- Alcohol abuse:
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- Weight gain, excessive (Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition))
- Weight loss, excessive (Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition))
- Cirrhosis, Chronic Liver Disease (A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis)
- Alcohol-related disorder (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Substance abuse and induced disorders (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Cirrhosis and fibrosis (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Weight gain, excessive (Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
- Weight loss, excessive (Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
- Alcoholism (Handbook of Diseases)
- Cirrhosis (Handbook of Diseases)
- Weight gain, excessive (Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses)
- Weight loss, excessive (Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses)
- Weight gain, excessive (Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms)
- Weight loss, excessive (Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms)
- Be aware of the potential for opiate(heroin) drug abuse in adolescents (Avoiding Common Pediatric Errors)
- Do not assume that a negative drugscreen means that no drugs of abuse were used. Many drugs of abuse are not identified on standard urine drugscreening samples (Avoiding Common Pediatric Errors)
- Do not give charcoal for iron, alcohol, or lithium ingestions - it is ineffective (Avoiding Common Pediatric Errors)
- When children or adolescents presentwith a change in mental status, respiratory depression, gastrointestinal complications, orpancreatitis, consider alcohol abuse as an underlying cause (Avoiding Common Pediatric Errors)
- Cushing Syndrome (Adrenal Excess) (The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult)
- Toxic Alcohols (The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult)
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