Medical Encyclopedia Topics beginning with “C”

• C-reactive protein
• C-section
• C1 esterase inhibitor
• CA-125
• Caffeine in the diet

• Caffeine overdose
• Caladium plant poisoning
• Calcification
• Calcitonin
• Calcium – blood test

• Calcium – ionized
• Calcium – urine
• Calcium and bones
• Calcium carbonate overdose
• Calcium carbonate with magnesium overdose

• Calcium channel blocker overdose
• Calcium hydroxide poisoning
• Calcium in diet
• Calla lily
• Caloric stimulation

• Campho-Phenique overdose
• Camphor overdose
• Campylobacter enteritis
• Campylobacter serology test
• Canavan disease

• Cancer
• Cancer – penis
• Cancer – renal pelvis or ureter
• Cancer – resources
• Cancer – throat or larynx

• Cancer – vulva
• Cancer treatment information
• Candida esophagitis
• Candles
• Canker sore treatment

• Canker sores
• Capillary nail refill test
• Capillary sample
• Caplan syndrome
• Caput succedaneum

• Carbohydrates
• Carbolic acid poisoning
• Carbon monoxide poisoning
• Carbuncle
• Carcinoid syndrome

• Cardiac ablation procedures
• Cardiac amyloidosis
• Cardiac catheterization
• Cardiac catheterization – discharge
• Cardiac glycoside overdose

• Cardiac tamponade
• Cardiogenic shock
• Cardiomyopathy
• Cardiovascular
• Cardioversion

• Caring for muscle spasticity or spasms
• Carotid artery disease
• Carotid artery surgery
• Carotid artery surgery – discharge
• Carotid duplex

• Carpal tunnel biopsy
• Carpal tunnel release
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Carrying angle of the elbow – excessive
• Castor oil overdose

• Cat scratch disease
• Cataract
• Cataract removal
• Cataracts – what to ask your doctor
• Catecholamines – blood

• Catecholamines – urine
• Caterpillars
• Catheter-associated UTI
• Caulking compound poisoning
• Cavernous sinus thrombosis

• CBC
• CEA
• Cedar leaf oil poisoning
• Celiac disease – nutritional considerations
• Celiac disease – resources

• Celiac disease – sprue
• Cell phones – do they cause cancer?
• Cellulite
• Cellulitis
• Centipede

• Central nervous system
• Central pontine myelinolysis
• Central serous choroidopathy
• Central sleep apnea
• Central venous catheter – dressing change

• Central venous catheter – flushing
• Central venous line – infants
• Cerebral amyloid angiopathy
• Cerebral angiography
• Cerebral hypoxia

• Cerebral palsy
• Cerebral palsy – resources
• Cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) collection
• Cerebrospinal fluid culture
• Certified nurse midwife

• Ceruloplasmin
• Cervical biopsy
• Cervical cancer
• Cervical dysplasia
• Cervical MRI scan

• Cervical polyps
• Cervical spine CT scan
• Cervical spondylosis
• Cervicitis
• Cervix

• Cervix treatment – cryosurgery
• Chafing
• Chagas disease
• Chalazion
• Chalk

• Chancroid
• Changes in the newborn at birth
• Changing your ostomy pouch
• Chapped hands
• Chapped lips

• Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
• Charley horse
• Chediak-Higashi syndrome
• Chemical burn or reaction
• Chemical dependence – resources

• Chemical pneumonitis
• Chemosis
• Chemotherapy
• Chemotherapy – what to ask your doctor
• Cherry angioma

• Chest MRI
• Chest pain
• Chest tomogram
• Chest tube insertion

• Chest x-ray
• Chicken soup and sickness
• Chickenpox
• Chickenpox treatment
• Chickenpox vaccine

• Chiggers
• Child abuse – physical
• Child abuse – sexual
• Child neglect and psychological abuse
• Child safety seats

• Childhood disintegrative disorder
• Chills
• Chin augmentation
• Chinese restaurant syndrome
• Chiropractor profession

