First Exposure to Internal Medicine: Hospital Medicine Book

Contributors     xi
Preface     xvii
Acknowledgments     xx
General     1
Introduction to Inpatient Internal Medicine/General Inpatient Skills   Heather E. Harrell     3
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Decision Making   Cynthia H. Ledford     11
Procedures   Deanna Todd Tzanetos     17
Intensive Care Medicine   Ketan P. Buch     23
Advanced Cardiac Life Support   Eric Alper     33
Interpretation of the Electrocardiogram   Alison L. Bailey     39
Cardiovascular     55
Chest Pain   D. Stephen Goggans     57
Acute Coronary Syndromes   Pat F. Bass     62
Congestive Heart Failure   Charles H. Griffith     68
Hypertensive Urgency/Emergency   Christopher A. Feddock     78
Arrhythmias   Carabeth W. Russell     83
Shock   Dan Henry     91
Pulmonary     97
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease   Lisa Bellini     99
Respiratory Failure   David M. Hiestand     106
Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism   Thomas D. Painter     113
Evaluation of Dyspnea   R. Scott Morehead     121
Pneumonia   Simrit Bhullar   James R. McCormick   Malkanthie I. McCormick     127
Pleural Effusion   Paula Bailey     136
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome   Janet N. Myers   Russell C. Gilbert     142
Pneumothorax   Anthony Bottiggi   Andrew Bernard     148
Chest X-ray Interpretation   Eric Bensadoun     155
Gastrointestinal     169
Abdominal Pain   Carol D. Spears   Bernard R. Boulanger   Shushanth Reddy     171
Nausea and Vomiting in the Hospitalized Patient   Lisbeth Selby     180
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage   Misha Rhodes     186
Pseudomembranous Colitis   Christine Yasuko Todd     193
Inflammatory Bowel Disease   Douglas Bazil Tzanetos     198
Evaluation and Management of Ascites   Michelle L. Rossi     207
Complications of Portal Hypertension   Alexander I. Reiss     216
Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis   Kristy S. Deep     225
Cholelithiasis, Pcholecystitis, and Cholangitis   Phillip K. Chang   Richard Schwartz     234
Evaluation of Jaundice   L. Chad Hood     239
Renal     245
Acute Renal Failure   David W. Rudy     247
Chronic Kidney Disease and Complications   Lisa M. Antes   Joel A. Gordon     255
Acid-Base Disorders Joel   A. Gordon Lisa   M. Antes     263
Hyponatremia and Hypernatremia   Matthew Fitz   Paul Hering     272
Hyperkalemia   Matthew Fitz     279
Basics of Fluid Management   Lisa M. Antes   Joel A. Gordon     283
Endocrine     293
Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hyperosmolar Hyperglyceraic State   Dan Henry     295
Inpatient Glycemic Control   Christopher S. Newell     300
Hypercalcemia   Steven Durning   John Poremba     304
Infectious Disease     311
Inpatient HIV-Related Conditions   Terri Postma     313
Fever in the Hospitalized Patient   Christine Yasuko Todd     319
Fever of Unknown Origin   Raymond Y. Wong     323
Cellulitis   Andrew J. Koon     328
Pressure Ulcers    Caridad A. Hernandez     332
Meningitis   Edward Cutolo     337
Pyelonephritis   Deborah A. Humphrey     344
Infective Endocarditis   Craig J. Hoesley   Ritu A. Kumar     349
Sepsis and Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome   Andrew Bernard   Paul Kearney     358
Inpatient Antibiotic Choice   Asha Ramsakal     362
Hematology-Oncology     371
Approach to Anemia and Thrombocytopenia   Sharon F. Green   Robert T. Means     373
Issues in Blood Transfusions   Mark M.Udden     383
Oncologic Emergencies   Kanchan Kamath     389
Leukemia, Lymphoma, and Multiple Myeloma   Mark M. Udden     396
Musculoskeletal     405
Infectious Arthritis   Erica Friedman     407
Neurologic     413
Altered Mental Status   Christopher A. Feddock     415
Seizures   Meriem Bensalem-Owen     420
Stroke   Sibu P. Saha   M. Salik Jahania     428
Syncope   Jennifer R. Kogan   Susan Day     432
Other     439
Alcohol Withdrawal   Christopher A. Feddock     441
Overdose and Toxicology   Ashutosh J. Barve     447
Pain Management in the Hospitalized Patient   Winifred G. Teuteberg     455
Nutrition in the Hospitalized Patient   Cortney Youens Lee   Paul Kearney     463
Suicide   Bruce L. Houghton     469
End-of-Life Care Issues   Eric I. Rosenberg     474
Index     481