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Wolters Kluwer | Lippincott Williams and Wilkins The Washington Manual General Internal Medicine Consult 3Rd Edition by Thomas M Ciesielski and Thomas M De
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.
Table of Contents:-
PART I. GENERAL ISSUES
1. Approach to Perioperative Care
Adam V. Meyer and Rachel H. Bardowe
2. Approach to Edema
Yevgeniy Khariton and Lois F. Richard
PART II. CARDIOVASCULAR
3.Approach to the Patient with Chest Pain
Anuradha Godishala
4. Acute Coronary Syndromes
Adam Littich
5.Approach to the Patient with Syncope
James Matthew Freer
6.Management of Heart Failure
Mark A. Gdowski
7.Atrial Fibrillation
Kelly M. Carlson
8.Anticoagulation and Surgery
Happy D. Thakkar and Mark S. Thoelke
PART III. PULMONARY
9.Dyspnea
Rachel H. Bardowell and Adam V. Meyer
10. Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
Maanasi Samant and Thomas M. Ciesielski
11. Asthma
Jaimie E. Bolda and Walter B. Gribben
12. Solitary Pulmonary Nodule
Rachel K. McDonald and Thomas M. Ciesielski
PART IV. GASTROENTEROLOGY
13. Approach to Nausea and Vomiting
Cheryl R. McDonough
14.Approach to Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Cheryl R. McDonough
15. Approach to Abdominal Pain
Surachai Amornsawadwattana
16. Approach to Abnormal Liver Enzymes
James Matthew Freer
PART V. NEPHROLOGY
17. Approach to Acute Kidney Injury
Joshua M. Saef and Melvin Blanchard
18. Approach to Hyperkalemia and Hypokalemia Stacy Dai and Melvin Blanchard
19. Approach to Hyponatremia and Hypernatremia
Asrar Khan and John J. Cras
20. Approach to the Patient with Hematuria Melissa DeFoe and Melvin Blanchard
PART VI. INFECTIOUS DISEASE
21. Pneumonia
Indra Bole and Mark S. Thoelke
22. Urinary Tract Infections Caline S. Mattar and Stephen Y. Liang
23. Cellulitis
Brett W. Jagger and Myra L. Rubio
24. Osteomyelitis Kevin Hsueh
25. Approach to the Patient with Fever
Anupam S. Pande and Stephen Y. Liang
26. Bacteremia
Shadi Parsaei
27. Intravascular Catheter Infections
Lemuel R. Non and Gerome V. Escota
28. Endocarditis Courtney D. Chrisler
29. Meningitis Steven H. Borson and Hilary E. L. Reno
PART VII. NEUROLOGY
30. Approach to Altered Mental Status
Vaiibhav Patel and Thomas M. De Fer
31. Approach to the Patient with Vertigo
Yeshika Sharma and Robert J. Mahoney
32. Approach to the Carotid Bruit
Chien-Jung Lin and Megan E. Wren
PART VIII. HEMATOLOGY
33. Approach to Anemia
Devin C. Odom
34. Thrombocytopenia
Scott R. Goldsmith and George Mansour
35. Approach to a Prolonged Prothrombin Time/Partial Thromboplastin Time
Patrick M. Grierson and Natalie C. Battle
36. Venous Thromboembolism
Ashish Rastogi and Emily Fondahn
PART IX. ONCOLOGY
37. Pain Control in the Cancer Patient
Eileen M. Lee
38. Neutropenic Fever
Merilda O. Blanco-Guzman and Erik R. Dubberke
PART X. ENDOCRINOLOGY
39. Inpatient Diabetes Management
Sushma Jonna and Michael Y. Lin
40. Thyroid Diseases
Monalisa Mullick
41. Adrenal Insufficiency
M. Phillip Fejleh and Mark S. Thoelke
42. Approach to the Adrenal Incidentaloma
Lauren S. Levine and William E. Clutter
PART XI. RHEUMATOLOGY
43. Approach to the Patient with Positive Antinuclear Antibodies
Adam Littich
44. Approach to Low Back Pain
Mosmi Surati
PART XII. ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
45. Anaphylaxis
Erin L. Reigh and Jennifer M. Monroy
46. Drug Reactions
Jennifer M. Monroy
PART XIII. TOXICOLOGY
47. Alcohol Withdrawal 367
Stephen Hasak and Geoffrey Cislo
48. General Toxicology and Opioid Intoxication and Withdrawal
David B. Liss and Anna Arroyo-Plasencia