• Chlamydia
• Chlamydia infections in women
• Chlamydial urethritis – male
• Chlordiazepoxide overdose
• Chloride – urine

• Chloride in diet
• Chloride test – blood
• Chlorinated lime poisoning
• Chlorine poisoning
• Chlormerodrin overdose

• Chlorophyll
• Chlorpromazine overdose
• Choanal atresia
• Choking – adult or child over 1 year
• Choking – infant under 1 year

• Choking – unconscious adult or child over 1 year
• Cholangiocarcinoma
• Cholangitis
• Choledocholithiasis
• Cholera

• Cholestasis
• Cholesteatoma
• Cholesterol – drug treatment
• Cholesterol – what to ask your doctor
• Cholesterol and lifestyle

• Cholesterol test
• Chondromalacia patella
• Choosing a primary care provider
• Choosing a qualified surgeon
• Choriocarcinoma

• Chorionic villus sampling
• Choroid
• Choroidal dystrophies
• Chromatography
• Chromium in diet

• Chromosome
• Chronic
• Chronic bilateral obstructive uropathy
• Chronic cholecystitis
• Chronic fatigue syndrome

• Chronic fatigue syndrome – resources
• Chronic granulomatous disease
• Chronic inflammatory polyneuropathy
• Chronic kidney disease
• Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)

• Chronic motor tic disorder
• Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML)
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – adults – discharge
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – control drugs

• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – quick-relief drugs
• Chronic pain – resources
• Chronic pancreatitis
• Chronic subdural hematoma
• Chronic thyroiditis (Hashimoto’s disease)

• Chronic unilateral obstructive uropathy
• Chylomicronemia syndrome
• Ciliary body
• Circumcision
• Cirrhosis

• Cirrhosis – discharge
• Citric acid urine test
• Claw foot
• Claw hand
• Clean intermittent self-catheterization

• Cleft lip and palate
• Cleft lip and palate repair
• Cleft lip and palate repair – discharge
• Cleft palate – resources
• Cleidocranial dysostosis

• Clinitest tablets poisoning
• Clopidogrel (Plavix)
• Cloth dye poisoning
• Cloudy cornea
• Clubbing of the fingers or toes

• Clubfoot
• Clubfoot repair
• Cluster headache
• CMV – gastroenteritis/colitis
• CMV – immunocompromised host

• CMV – pneumonia
• CMV esophagitis
• CMV serology test
• CO2 blood test
• Coal worker’s pneumoconiosis

• Coarctation of the aorta
• Cobalt poisoning
• Cocaine intoxication
• Cocaine withdrawal
• Coccidioides complement fixation

• Coccidioides precipitin
• Coccidioidomycosis
• Coccidioidomycosis – acute pulmonary
• Coccidioidomycosis – chronic pulmonary
• Coccidioidomycosis – disseminated

• Cochlear implant
• Codeine overdose
• Cold intolerance
• Cold knife cone biopsy
• Cold stimulation test for Raynaud’s phenomenon

• Cold wave lotion poisoning
• Colds and flus – antibiotics
• Colds and the flu – what to ask your doctor – adult
• Colds and the flu – what to ask your doctor – child
• Colic and crying

• Colitis
• Collagen vascular disease
• Collapsed lung
• College students and H1N1 (swine) flu
• Colles’ wrist fracture

• Coloboma of the iris
• Cologne poisoning
• Colon cancer
• Colon cancer – resources
• Colon cancer screening

• Colonoscopy
• Color blindness
• Color vision test
• Colorado tick fever
• Colorectal polyps

• Colostomy
• Colposcopy – directed biopsy
• Comedones
• Common cold
• Common peroneal nerve dysfunction

• Communicating with someone with aphasia
• Compartment syndrome
• Compazine overdose
• Complement
• Complement component 3 (C3)

• Complement component 4
• Complement fixation test to C. burnetii
• Complex regional pain syndrome
• Comprehensive metabolic panel
• Compression fractures of the back

• Concomitant
• Concussion
• Concussion – adults – discharge
• Concussion – child – discharge
• Concussion – what to ask your doctor – adult

