CURRENT Practice Guidelines in Inpatient Medicine

Description

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

1. Cardiovascular
   1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
   2. Acute Coronary Syndrome
      1. Initial assessment
      2. Acute medical management
2. Antiplatelet therapy
3. Beta blockers
4. Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors
5. Lipid-lowering agents
6. Nitrates
7. Calcium channel blockers
8. Oxygen
9. Analgesics
   1. Coronary reperfusion therapy
   2. Management after stabilization
10. Antiplatelet therapy
11. Beta blockers
12. Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors
13. Lipid-lowering agents
14. Post-ACS risk assessments
    1. Congestive Heart Failure
       1. Initial assessment
15. NT-pro-BNP
16. Echocardiography
17. ECG
    1. Acute medical management
18. Diuretics
19. Nitrates
    1. Interventions
20. Non-invasive ventilation
21. Cardiac resynchronization therapy
22. Mechanical assist devices
    1. Management after stabilization
23. Beta blockers
24. RAAS inhibitors
25. Aldosterone antagonist
26. Hydralazine and isosorbide dinitrate
27. Implantable cardiac defibrillator
    1. Atrial Fibrillation
       1. Initial assessment
       2. Acute medical management
28. Rate control
29. Rhythym control
30. Cardioversion
    1. Interventions
31. Indications for pacemaker
    1. Management after stabilization
32. Rate control
33. Rhythym control
34. Candidates for ablation
35. Stroke prevention
    1. Assessment of stroke risk & bleeding risk
    2. Anticoagulation
    3. Antiplatelet agents
    4. Supraventricular Tachycardia
       1. Initial assessment
       2. Acute medical management
       3. Interventions
       4. Management after stabilization
    5. