Principles and practice of hospital medicine

Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Editors
Contributors
Section Reviewers
Chapter
Reviewers
Preface
Acknowledgments
PART I The Specialty of Hospital Medicine
and Systems of Care
	Section 1
Key Issues in Hospital Medicine
		1 The Face of Health
Care Emerging Issues for Hospitalists
		2 Global Health and
Hospital Medicine
		3 Racial/Ethnic Disparities in
Hospital Care
		4 The Interface Between Primary Care and Hospital Medicine
		5 The Core Competencies in
Hospital Medicine
	Section 2
Patient Safety
		6 Principles of
Patient Safety
		7 The Role of Hospitalists in Creating a Culture
of Safety
		8
Diagnostic Errors
		9 Communication and
Transition Errors
		10
Medication Errors
		11 Principles of Evidence-Based
Prescribing
		12 Tools to Identify Problems and
Reduce Risks
	Section 3
Quality Improvement
		13 Quality Improvement
and Safety Research
		14 Principles and Models of Quality Improvement:
Plan-Do-Study-Act
		15 Measurement and Measures in
Hospital Medicine
		16 Standardization
and Reliability
		17 The Role of Information Technology in Hospital Quality
and Safety
	Section 4 Leadership and Practice
Management Skills
		18 Principles of
Leadership
		19 The Economics of
Hospital Care
		20 Use of Lean Principles in Hospital Process
Improvement
		21 Teamwork in Leadership and Practice-Based
Management
		22 Patient Centered
Care
		23 Finance in the
Health Care Sector
		24 Strategic Planning: Demonstrating Value and Report Cards of Key Performance
Measures
		25 Negotiation and
Conflict Resolution
		26 Building, Growing, and Managing a
Hospitalist Practice
		27 Designing a Hospitalist Compensation and
Bonus Plan
		28 Clinical Documentation
for Hospitalists
		29 Best Practices in Physician Recruitment and
Retention
		30 For the Individual: Career Sustainability and Avoiding
Burnout
		31 Strategies for
Cost-Effective Care
	Section 5 Professionalism and Medical Ethics
		32 Principles of
Medical Ethics
		33 Common Indications for Ethics
Consultation
	Section 6 Medical Legal Issues
and Risk Management
		34 Medical-Legal Concepts: Advance Directives and Surrogate Decision
Making
		35 Preventing and Managing Adverse Patient Events: Patient Safety and
the Hospitalist
		36
Medical Malpractice
	Section
7 Teaching and Development
		37 Principles of Adult Learning and Continuing Medical
Education
		38 Setting a Learning Environment in
the Hospital
		39 Mentorship of Peers
and Trainees
		40 Cultural Sensitivity
Training
		41 The Use of Patient Simulation in Medical Training: From Medical School to
Clinical Practice
PART II Medical Consultation
and Co-Management
	Section 1 Core Tenets of Medical Consultation
		42 Role of the Medical
Consultant
		43 Definition, Principles, and Goals of
Comanagement
	Section 2
Key Issues Relating to Surgery
		44 Physiologic Response
to Surgery
		45 Perioperative
Hemostasis
		46 Postoperative
Complications
		47 Surgical Tubes
and Drains
	Section 3
Anesthesia
		48 Anesthesia: Choices
and Complications
		49 Perioperative Pain
Management
	Section 4 Perioperative Assessment
and Management
		50 Antimicrobial Prophylaxis
in Surgery
		51 Preoperative Cardiac Risk Assessment and Perioperative
Management
		52 Cardiac Complications After Noncardiac
Surgery
		53 Preoperative Evaluation of
Liver Disease
		54 Nutrition and
Metabolic Support
		55 Preoperative Pulmonary Risk
Assessment
		56 Management of Postoperative Pulmonary
Complications
		57 Assessment and Management of the
Renal Patient
	Section 5 Perioperative Antithrombotic Management and Prevention
		58 Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Prophylaxis for Patients Requiring Nonorthopedic
Surgery
		59 Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Prophylaxis for Patients Requiring Orthopedic Surgery
		60 Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Prophylaxis for Hospitalized Medical Patients
		61 Perioperative Management of Patients who are Receiving Oral Anticoagulant
Therapy
		62
Perioperative Management of Patients who are Receiving Antiplatelet Therapy
	Section 6 Medical Management of
Neurosurgical Patients
		63 Common Neurosurgical
Conditions
		64 Common Complications in
Neurosurgery
