First Exposure to Internal Medicine: Hospital Medicine

Name: First Exposure to Internal Medicine: Hospital Medicine
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780071459013

ISBN-10: 0071459014

ISBN-13: 9780071459013

Edition: 2007

Authors: Charles H. Griffith, Andrew R. Hoellein, Heather E. Harrell, Christopher A. Feddock

List price: $72.00

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Semester Rental: $19.09 Due date: 8/13/2024

Rental notice: supplementary materials (access codes, CDs, etc.) are not guaranteed with rental orders.

Buy used: $8.04

Marketplace

2 new & used from $3.28

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

Just what you need for your rotation in hospital medicine, this unique text puts mastery of the clerkship at your fingertips. Written by doctors who made hospital medicine their specialty, FIRST EXPOSURE TO HOSPITAL MEDICINE is the book they wish they had for their Internal Medicine clerkship. The ideal databank and toolset for your rotationFIRST EXPOSURE TO HOSPITAL MEDICINE enhances your rotation with: A compelling profile of the practice of hospital medicine Just the right amount of material for your 4-week clerkship Coverage of general inpatient skills, intensive care, ACLS, and electrocardiogram interpretationIncludes system-organized review of diseases and symptoms encountered in an…

Book details

List price: $72.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical Publishing Division
Publication date: 3/2/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.90" long x 0.78" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Charles H. Griffith, III, MD Inpatient Internal Medicine Clerkship Director, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky Andrew R. Hoellein, MD, Outpatient Internal Medicine Clerkship Director, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky



Contributors


Preface


Acknowledgments



General



Introduction to Inpatient Internal Medicine/General Inpatient Skills




Diagnostic and Therapeutic Decision Making




Procedures




Intensive Care Medicine




Advanced Cardiac Life Support




Interpretation of the Electrocardiogram




Cardiovascular



Chest Pain




Acute Coronary Syndromes




Congestive Heart Failure




Hypertensive Urgency/Emergency




Arrhythmias




Shock




Pulmonary



Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease




Respiratory Failure




Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism




Evaluation of Dyspnea




Pneumonia




Pleural Effusion




Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome




Pneumothorax




Chest X-ray Interpretation




Gastrointestinal



Abdominal Pain




Nausea and Vomiting in the Hospitalized Patient




Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage




Pseudomembranous Colitis




Inflammatory Bowel Disease




Evaluation and Management of Ascites




Complications of Portal Hypertension




Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis




Cholelithiasis, Pcholecystitis, and Cholangitis




Evaluation of Jaundice




Renal



Acute Renal Failure




Chronic Kidney Disease and Complications




Acid-Base Disorders Joel




Hyponatremia and Hypernatremia




Hyperkalemia




Basics of Fluid Management




Endocrine



Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hyperosmolar Hyperglyceraic State




Inpatient Glycemic Control




Hypercalcemia




Infectious Disease



Inpatient HIV-Related Conditions




Fever in the Hospitalized Patient




Fever of Unknown Origin




Cellulitis




Pressure Ulcers




Meningitis




Pyelonephritis




Infective Endocarditis




Sepsis and Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome




Inpatient Antibiotic Choice




Hematology-Oncology



Approach to Anemia and Thrombocytopenia




Issues in Blood Transfusions




Oncologic Emergencies




Leukemia, Lymphoma, and Multiple Myeloma




Musculoskeletal



Infectious Arthritis




Neurologic



Altered Mental Status




Seizures




Stroke




Syncope




Other



Alcohol Withdrawal




Overdose and Toxicology




Pain Management in the Hospitalized Patient




Nutrition in the Hospitalized Patient




Suicide




End-of-Life Care Issues



Index