Washington Manual® General Internal Medicine Consult
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Concise, portable, and user-friendly, The Washington Manual® General Internal Medicine Consult, Third Edition , provides quick access to the essential information needed when performing an inpatient consult. Chapters are organized around presenting symptom (e.g., approach to nausea, approach to low back pain), allowing quick look-up of differential diagnosis and management. Ideal for medical students, residents, and practitioners, the manual is also useful as a quick-reference guide for practicing hospitalists. Key Features: Brief, focused information throughout, zeroing in on the essential diagnosis and assessment information you need for an internal medicine consult. Thoroughly revised to include new approaches to diagnosis and new therapeutic management, as well as an all-new chapter on venous thromboembolic disease. Organized by presenting symptom, making information easy to find so you can maximize your time spent during the consult. Perfect for residents asked to perform a medical consult, hospitalists, students, NPs, and PAs. Written by residents, fellows, and attending physicians from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Your book purchase includes a complimentary download of the enhanced eBook for iOS, Android, PC & Mac. Take advantage of these practical features that will improve your eBook experience: The ability to download the eBook on multiple devices at one time — providing a seamless reading experience online or offline Powerful search tools and smart navigation cross-links allow you to search within this book, or across your entire library of VitalSource eBooks Multiple viewing options offer the ability to scale images and text to any size without losing page clarity as well as responsive design The ability to highlight text and add notes with one click Cover......Page 1 Half Title......Page 2 Title......Page 3 Copyright......Page 5 Dedication......Page 7 Contributors......Page 8 Chairman Note......Page 20 Preface......Page 21 Contents......Page 23 General Consultative Principles......Page 30 PART I. GENERAL ISSUES......Page 36 1.Approach to Perioperative Care......Page 37 2.Approach to Edema......Page 72 PART II. CARDIOVASCULAR......Page 80 3.Approach to the Patient with Chest Pain......Page 81 4.Acute Coronary Syndromes......Page 92 5.Approach to the Patient with Syncope......Page 117 6.Management of Heart Failure......Page 130 7.Atrial Fibrillation......Page 150 8.Anticoagulation and Surgery......Page 166 PART III. PULMONARY......Page 176 9.Dyspnea......Page 177 10.Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease......Page 183 11.Asthma......Page 193 12.Solitary Pulmonary Nodule......Page 209 PART IV. GASTROENTEROLOGY......Page 218 13.Approach to Nausea and Vomiting......Page 219 14.Approach to Gastrointestinal Bleeding......Page 230 15.Approach to Abdominal Pain......Page 245 16.Approach to Abnormal Liver Enzymes......Page 255 PART V. NEPHROLOGY......Page 265 17.Approach to Acute Kidney Injury......Page 266 18.Approach to Hyperkalemia and Hypokalemia......Page 277 19.Approach to Hyponatremia and Hypernatremia......Page 289 20.Approach to the Patient with Hematuria......Page 306 PART VI. INFECTIOUS DISEASE......Page 314 21.Pneumonia......Page 315 22.Urinary Tract Infections......Page 322 23.Cellulitis......Page 329 24.Osteomyelitis......Page 335 25.Approach to the Patient with Fever......Page 342 26.Bacteremia......Page 353 27.Intravascular Catheter Infections......Page 364 28.Endocarditis......Page 371 29.Meningitis......Page 384 PART VII. NEUROLOGY......Page 394 30.Approach to Altered Mental Status......Page 395 31.Approach to the Patient with Vertigo......Page 405 32.Approach to the Carotid Bruit......Page 413 PART VIII. HEMATOLOGY......Page 421 33.Approach to Anemia......Page 422 34.Thrombocytopenia......Page 433 35.Approach to a Prolonged Prothrombin Time/Partial Thromboplastin Time......Page 443 36.Venous Thromboembolism......Page 449 PART IX. ONCOLOGY......Page 464 37.Pain Control in the Cancer Patient......Page 465 38.Neutropenic Fever......Page 480 PART X. ENDOCRINOLOGY......Page 487 39.Inpatient Diabetes Management......Page 488 40.Thyroid Diseases......Page 498 41.Adrenal Insufficiency......Page 515 42.Approach to the Adrenal Incidentaloma......Page 521 PART XI. RHEUMATOLOGY......Page 526 43.Approach to the Patient with Positive Antinuclear Antibodies......Page 527 44.Approach to Low Back Pain......Page 537 PART XII. ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY......Page 552 45.Anaphylaxis......Page 553 46.Drug Reactions......Page 558 PART XIII. TOXICOLOGY......Page 567 47.Alcohol Withdrawal......Page 568 48.General Toxicology and Opioid Intoxication and Withdrawal......Page 578 Index......Page 590
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