	Section 7 Medical Management of
Orthopedic Surgery Patients
		65 Common Orthopedic
Surgical Procedures
		66 Rehabilitation of the Orthopedic
Surgical Patient
		67 Co-Management of
Orthopedic Patients
	Section 8
Bariatric Surgery
		68 Common Surgical Options for the
Treatment of Obesity
PART III Clinical Problem-Solving
in Hospital Medicine
	69 Principles of Evidence-Based
Medicine
	70 The Quality of
Evidence
	71 Role of Diagnostic Testing in Patient
Care
	72 Systematic Reviews
and Meta-Analysis
	73 Knowledge Translations to
Clinical Practice
PART IV
Approach to the Patient at the Bedside
	74 Acute Abdominal Pain
	75 Acute Back Pain
	76 Bleeding and Coagulopathy
	77 Chest Pain
	78 Constipation
	79 Delirium
	80 Diarrhea
	81 Disorders of the Eye
	82 Dizziness and Vertigo
	83 Dyspnea
	84 Edema
	85 Falls
	86 Fever and Rash
	87 Headache
	88 Hemoptysis
	89 Hypertension
	90 Hyperthermia and Fever
	91 Hypotension
	92 Hypothermia
	93 Hypoxia
	94 Insomnia: Assessment and
Management of Sleep Disorders
	95 Nausea and Vomiting
	96 Pain
	97 Significant Co-Morbid Disease
	98 Suspected Intoxication and Overdose
	99 Syncope
	100 Tachyarrthymias
PART V
Hospitalist Skills
	Section 1
Interpretation of Common Tests
		101 The Simplest
Diagnostic Tests
		102 The Resting
Electrocardiogram
		103 Pulmonary
Function Testing
		104 Urinalysis and
Urine Electrolytes
	Section 2 Optimizing Utilization
of Radiology Services
		105 Introduction to
Radiology
		106 Patient Safety Issues
in Radiology
		107 Basic Chest
Radiography (CXR)
		108 Advanced Cardiothoracic
Imaging
		109 Basic Abdominal
Imaging
		110 Advanced Abdominal
Imaging
		111
Neurologic Imaging
		112
Critical Thinking
	Section 3
Procedures
		113 Introduction to Procedures
		114 Lumbar Puncture
		115 Central Line Placement
		116 Paracentesis
		117 Thoracentesis
		118 Arthrocentesis
		119 Placement of Nasogastric Tube
PART VI
Clinical Conditions
	Section 1
Emergency Medicine
		120 The Principles and Practice of Emergency Medicine
		121 Inpatient Cardiac Arrest and
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
		122 Intubation and Airway Support
		123 Co-management of Patients in the
Emergency Department
	Section 2
Cardiovascular Medicine
		124 Acute Coronary Syndromes
		125 Cardioversion
		126 Supraventricular Tachyarrhythmias
		127 Bradyarrhythmias
		128 Ventricular Arrhythmias
		129 Pacemakers, Defibrillators, and Cardiac
Resynchronization Devices in Hospital Medicine
		130 Heart Failure
		131 Valvular Heart Disease
		132 Myocarditis, Pericardial Disease,
and Cardiac Tamponade
	Section 3
Critical Care
		133 The Role of the Hospitalist in Critical Care
		134 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
		135 Analgesia, Paralytics, and Sedation
		136 Prevention in the Intensive Care Unit Setting
		137 Respiratory Failure
		138 Sepsis
		139 Surgical Critical Care
		140 The Family Meeting in the ICU
	Section 4
Dermatology
		141 Flushing and Urticaria
		142 Adverse Cutaneous Drug Reactions
		143 Papulosquamous Disorders
		144 Pressure Ulcers
		145 Diabetic Foot Infections
		146 Venous Ulcers
		147 Dermatologic Findings in Systemic Disease
	Section 5
Endocrinology
		148 Glycemic Emergencies
		149 Inpatient Management of Diabetes
and Hyperglycemia
		150 Thyroid Emergencies
		151 Adrenal Insufficiency
		152 Pituitary Disease
	Section 6
Gastroenterology
		153 Dysphagia, Aspiration and
Swallowing Dysfunction
		154 Gastroesophageal Reflux
Disease and Esophagitis
		155 Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
		156 Acute Pancreatitis
		157 Biliary Disease: Jaundice, Obstruction,
and Acute Cholangitis
		158 Acute Liver Disease
		159 Cirrhosis and its Complications
		160 Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding
		161 Small Bowel Disorders
		162 Large Bowel Disorders
		163 Inflammatory Bowel Disease
	Section
7 Geriatrics
		164 Principles of Geriatric Care
		165 The Geriatric History and Physical Examination
		166 Agitation in Older Adults
		167 Elder Mistreatment
		168 Functional Decline
		169 The Frail Hospitalized Patient
		170 Incontinence
		171 Polypharmacy in the Hospitalized Elderly
		172 Hospital Discharge to the Nursing Home
	Section 8
Hematology
		173 Abnormalities in Red Blood Cells
