Comprehensive Hospital Medicine:: An Evidence-Based and Systems Approach is the first clinical reference to address this specialty in a comprehensive, practical manner. Nationally recognized experts equip you with actionable information on key areas in hospital-based medicine-evidence-based practice, clinical care delivery, peri-operative care and managing hospital and program systems issues-making it easier than ever for you to provide optimal care to every hospitalized patient.
1) Communication 2) Symptom Management a) Insomnia and anxiety b) Nausea c) Constipation and Diarrhea 3) Nutrition 4) Maintaining Skin Integrity 5) Pain Management
1) Acute GI Bleeding a) Upper b) Lower 2) Acute Hepatitis 3) Cirrhosis and Liver Failure a) Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis 4) Acute Abdominal Emergencies a) Appendicitis b) Cholecystitis c) Diverticulitis d) Bowel Obstruction and ileus e) Ischemic Bowel 5) Inflammatory Bowel Disease 6) Gastroenteritis
F. Endocrinology
1) Diabetes Mellitus a) DKA b) Managing DM in hospitalized patients 2) Thyroid Disorders 3) Adrenal Disorders 4) Parathyroid Disorders
G. Oncology
1) Chemotherapy 2) Paraneoplastic Syndromes 3) Oncologic Emergencies a) Neutropenia / Fever b) Hypercalcemia c) Tumor Lysis Syndrome
H. Hematology
1) Anemia a) Transfusion Medicine 2) Sickle Cell Disease 3) Hemorrhagic and Thrombotic Disorders 4) Leukemia 5) Lymphoma
I. Rheumatology
1) Acute Arthritis 2) Vasculitis
J. Critical Care
1) Sepsis and Shock 2) Acute Respiratory Failure a) Sedation and Ventilator Weaning 3) Drug Overdose / Poisoning
K. Neurology
1) Stroke 2) Intracranial Hemorrhage a) Subarachnoid hemorrhage b) Subdural, Epidural, and intracerebral hemorrhage 3) Altered Mental Status a) Coma b) Delirium 4) Dementia 5) Pain Management
L. Psychiatry
1) Depression 2) Anxiety 3) Mania
M. Peri-Operative Care
1) Hospitalist as Consultant 2) Pre-op Assessment and Preparation 3) Post-op Evaluation and Care 4) General Wound Care 5) Orthopedics a) Hip Fracture b) Total Joint Replacement a. Hip, Knee, Shoulder c) Spinal Surgery 6) Urology a) Nephrolithiasis b) Transurethral Prostatectomy (TURP) c) Radical Prostatectomy 7) Obstetrics/Gynecology a) Medical Complications of Pregnancy b) Hysterectomy c) Mastectomy / Mammoplasty 8) Cardiothoracic a) CABG b) Lung Resection 9) Otolaryngology a) Tracheostomy b) Neck 10) Neurosurgery
N. Approach to Special Patient Populations
1) Geriatrics 2) End-of-Life 3) Psychiatric illness 4) Pregnant patients 5) Patients with cancer 6) Immunocompromised patients a) HIV b) Transplantation
O. Preventive Services in the Hospitalized Patient