The Saint-Chopra Guide to Inpatient Medicine [Paperback]

This 5th edition focuses on the most commonly encountered problems in hospital medicine, presented in a handy user-friendly outline. It provides an easily accessible framework to help students, residents, and inpatient clinicians diagnose and develop treatment and management approaches for a broad range of medical conditions.THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO INPATIENT MEDICINE, UPDATED AND EXPANDED FOR A NEW GENERATION OF STUDENTS AND PRACTITIONERSThis new and updated edition of the acclaimedThe Saint-Chopra Guide to Inpatient Medicinefocuses on the most commonly encountered problems in hospital medicine, presented in a handy user-friendly outline. It provides an easily accessible framework to help students, residents, and inpatient clinicians diagnose and develop treatment and management approaches for a broad range of medical conditions. Covering the spectrum of potential health conditions clinicians can expect to see in their hospitalized patients, this compendium of concise knowledge will provide useful reference for all levels of hospital-based physician.Composed of lists, flowcharts, and hot key clinical insights based on the authors' decades of experience, The Saint-Chopra Guide ushers clinicians through common clinical scenarios from admission to differential diagnosis and clinical plan. It will be an invaluable addition  and safety net  to the repertoire of trainees, clinicians, and practicing hospitalists at any stage of their career.PrefaceAcknowledgmentsContributorsSection 1. General Approach to Medical Problems1 Approach to Differential DiagnosisVirginia Sheffield and Ashwin Gupta2 Approach to Medical Decision-MakingVirginia Sheffield and Ashwin Gupta3 Care at the End of LifeRachel M. Denny and Adam D. Marks4 Preventing Hospital-Acquired ComplicationsJennifer Meddings5 ProceduresJordan J. Maxey and Richard J. Schildhouse6 HiccupsVineet Chopra and Sanjay SaintSection 2. Cardiology7 Electrocardiogram InterpretationChristine Sailer and Larry Allen8 Synclã>