CURRENT Practice Guidelines in Inpatient Medicine 2018-2019


The first resource dedicated to providing concise summaries of the most clinically relevant inpatient care guideline summaries

CURRENT Practice Guidelines in Inpatient Medicine, 2018-2019 is written to spare busy physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and medical students from having to wade through full-length practice guidelines in order to provide high-quality care for hospitalized adults. With content drawn from reliable sources such as major professional societies and government agencies, each section of the book outlines the guidelines surrounding initial assessment, acute management, and subsequent care for conditions commonly encountered in the hospital setting.

CURRENT Practice Guidelines in Inpatient Medicine, 2018-2019 strikes the perfect balance between brevity and clinical necessity, delivering exactly the amount of information needed – no more, no less

Table of contents : Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 2
Copyright Page......Page 3
Dedication......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 10
Preface......Page 14
Adult Life Support......Page 16
ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction......Page 17
Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction......Page 20
Congestive Heart Failure......Page 23
Atrial Fibrillation......Page 29
Supraventricular Tachycardia......Page 33
Infective Endocarditis......Page 38
Valvular Heart Disease......Page 44
Venous Thromboembolism......Page 48
Peripheral Arterial Disease......Page 53
Pneumonia......Page 60
COPD Exacerbation......Page 70
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis......Page 78
Acute Ischemic Stroke......Page 80
Acute Hemorrhagic Stroke......Page 85
Bacterial Meningitis......Page 87
Encephalitis......Page 88
Transverse Myelitis......Page 90
ICU Delirium......Page 91
ICU Agitation......Page 92
ICU Pain Management......Page 93
Upper GI Bleeding......Page 94
Ascites......Page 97
Hepatic Encephalopathy......Page 99
Clostridium Difficile Infection......Page 100
Infectious Diarrhea......Page 101
Acute Pancreatitis......Page 103
Acute Liver Failure......Page 105
Inflammatory Bowel Disease......Page 107
Bowel Preparation For Colonoscopy......Page 111
Morie Sepsis and Septic Shock......Page 112
Skin and Soft Tissue Infections......Page 116
Diabetic Foot Infections......Page 125
Influenza......Page 133
Vertebral Osteomyelitis......Page 137
Prosthetic Joint Infections......Page 143
Candidiasis......Page 150
Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy......Page 156
New Fever in the Critically Ill Adult......Page 157
Antibiotic Stewardship Programs......Page 164
Blood Transfusion: Indications by Clinical Setting......Page 166
Platelet Transfusion: Indications by Clinical Setting......Page 167
Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura......Page 168
Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura......Page 169
Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia......Page 170
Sickle Cell Disease: Vaso-Occlusive Crisis......Page 172
Sickle Cell Disease: Acute Chest Syndrome......Page 173
Acute Kidney Injury......Page 176
Hypothyroidism......Page 180
Hyperthyroidism......Page 182
Hyperglycemia......Page 187
Hyperglycemic Crisis: Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic Syndrome......Page 190
Assessing Perioperative Cardiovascular Risk......Page 196
Perioperative Anticoagulation......Page 198
Antimicrobial Prophylaxis for Surgery......Page 200
Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis......Page 204
Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections......Page 205
Acute Kidney Injury......Page 206
Choosing Wisely – Society of Hospital Medicine......Page 210
The Palliative Care Intervention......Page 212