Axonal injury, 148
Azithromycin, 114, 124, 204
B
β 2 -agonist nebulizer treatment, 66, 67, 76
β 2 -agonists, 72
Bacillus anthracis,74, 75
Bacterial meningitis, 288, 363, 364, 367,
368, 369
β-adrenergic antagonist therapy, 27
β-adrenergic antagonists, 232, 255
β-adrenergic receptor blockers, 264, 290
Bag-valve mask ventilation, 253, 284, 430
Bankart fracture, 335
Barbiturates, 544
Barium contrast study, 313
Barium enema, 116, 307, 315
Bartonellasp., 368
Basilar artery occlusion, 388, 395, 505
Basilar skull fracture, 159, 365
Bats, 483
Battle sign, 158
β-blockers, 24, 36, 41, 42, 48, 69, 222,
368, 371, 499, 500, 543
Beck triad, 151, 165, 204, 232
Bee sting, 482
Bell palsy, 394, 397
Benadryl, 363, 475
Benign positional vertigo (BPV), 385,
392, 393
Benzodiazepines, 27, 28, 250, 253, 255,
256, 282, 285, 286, 287, 289, 290,
291, 363, 482, 542, 544, 546
Betadine, 483
β-human chorionic gonadotropin (β-hCG),
112, 121, 124, 186, 203, 450, 453,
454, 455, 456, 458, 459
β-hydroxybutyrate (GHB), 250
Bicarbonate, 275, 300, 398, 423, 424, 485,
526, 527, 528, 546
Bilateral burr holes, 157, 160, 175
Bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP),
38, 68
Biliary colic, 110, 113
Bipolar disorder, 255, 291, 547
Bites, 193, 197, 205, 335, 336, 397, 478,
481, 482, 483, 486, 487, 516–517
Black widow spider, 483–484
Bladder, 155, 156, 164, 167, 175, 455
Bleeding, 36, 71, 112, 113, 117, 118, 119,
148, 150, 156, 158, 450–459, 500,
505, 548. See alsogastrointestinal
bleeding; vaginal bleeding
Blind clamping, 158
Blood cultures, 28
Blood gas, 34, 61
Blood patch, 360
Blood pressure, 402, 465
Blood transfusion, 162, 163, 170, 173,
233, 458, 459
Blumberg sign, 116
Body surface area (BSA), 478
Boerhaave syndrome, 308, 309, 313
Bone scan, 194, 196, 422
Borrelia burgdorferi, 397
Botulism, 390, 429
Bowel obstruction, 110, 112, 119. See also
small bowel obstruction
Bowel perforation, 111, 116
Boxer’s fracture, 158, 337
Bradycardia, 252, 254, 263, 264
Brain abscess, 365, 387
Brain herniation, 172, 288
Brain tumor, 291, 294, 365, 397, 429
Brain-natriuretic peptide, 76
Breast cancer, 45, 233
Bretylium, 36, 46, 222
Bromocriptine, 370
Bronchiolitis, 432
Bronchitis, 71, 72
Bronchoscopy, 157, 314, 434
Brown recluse spider bite, 483–484
Brown-Séquard syndrome, 154, 162,
164, 165
Brugada syndrome, 39
Bulimia, 546
Bumetanide, 480
Bundle of Kent, 30, 38
Burns, 54, 67, 181, 195, 205, 223, 309,
337, 396, 474, 476, 477, 478, 479,
482, 484, 485
Butane, 263
C
Caffeine, 360, 364
Calamine lotion, 475
Index 555