremic syndrome

  • Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP) and Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome (HUS): Treatment

    Plasma thromboplastin antecedent (factor XI)

    Pathways in blood coagulation.Figures
    Components of Blood Coagulation ReactionsTables

  • deficiency of

  • Uncommon Hereditary Coagulation Disorders
    Screening Laboratory Test Results in Inherited Defects in Blood CoagulationTables

    Plasmin

    Hemostasis: Fibrinolysis
    Fibrinolytic pathway. Figures

  • inhibitors of

  • Fibrinolytic pathway. Figures
    Hemostasis: Regulation of fibrinolysis

    Plasminogen

    Hemostasis: Fibrinolysis
    Fibrinolytic pathway. Figures

  • assay for

  • Laboratory Tests of Hemostasis by PhaseTables

    Plasminogen activators

    Fibrinolytic pathway. Figures
    Hemostasis: Fibrinolysis

  • inhibitors of

  • Fibrinolytic pathway. Figures
    Hemostasis: Fibrinolysis

  • in myocardial infarction

  • Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS): Fibrinolytics

    Plasmodium

    Malaria: PathophysiologyFigures

    Plasmodium infection

    see Malaria

    Platelet factors

    Hemostasis: Platelet Factors

    Platelets

  • aggregation of

  • Hemostasis: Platelet Factors
    Laboratory Tests of Hemostasis by PhaseTables

  • count of

  • Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Dysfunction
    Thrombocytopenia and Platelet DysfunctionTables
    Laboratory Tests of Hemostasis by PhaseTables

  • fetal

  • Autoimmune Disorders in Pregnancy: Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)

  • in neonatal sepsis

  • Neonatal Sepsis: CBC, differential, and smear

  • pseudohyperkalemia and

  • Overview of Disorders of Potassium Concentration: False K concentrations

  • deficiency of

  • see Thrombocytopenia

  • dysfunction of

  • Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Dysfunction
    Classification of ThrombocytopeniaTables
    Peripheral Blood Findings in Thrombocytopenic DisordersTables
    Some Causes of Excessive BleedingTables

  • acquired

  • Acquired Platelet Dysfunction

  • hereditary

  • Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Dysfunction: Suspected platelet dysfunction
    Hereditary Intrinsic Platelet Disorders
    Results of Aggregation Tests in Hereditary Disorders of Platelet FunctionTables
    Von Willebrand Disease

  • excess of

  • see Thrombocythemia
    see Thrombocytosis

  • splenic sequestration of

  • Thrombocytopenia Due to Splenic Sequestration

  • transfusion of

  • Blood Products: Platelets

  • in acute leukemia

  • Acute Leukemia: Supportive care

  • in cancer patient

  • Management of Adverse Effects of Cancer Therapy: Thrombocytopenia

  • in gastrointestinal bleeding

  • GI Bleeding: Fluid resuscitation

  • in thrombocytopenia

  • Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Dysfunction: Treatment

    Platinum complexes

    Commonly Used Antineoplastic DrugsTables

    Platybasia

    Craniocervical Junction Abnormalities

    Pleiotropy

    General Principles of Medical Genetics: Traits and Inheritance Patterns

    Plesiomonas shigelloides infection

    Gastroenteritis: Bacteria

    Plethysmography

  • body-box

  • Airflow, Lung Volumes, and Flow-Volume Loop: Lung volume

    Pleura

  • air in

  • Pneumothorax
    Causes of Secondary Spontaneous PneumothoraxTables

  • in infant

  • Pulmonary Air-Leak Syndromes: Pneumothorax

  • asbestos-related disease of

  • Asbestos-Related Disorders: Other Asbestos-Related Pleural Disease
    Pleural Fibrosis and Calcification: Asbestos-related

  • biopsy of

  • Pleural Biopsy

  • bleeding in

  • Pleural Effusion: Etiology

  • calcification of

  • Pleural Fibrosis and Calcification

  • cancer of (mesothelioma)

  • Asbestos-Related Disorders: Mesothelioma

  • fibrosis of

  • Pleural Fibrosis and Calcification

  • friction rub of

  • Pleural Effusion: Symptoms and Signs

  • pain from

  • Pleural Effusion: Symptoms and Signs
    Viral Pleuritis

  • thoracoscopy for

  • Thoracoscopy and Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery

  • tube drainage of

  • Tube Thoracostomy

  • viral infection of

  • Viral Pleuritis

    Pleural effusion

    Pleural Effusion
    Criteria for Identifying Exudative Pleural EffusionsTables
    Causes of Pleural Effusion Tables
    Diagnosis of pleural effusionFigures

  • asbestos-related

  • Asbestos-Related Disorders: Other Asbestos-Related Pleural Disease

  • cancer and

  • Pleural Effusion: Malignant pleural effusion
    Lung Carcinoma: Cytology
    Lung Carcinoma: Complications
    Clinical Sequelae of Cancer

  • drug-induced

  • Substances With Toxic Pulmonary EffectsTables

  • heart failure and

  • Heart Failure: LV failure

  • pneumococcal pneumonia and

  • Pneumococcal Infections: Diseases Caused by Pneumococci

  • thoracentesis for

  • Thoracentesis

  • thoracoscopy for

  • Thoracoscopy and Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery

  • tuberculosis and

  • Tuberculosis (TB): Active disease

  • tube thoracostomy for

  • Tube Thoracostomy

    Pleuritis

    Viral Pleuritis
    Some Causes of Chest PainTables

    Pleurodesis

    Pleural Effusion: Malignant pleural effusion

    Pleurodynia

  • epidemic

  • Viral Pleuritis
    Syndromes Caused by EnterovirusesTables
    Epidemic Pleurodynia

    Pleuropericardial rub

    Pleural Effusion: Symptoms and Signs

    Pleuroperitoneal shunt

    Pleural Effusion: Malignant pleural effusion

    Pleuroscopy

    Thoracoscopy and Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery

    Plexopathy

    Limb Pain: EtiologyTables
    Causes of Peripheral Nervous System DisordersTables
    Clinical Clues to Causes of Peripheral Nervous System* DisordersTables
    Brachial Plexus and Lumbosacral Plexus Disorders
    Plexuses.Figures

  • numbness and

  • Some Causes of NumbnessTables

    Plicamycin (mithramycin)

    Hypercalcemia: Moderate hypercalcemia

    Pluck test

    Alopecia: Testing

    Plumbism

    Lead Poisoning

    Plummer's disease

    Hyperthyroidism: Etiology

    Plummer-Vinson syndrome

    Obstructive Disorders: Esophageal Web
    Nail Deformities: Deformities associated with systemic problems

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