		174 Disorders of the White Cell
		175 Quantitative Abnormalities of Platelets:
Thrombocytopenia and Thrombocytosis
		176 Approach to Patients with Bleeding Disorders
		177 Transfusion of Blood Components,
Derivatives and Their Adverse Effects
		178 Hypercoagulable States
		179 Hematologic Malignancies
		180 Management of Emergencies in
Patients with Hematologic Malignancies
	Section
9 Oncology
		181 Overview of Cancer and Treatment
		182 Oncologic Emergencies
		183 Common Issues Specific to Common Cancers
		184 Diagnostic Workup of Unknown Primary
	Section 10
Infectious Disease
		185 Fundamentals of Antibiotics
		186 Antibiotic Resistance
		187 Peritonitis and Intra-Abdominal Abscess
		188 Clostridium difficile–Associated Disease (CDAD)
		189 Community-Acquired Pneumonia
		190 Fever in the Returning Traveler
		191 Fever of Unknown Origin
		192 Candida and Aspergillus
		193 Histoplasmosis, Blastomycosis, Coccidioidomycosis,
and Other Dimorphic Fungi
		194 Healthcare and Hospital-acquired Pneumonia
		195 Approach to the Patient with HIV
		196 Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections:
Management and Prevention
		197 Infective Endocarditis
		198 Infections of the Immunocompromised Host
		199 Meningitis and Encephalitis
		200 Osteomyelitis and Septic Arthritis
		201 Prosthetic Joint Infections
		202 Sexually Transmitted Infections
		203 Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
		204 Tuberculosis
		205 Urinary Tract Infections and Pyelonephritis
		206 Viral Infections
	Section 11
Neurology
		207 The Neurologic Examination
		208 Stupor and Coma
		209 Intracranial Hemorrhage and Related Conditions
		210 Transient Ischemic Attack and Stroke
		211 Parkinson Disease and Related Disorders
		212 Seizures
		213 Multiple Sclerosis
		214 Peripheral Neuropathy
	Section 12
Palliative Care
		215 Principles of Palliative Care
		216 Structure and Process: Communication
		217 Domains of Care: Physical Aspects of Care
		218 Psychosocial, Cultural, and Spiritual Aspects
		219 Care of the Imminently Dying Patient
	Section
13 Pregnancy
		220 Overview of Physiologic
Changes of Pregnancy
		221 Medication Management
		222 Critical Care of the Pregnant Patient
		223 Common Medical Problems in Pregnancy
		224 Postpartum Consultation for
Common Complaints
	Section 14
Psychiatry
		225 Mood and Anxiety Disorders
		226 Assessment and Management of Psychosis
		227 Decision-Making Capacity
		228 Eating Disorders
		229 The Suicidal Patient
		230 The Difficult Patient
		231 Approach to the Patient with Multiple
Unexplained Somatic Symptoms
	Section
15 Addiction
		232 Patients with Multiple Unexplained
Somatic Symptoms
		233 Sedatives
		234 Opioids
		235 Stimulants
		236 Other Drugs of Abuse
	Section 16
Pulmonary and Allergy Immunology
		237 Allergy and Anaphylaxis
		238 Asthma
		239 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
		240 Cystic Fibrosis
		241 Interstitial and Diffuse Parenchymal
Lung Diseases
		242 Sleep Apnea and Obesity
Hypoventilation Syndrome
		243 Pleural Diseases
		244 Pulmonary Hypertension
	Section
17 Renal
		245 Acid-base Disorders
		246 Acute Kidney Injury
		247 Calcium Disorders
		248 Chronic Kidney Disease and Dialysis
		249 Disorders of Sodium and Water Balance
		250 Potassium and Magnesium Disorders
		251 Kidney Stones
		252 Hypertensive Urgencies
		253 Secondary Hypertension
	Section
18 Rheumatology
		254 Rheumatologic Emergencies
		255 Gout, Pseudogout, and Osteoarthritis
		256 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
		257 Rheumatoid Arthritis and Other
Inflammatory Arthritides
		258 Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation
	Section 19
Vascular Medicine
		259 Diagnosis of Venous Thromboembolism
		260 Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism
		261 Anticoagulant Therapy
		262 Diseases of the Aorta
		263 Peripheral Arterial Disease
		264 Vasculitis
	Section 20
Wartime Medicine
		265 Hospital Disaster Emergency Preparedness
		266 Bioterrorism
		267 Combat Stress and Related Disorders
		268 Blast-induced Traumatic Brain
Injury and Polytrauma
		269 Hospitalists in the Veterans Health Administration:
An Integrated Health Care System
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