Calcitonin, 394
Calcium, 477, 529, 545
Calcium channel blockers (CCBs), 36, 40,
41, 47, 69, 222, 255, 544
Calcium chloride, 31, 477
Calcium gluconate, 31, 36, 225, 477
Caloric stimulation testing, 393
Campylobacter, 123
Canadian C-Spine Rule, 165
Cannabis, 67
Capnocytophaga canimorsus, 414
Carbon monoxide poisoning, 366,
369, 391
Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors, 361, 364,
485, 500
Carboxyhemoglobin level, 369, 391
Cardiac biomarkers, 34, 44, 45, 47
Cardiac catheterization, 25, 31, 108
Cardiac dysrhythmias, 31, 33, 35, 36, 39,
42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 169, 258, 263,
282, 286, 387. See alsomyocardial
infarction
Cardiac enzymes, 40, 41
Cardiac ischemia, 30, 45, 47, 68, 481
Cardiac monitor, 24
Cardiac tamponade, 45, 150, 151, 165,
204, 225, 232, 233, 234
Cardiogenic shock, 36, 221, 224, 226,
227, 229, 231, 435
Carotid artery dissections, 357, 395
Carotid sinus sensitivity, 35, 221
Carpal tunnel syndrome, 395
Carpal-pedal spasm, 73
Cat bite, 197, 478, 516–517
Cathartics, 265
Catheterization, 25, 31, 108, 436
Cauda equina syndrome, 156, 164, 175
Cavernous sinus syndrome, 395
Cecal volvulus, 316
Cefazolin, 195
Cefotaxime, 109
Ceftriaxone, 109, 124, 196, 357, 397, 527
Cefuroxime, 204, 502
Cell vaccine, 483, 487
Center for Disease Control, 203
Centor criteria, 199–200
Central cord syndrome, 155, 161, 164
Central dopamine depletion, 291
Central nervous system (CNS)
toxoplasmosis, 365
Central venous line, 191, 234
Cephalosporins, 109, 114, 206, 335,
426, 478
Cerebral concussion, 148
Cerebral contusions, 148
Cerebral ischemia, 286, 288
Cerebral vascular accident (CVA), 295
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), 159, 288–289,
360, 361, 363, 364, 365–366,
367–368, 370, 389, 428
Cerebrospinal fluid otorrhea, 159
Cervical emphysema, 26
Cervical flexion injuries, 164
Cervical lymphadenopathy, 197, 200,
202, 422
Cervical motion tenderness, 119
Cervical neuralgia, 362
Cervical polyps, 456
Cervical spine imaging, 165
Cervical spine injury, 170
Cervicitis, 112, 119
Cesarean-section, 174, 451, 458
Chagas disease, 204
Chalazion, 498
Charcot triad, 112, 287
Chest pain, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 35,
37, 39, 41, 45, 64, 65, 66, 69, 105,
108, 154, 203, 222, 234, 260, 283,
308, 309, 313, 314, 391, 396, 540,
541.See alsocardiac dysrhythmias
Chest tube. Seethoracotomy
Chilblains, 474
Chlamydia, 112, 124
Chlamydia pneumoniae, 69
Chlamydia trachomatis,114, 119, 127, 203
Chlordiazepoxide, 527
Chlorhexidine, 475
Chlorpromazine, 542
Cholangitis, 110, 112
Cholecystitis, 107, 109, 110, 111, 112,
115, 119, 120, 312, 316
Cholelithiasis, 115, 119
Cholinergic crisis, 250
Cholinergic syndrome, 250, 252, 254
Chorioamnionitis, 459
Chromic gut suture, 515556 Index