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424 Index<br />

polymorphonuclear (PMN) cells<br />

138, 235. See also granulocyte<br />

polymyalgia rheumatica 301t<br />

positive airway pressure 223<br />

potassium channel blocker 18t, 76,<br />

82, 82t, 85t<br />

poultry 314, 333<br />

pregnancy<br />

cardiomyopathy 32<br />

CMV 320<br />

congenital heart disease 40<br />

genital herpes 328–329<br />

listeriosis 341<br />

medications to treat<br />

cardiovascular disease 77, 78<br />

rubella 351<br />

toxoplasmosis 357, 358<br />

preleukemia. See myelodysplasia<br />

syndrome<br />

premature ventricular contraction<br />

(PVC) 51, 97–98, 100<br />

prion 349–350<br />

prodrome 332, 350<br />

prostagl<strong>and</strong>ins 289–290<br />

allergic asthma 240<br />

antihistamine medications 247<br />

aspirin therapy 20<br />

congenital heart disease 40<br />

desensitization 258<br />

fever 326<br />

5ASA medications 260<br />

food allergies 260<br />

histamine 267<br />

immune response 273<br />

inflammation 277<br />

NSAIDs 286, 287<br />

platelet aggregation 163<br />

prostate cancer 365, 372, 373,<br />

381<br />

prostate gl<strong>and</strong> 290, 366<br />

protozoa 329, 348, 350<br />

psychoneuroimmunology 290<br />

public health 305, 332, 343, 360,<br />

363<br />

pulmonary arteries 98<br />

aging, cardiovascular changes<br />

that occur with 10<br />

aorta 16<br />

congenital heart disease 39<br />

heart 4<br />

heart transplantation 62<br />

lungs 212<br />

pulmonary embolism 224, 225<br />

pulmonary hypertension 98–99<br />

pulmonary edema 182, 218,<br />

223–224<br />

pulmonary embolism 30, 78, 110,<br />

136, 224–226<br />

pulmonary fibrosis 184, 194, 195,<br />

207, 219, 226<br />

pulmonary hypertension 98–99,<br />

98t, 182, 201, 213, 224, 228<br />

pulmonary system 175–234, 176<br />

pulmonary veins 4–5, 10, 39, 99,<br />

115<br />

pulse 4, 20, 29, 60, 99–100, 99t<br />

Purkinje fibers 4, 23, 25, 54<br />

PVC. See premature ventricular<br />

contraction<br />

PVD. See peripheral vascular disease<br />

Q<br />

quality <strong>of</strong> life<br />

coping with cancer 377<br />

living with allergies 279–280<br />

living with cardiovascular<br />

disease 73–74<br />

living with chronic pulmonary<br />

conditions 208<br />

pain management in cancer<br />

386–387<br />

R<br />

rabies 350<br />

radiation, environmental 365, 374<br />

radiation therapy 388–390, 388t<br />

adult survivors <strong>of</strong> childhood<br />

cancer 366, 367<br />

bone marrow transplantation<br />

133<br />

cancer 365<br />

cancer treatment options <strong>and</strong><br />

decisions 370, 372<br />

carcinogen 374<br />

immunoablation 274<br />

immunodeficiency 274<br />

leukemia 147<br />

lifestyle <strong>and</strong> cancer 382<br />

lung cancer 211<br />

pain management in cancer<br />

386, 387<br />

sarcoma 391<br />

radi<strong>of</strong>requency ablation 18, 19, 23,<br />

94, 101, 117<br />

radioisotope 238, 388, 388t<br />

radon exposure 212, 374, 382,<br />

383<br />

rales (crackles) 195, 224<br />

rash<br />

allergic dermatitis 241<br />

Lyme disease 341–342<br />

measles 343<br />

Rocky Mountain spotted fever<br />

350<br />

rubella 351<br />

SALT 295<br />

scarlet fever 352<br />

Raynaud’s syndrome 101–102,<br />

101t<br />

recombinant DNA 254, 278, 283<br />

recurrence 390<br />

red blood cells (RBCs). See<br />

erythrocyte<br />

remission 390<br />

renal failure 125, 138, 324<br />

reproductive system 346, 347<br />

respiration rate 194, 214, 227, 227,<br />

232<br />

respiratory cycle 193, 212, 214,<br />

227, 232<br />

respiratory failure 227–228<br />

ARDS 181<br />

COPD 201<br />

diphtheria 322<br />

hantavirus pulmonary syndrome<br />

331<br />

mechanical ventilation 214<br />

oxygen saturation 216<br />

pulmonary edema 224<br />

pulmonary fibrosis 226<br />

thoracotomy 233<br />

restenosis 13, 45<br />

reticulocyte 119, 165<br />

retinopathy 66, 259, 368<br />

retrovirus 305, 362<br />

reverse transcriptase 334, 362<br />

Reye’s syndrome 316<br />

rheumatic heart disease 54, 103,<br />

113, 114, 353–355<br />

rheumatoid arthritis 291–292, 292t<br />

antiphospholipid antibodies 249<br />

DMARDs 258<br />

immune system 238<br />

immunoglobulin 275<br />

immunosuppressive medications<br />

276<br />

immunosuppressive therapy<br />

276<br />

inflammation 277<br />

Sjögren’s syndrome 294<br />

TNFs 297<br />

Rh factor 129, 130, 246<br />

Rickettsia rickettsii 350, 351<br />

right atrium 104, 225<br />

right lymphatic duct 134, 149, 155,<br />

165, 170<br />

risk factors for cardiovascular<br />

disease 102–103, 102t

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