Kooperativer Bibliotheksverbund

UID:

Format: 1 online resource (433 p.)

ISBN: 1-4377-1089-1

Series Statement: Ward survival

Content: Here's an extremely handy pocket reference to assist the student, resident, house officer, and busy hospitalist address issues related to the 20 most common disorders seen in the inpatient setting. This brief, small-sized handbook offers you evidence-based information presented in an easy to reference, consistently presented outline and table format. Problem based for quick solutions in diagnosis and therapy in the limited timeframe typical of seeing patients on the wards.Provides a brief presentation of 20 most common inpatient disorders.Provides reliabile diagnosis and treat

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Front Cover; The Most Common Inpatient Problems in Internal Medicine; Copyright Page; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Preface; About the Authors; Table of Contents; SECTION I: Cardiology; CHAPTER 1. Atrial Fibrillation; KEY POINTS; DEFINITIONS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; CLINICAL FEATURES AND EVALUATION; TREATMENT; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2. Heart Failure; KEY POINTS; DEFINITIONS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SYMPTOMS; SIGNS; LABORATORY DATA; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; TREATMENT; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3. Unstable Angina and Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction; KEY POINTS; DEFINITIONS; EPIDEMIOLOGY , PATHOGENESISCLINICAL FEATURES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; MANAGEMENT; REFERENCES; SECTION II: Endocrinology; CHAPTER 4. Adrenal Insufficiency; KEY POINTS; DEFINITION AND EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURES; DIAGNOSIS; MANAGEMENT; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5. Diabetic Ketoacidosis; KEY POINTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PRECIPITANTS; SYMPTOMS; SIGNS; LABORATORY DATA; TREATMENT; TRANSITIONING TO SUBCUTANEOUS INSULIN; COMPLICATIONS; REFERENCES; SECTION III: Gastroenterology; CHAPTER 6. Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Bleed; KEY POINTS; DEFINITIONS; ETIOLOGY; DEFINITIVE MANAGEMENT; REFERENCES , CHAPTER 7. Acute PancreatitisKEY POINTS; DEFINITIONS; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY; ETIOLOGY; DETERMINING THE ETIOLOGY OF ACUTE PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURES; DIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 8. Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleed; KEY POINTS; DEFINITIONS; INITIAL EVALUATION; INITIAL MANAGEMENT; DEFINITIVE MANAGEMENT; REFERENCES; SECTION IV: Hematology; CHAPTER 9. Anemia; KEY POINTS; DEFINITIONS; SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF ANEMIA; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 10. Venous Thromboembolism; KEY POINTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM , LABORATORY DATAIMAGING TESTS; WHEN TO TEST FOR HYPERCOAGULABLE STATES; TREATMENT; DURATION OF ANTICOAGULATION; EXCESSIVE ANTICOAGULATION-WHAT TO DO?; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; PREVENTION OF VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; POST-THROMBOTIC SYNDROME; REFERENCES; SECTION V: Infectious Diseases; CHAPTER 11. Cellulitis and Diabetic Foot Infections; KEY POINTS; DEFINITION AND EPIDEMIOLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURES AND DIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 12. Clostridium Difficile Infection; KEY POINTS; DEFINITION AND EPIDEMIOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; CLINICAL FEATURES; DIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT; REFERENCES , CHAPTER 13. Community-Acquired PneumoniaKEY POINTS; DEFINITIONS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS; TREATMENT; WHEN IS THE CAP PATIENT READY FOR DISCHARGE?; PREVENTION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 14. Urinary Tract Infections; KEY POINTS; DEFINITION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; CLINICAL FEATURES AND DIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT; REFERENCES; SECTION VI: Pulmonary; CHAPTER 15. Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; KEY POINTS; DEFINITIONS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PRECIPITANTS; DIAGNOSIS; SIGNS; ACUTE TREATMENT; IS THE PATIENT READY FOR HOSPITAL DISCHARGE?; REFERENCES , CHAPTER 16. Acute Asthma , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 1-4160-3203-7

Language: English