• Concussion – what to ask your doctor – child
• Condoms
• Conduct disorder
• Confusion
• Congenital adrenal hyperplasia

• Congenital afibrinogenemia
• Congenital antithrombin III deficiency
• Congenital cataract
• Congenital cytomegalovirus
• Congenital heart defect corrective surgeries

• Congenital heart disease
• Congenital nephrotic syndrome
• Congenital platelet function defects
• Congenital protein C or S deficiency
• Congenital rubella

• Congenital spherocytic anemia
• Congenital syphilis
• Congenital toxoplasmosis
• Conjunctiva
• Conjunctivitis

• Conscious sedation for surgical procedures
• Consciousness – decreased
• Constipation
• Constipation – self-care
• Constipation – what to ask your doctor

• Consumer rights and responsibilities
• Contac overdose
• Contact dermatitis
• Contracture deformity
• Contraindications

• Controlling your high blood pressure
• Conversion disorder
• Convulsions
• Cooking utensils and nutrition
• Coombs’ test

• COPD – what to ask your doctor
• Copper in diet
• Copper poisoning
• Cor pulmonale
• Cord blood

• Corneal injury
• Corneal transplant
• Corneal transplant – discharge
• Corneal ulcers and infections
• Corns and calluses

• Coronary angiography
• Coronary artery fistula
• Coronary artery spasm
• Coronary heart disease
• Coronary risk profile

• Corticosteroids overdose
• Cortisol – urine
• Cortisol level
• Cosmetic breast surgery
• Cosmetic breast surgery – discharge

• Cosmetic ear surgery
• Costochondritis
• Cough
• Coughing up blood
• Cow’s milk for infants and children

• Cow’s milk and children
• CPK isoenzymes test
• CPR
• CPR – adult
• CPR – child (1 to 8 years old)

• CPR – infant
• Cranial CT scan
• Cranial mononeuropathy III – compression type
• Cranial mononeuropathy III – diabetic type
• Cranial mononeuropathy VI

• Cranial sutures
• Craniopharyngioma
• Craniosynostosis
• Craniosynostosis repair
• Craniosynostosis repair – discharge

• Craniotabes
• Creatine phosphokinase test
• Creatinine – blood
• Creatinine – urine
• Creatinine clearance

• Creeping eruption
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
• Cri du chat syndrome
• Crigler-Najjar syndrome
• Crohn’s disease

• Crohn’s disease – discharge
• Croup
• Crush injury
• Crying – excessive (0-6 months)
• Crying in childhood

• Crying in infancy
• Cryoglobulinemia
• Cryoglobulins
• Cryosurgery
• Cryptococcosis

• Cryptosporidium enteritis
• CSD skin test
• CSF analysis
• CSF cell count
• CSF coccidioides complement fixation

• CSF glucose test
• CSF leak
• CSF myelin basic protein
• CSF oligoclonal banding
• CSF smear

• CSF total protein
• CSF-VDRL test
• CT scan
• Culdocentesis
• Culture – colonic tissue

• Culture – duodenal tissue
• Culture – endocervix
• Culture – joint fluid
• Culture-negative endocarditis
• Curvature of the penis

• Cushing syndrome
• Cushing syndrome – exogenous
• Cushing syndrome due to adrenal tumor
• Cushing’s disease
• Cutaneous anthrax

• Cutaneous candidiasis
• Cutaneous skin tags
• Cuticle remover poisoning
• Cuts and puncture wounds
• Cyanoacrylates

• Cyanotic heart disease
• Cyclothymic disorder
• Cyproheptadine overdose
• Cyst
• Cystic fibrosis

• Cystic fibrosis – nutritional considerations
• Cystic fibrosis – resources
• Cystic hygroma
• Cysticercosis
• Cystinuria

• Cystitis – acute
• Cystitis – noninfectious
• Cystometric study
• Cystoscopy
• Cytochrome b5 reductase

• Cytologic evaluation
• Cytology exam of pleural fluid
• Cytology exam of urine
• Cytomegalovirus retinitis