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...Harrison groove (Harrison sulcus) During active rickets, the protuberant rachitic abdomen pushes the plastic lower ribs outward on a fulcrum formed by the diaphragm’s costal attachments. The line of bending forms a groove or sulcus in the rib cage extending laterally from the xiphoid process...

... University of California, San Francisco Joseph LaDou, MS, MD Clinical Professor Emeritus Clinical Professor of Medicine University of California, San Francisco   Division of Occupational & Environmental Medicine Robert J. Harrison, MD, MPH Division of Occupational &amp...

...Rickets Vitamin D deficiency in childhood, before epiphyseal closure, results in inadequate calcification of cartilage forming new bone. See Chapter 8 , --> Figure 8-29 . Softening of bone produces widened cranial sutures and fontanelles (craniotabes), Parrot bosses, rachitic rosary, Harrison...

...DRUG LEGISLATION TABLE 1–4 Selected legislation pertaining to drugs in the USA. Law Purpose and Effect Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 Prohibited mislabeling and adulteration of foods and drugs (but no requirement for efficacy or safety) Harrison...

... induced by mannitol or by loop diuretics such as furosemide and by the administration of intravenous fluids reduces the chances of anuric renal failure if given in time. Therapy is much the same as for the anuria that follows shock (see Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine ). In cases of focal...

...Diagnosis FIGURE 75–6 Epiglottitis. Note enlarged epiglottis (white arrow) in a lateral view of X-ray of neck. (Reproduced with permission from Longo DL, Fauci AS, Kasper DL, et al: Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine , 18th ed. New York, NY: McGraw Hill; 2012.) A lateral neck...

...B. Imaging Figure 37–4. MRI demonstrating transverse myelitis . (Reproduced with permission from Kasper D, Fauci A, Hauser S, et al: Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine , 19th edition. New York: McGraw-Hill Education; 2015.) An MRI or myelogram is required to exclude...

...Diagnostic Approach (Including Algorithm) Figure 26–1 Figure 26–1 Diagnostic algorithm: Hemoptysis. CT, computed tomography; ENT, ear, nose, and throat. (Modified from Wineberg SE, Lipson DA . Cough and hemoptysis. In: Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine . 17th ed. New York, NY...