drinking water standards
4:19–21
environmental hazard exposure
4: 22
food safety 4:24
Healthy People 2010 4:29–30
preventive medicine 4:2, 3
radiation and biochemical
injuries 4: 386
pubococcygeal muscle 3:178, 199,
224, 226
puerperal fever. Seechildbirth fever
pulmonary arteries 2:98
aging and cardiovascular
changes 2: 10
aorta 2: 16
congenital heart disease 2: 39
heart 2: 4
heart transplantation 2: 62
lungs 2: 212
pulmonary embolism 2:224,
225
pulmonary hypertension
2:98–99
pulmonary edema 2:182, 218,
223–224
pulmonary embolism (PE) 2:30,
78, 110, 136, 224–226; 4: 211
pulmonary fibrosis 2:184, 194,
195, 207, 219, 226
pulmonary hypertension 2:98–99,
98 t, 182 , 201 , 213 , 224 , 228
pulmonary system 2:175–234, 176
pulmonary veins 2:4–5, 10, 39, 99,
115
pulp (of tooth) 1:294, 358
pulse 2:4, 20, 29, 60, 99–100, 99 t;
4:145, 369, 376
pumping the stomach. See
nasogastric aspiration and lavage
puncture wound 4:265, 363, 365,
366–367
Purkinje fibers 2:4, 23, 25, 54
purpura 1:190, 190 t
pustule 1: 158 , 190
PUVA. Seepsoralen plus ultraviolet
A phototherapy
PVC. Seepremature ventricular
contraction
PVD. Seeperipheral vascular disease
Pyridium. Seephenazopyridine
Q
quality of life 4:43
aging and physical ability/fitness
4: 215
amputation 1:300–301
anti-aging approaches 4: 58
chromosomal disorders 4: 118
chronic fatigue syndrome
1:369–370
coping with cancer 2:377
deep brain stimulation 1:250
Down syndrome 4: 123
exercise and health 4: 221
health insurance 4:26–27
joint replacement 1: 329
lifestyle and health 4: 38
living with allergies 2:279–280
living with cardiovascular
disease 2:73–74
living with chronic pulmonary
conditions 2: 208
living with pain 1:378
maldynia 1: 379
obesity and health 4: 302
occupational therapy 1:341
organic brain syndrome 1: 273
pain management in cancer
2:386–387
Patau’s syndrome 4: 136
persistent vegetative state 1: 277
physical therapy 1:349
prosthetic limb 1:351
smell and taste disturbances 1: 52
vision impairment 1: 123
quetiapine 3:367, 377R
RAA. Seerenin-angiotensin-
aldosterone system
rabies 2:350
radiation and biochemical injuries
4: 363 , 386
radiation therapy 1:169, 237, 309,
310; 2:388–390, 388 t;3:91, 147,
206–207, 232, 274, 345
adult survivors of childhood
cancer 2:366, 367
bone marrow transplantation
2: 133
cancer 2: 365
cancer treatment options and
decisions 2:370, 372
carcinogen 2: 374
immunoablation 2: 274
immunodeficiency 2: 274
leukemia 2: 147
lifestyle and cancer 2: 382
lung cancer 2: 211
pain management in cancer
2:386, 387sarcoma 2: 391
radioactive iodine 3:130, 140
radiofrequency ablation 2:18, 19,
23, 94, 101, 117
radioisotope 2:238, 388, 388t
radon exposure 2:212, 374, 382,
383; 4:43–44
rales (crackles) 2:195, 224
rapid gastric emptying 3: 48 , 86
rash 1:191, 191 t;4: 148
allergic dermatitis 2: 241
impetigo 1:166
lichen planus 1:173
lichen simplex chronicus
1:173–174
Lyme disease 2:341–342
measles 2: 343
photosensitivity 1:183–184
pityriasis rosea 1:186
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
2: 350
rubella 2: 351
SALT 2: 295
scabies 1: 194
scarlet fever 2: 352
Raynaud’s syndrome 2:101–102,
101 t;4:346, 376
razor rash. Seepseudofolliculitis
barbae
rebound headache 1:374–375, 376t
rebound tenderness 3:86
recombinant DNA 2:254, 278, 283;
4:111–112, 119, 139
reconstructive surgery. Seeplastic
surgery
rectal fistula 3:86–87
rectal prolapse 3:87
rectocele 3:87
rectum 1:367; 3:87, 87 t
colorectal cancer 3: 28
DRE 3: 35
enema 3: 40
FAP 3: 43
fecal impaction 3: 43
fecal incontinence 3: 44
gastrointestinal bleeding 3: 51
gastrointestinal system 3: 4
Hirschsprung’s disease 3: 58
HNPCC 3: 58
ileostomy 3: 60
intestinal polyp 3: 64
proctitis 3: 85
rectal fistula 3: 86
rectocele 3: 87
uterine fibroids 3: 349
recurrence 2:390500 Index