Patient Encounters : The Internal Medicine Work - Up

di Diallo - Garibaldi • 2009 • dettagli prodotto

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Patient Encounters: The Internal Medicine Work-Up provides practical, how-to guidance for medical students approaching patients for the first time in a new internal medicine rotation. This pocket-sized book covers most common conditions encountered in the internal medicine clerkship and focuses on the important stages or timelines in the patient encounter. The book identifies pertinent positives, negatives, and alert conditions in the history and physical examination; provides guidance on working up the patient, including appropriate diagnostic studies and procedures; explains the rationale behind clinical decision making; and provides diagnosis-based, evidence-based, high-yield, peer-reviewed journal references.Table Of Contents Series ReviewersPrefaceHow to Use This BookAcknowledgmentsSection 1: IntroductionChapter 1: Taking a History Chapter 2: The Physical Examination Chapter 3: Preparing the Write-Up and Presenting on Rounds Section 2: CardiologyChapter 4: Approach to the Cardiovascular Evaluation Chapter 5: Acute Coronary Syndromes Chapter 6: Systolic Heart Failure Chapter 7: Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction Chapter 8: Pulmonary Hypertension and Right Heart Disease Chapter 9: Hypertensive Crisis Chapter 10: Pericardial Disease Chapter 11: Bradyarrhythmia Chapter 12: Tachyarrhythmia Chapter 13: Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter Chapter 14: Valvular Heart Disease Chapter 15: Syncope Section 3: PulmonologyChapter 16: Approach to the Pulmonary Evaluation Chapter 17: Hypoxic Respiratory Failure Chapter 18: Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure Chapter 19: Pulmonary Embolism Chapter 20: Asthma Chapter 21: COPD Chapter 22: Pleural Effusions Chapter 23: Hemoptysis Section 4: Infectious DiseaseChapter 24: Approach to the Infectious Disease Evaluation Chapter 25: Pneumonia Chapter 26: Meningitis Chapter 27: Urinary Tract Infections and Pyelonephritis Chapter 28: Endocarditis Chapter 29: Sepsis Chapter 30: HIV/AIDS in Hospitalized Patients Section 5: GastroenterologyChapter 31: Approach to the Gastrointestinal Evaluation Chapter 32: Acute Pancreatitis Chapter 33: New-Onset Jaundice Chapter 34: Acute Hepatitis Chapter 35: Chronic Liver Disease and Portal Hypertension Chapter 36: Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding Section 6: NephrologyChapter 37: Approach to the Renal Evaluation Chapter 38: Acute Renal Failure Chapter 39: Chronic Kidney Disease in the Hospitalized Patient Chapter 40: Metabolic Acidosis Chapter 41: Hyponatremia Chapter 42: Hyperkalemia Section 7: EndocrinologyChapter 43: Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hyperosmolar Non-Ketotic Coma Chapter 44: Management of Hospitalized Patients with Diabetes Mellitus Chapter 45: Endocrine Emergencies Section 8: HematologyChapter 46: Anemia Chapter 47: Thrombocytopenia Section 9: Special CircumstancesChapter 48: Alcohol Intoxication and Withdrawal Chapter 49: Toxic Ingestions Chapter 50: The Hospitalized Elderly PatientIndex