Tarascon Hospital Medicine Pocketbook 1st Edition PDF

I Code Algorithms 1
Pulseless Arrest Algorithm 1
Narrow-complex Tachycardia with
a Pulse 2
Wide-Complex Tachycardia with
a Pulse 3
Bradycardia Algorithm 4
Basic Life Support for Healthcare
Providers 5
II General Issues in Hospital
Medicine 6
Nutritional Guidelines for
Hospitalized Patients 6
Pain Management in the
Hospitalized Patient 7
Ethical Issues in the Hospital 11
Palliative and End-of-Life Care
in the Hospital 11
III Basics of Hospital Care
of the Geriatric Patient 14
Functional Assessment of Elderly
Patients 14
Pressure Ulcers 15
Interventions to Prevent Nosocomial
Complications in the Hospital 15
IV Cardiology 18
Life-Threatening Causes of Chest
Pain 18
ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction
19
Non-Life Threatening Causes of
Chest Pain 23
Heart Failure (HF) 24
Atrial Fibrillation 27
Wide-Complex Tachycardias 30
Indications for Pacemakers and
Defi brillators 31
Acute Pericarditis 32
Valvular Heart Disease: Aortic
Stenosis 33
Valvular Heart Disease: Aortic
Insuffi ciency 34
Valvular Heart Disease: Mitral
Stenosis (MS) 35
Valvular Heart Disease: Mitral
Regurgitation (MR) 36
Hypertension 37
Aortic Dissection 39
Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) 41
Syncope 42
Aortic Aneurysms 44
V Critical Care Medicine 45
Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock 45
Shock 47
Hypertensive Emergencies 48
Acute Respiratory Failure 49
Mechanical Ventilation 50
Noninvasive Ventilation 52
Acute Intracranial Hemorrhage 54
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) 55
Approach to the Poisoned Patient 56
Snake Bites and Marine
Envenomations 59
Serotonin and Neuroleptic
Malignant Syndromes 60
Environmental Emergencies 61
Sedation and Pain Management
in the ICU 63
Abstinence Syndromes 64
Diabetic Ketoacidosis 66
Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar State
67
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonias
68
Brain Death Determination 70
Evaluation of the Comatose Patient
70
VI Perioperative Care and
Consultative Medicine 73
Perioperative Cardiovascular
Evaluation and Management 73
Perioperative Pulmonary Evaluation
and Management 75
Perioperative Management of
Anticoagulation and
Antithrombotics 76
Perioperative Management of the
Diabetic Patient 78
Inpatient Management of Patients
Using Chronic Corticosteroids 78
Management of Patients with
Psychiatric Symptoms 79
vi Contents
Medical Complications in Pregnancy
81
Perioperative Management of the
Cirrhotic Patient 85
VII Dermatology 87
Dermatologic Emergencies in the
Hospital 87
Urticaria 87
Angioedema 87
Bullous Pemphigoid (BP) 87
Pemphigus Vulgaris (PV) 88
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
(SJS) 88
Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
(TEN) 88
Acute Burns 89
Rule of Nines Diagram for Burns 90
VIII Endocrinology 92
Inpatient Management of Diabetes
92
Hyperthyroidism and Thyroid Storm
93
Hyperthyroidism and Myxedema
Coma 95
Adrenal Insuffi ciency and Adrenal
Crisis 97
Calcium Disorders 98
Hyponatremia 99
Hypernatremia 101
Potassium Disorders 102
Hypopituitarism 103
IX Gastroenterology 105
Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
(UGIB) 105
Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding
(LGIB) 106
Acute Diarrhea 107
Hepatitis 108
Cirrhosis 110
Acute Abdominal Pain 113
Helicobacter Pylori Infection 113
Acute Pancreatitis 114
Infl ammatory Bowel Disease 116
Esophageal Disorders 118
Acute Mesenteric Ischemia 119
Ischemic Colitis 120
Diverticulitis 121
Bowel Obstruction 121
Biliary Tract Disorders 123
X Hematology 125
Transfusion Medicine 125
Anemia 127
Sickle Cell Anemia 130
Thrombocytopenia 131
Pancytopenia 134
Bleeding Disorders 135
Hypercoagulable States 136
Venous Thromboembolism 137
XI Infectious Disease 141
Community-Acquired Pneumonia 141
Healthcare-Associated and
Hospital-Associated Pneumonias
142
Urinary Tract Infections: Cystitis
and Pyelonephritis 143
Skin and Soft Tissue Infections 144
Meningitis 147
Infective Endocarditis 148
Osteomyelitis 150
Management of Catheter-Related
Bloodstream Infections (CRBSI) 152
Septic Arthritis 154
Workup of Fever in the Hospitalized
Patient 154
Management of Invasive Fungal
Infections 155
Infections in HIV-Positive
Patients 159
XII Neurology 162
Acute Ischemic Stroke or Transient
Ischemic Attack 162
Status Epilepticus 165
Dementia 165
Delirium 166
Weakness 168
XIII Oncology 173
Adverse Effects of
Chemotherapeutic Agents 173
Oncological Emergencies 174
Other General Rules of Thumb
for Clinical Oncology 175
Management of Common
Chemotherapy- or Radiation-
Associated Problems 175
XIV Psychiatry 177
Somatoform Disorders 177
Malingering and Factitious
Disorders 178
Contents vii
Antidepressants, Antipsychotics,
Anxiolytics 179
XV Pulmonary Medicine 183
Management of Asthma
Exacerbations 183
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
Disease (COPD) 184
Evaluation of Pleural
Effusion 185
Pneumothorax 186
Interstitial Lung Disease 187
Pulmonary Hypertension 188
Hemoptysis 189
XVI Renal Medicine 190
Acute Kidney Injury 190
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) 192
Nephrotic Syndrome 195
Acid–Base Interpretation 196
XVII Rheumatology 198
Approach to Monoarticular
Arthritis 198
Different Causes of Polyarthritis 199
Rheumatology Serologic Tests
Reference Card 200
Vasculitis 202
Index 203
Tarascon Hospital Medicine Pocketbook 1st Edition PDF Ebook

Joseph Esherick, MD, FAAFP
Departments of Family Medicine and Inpatient Medicine
Ventura County Medical Center
Clinical Asst. Prof. of Family Medicine
UCLA School of Medicine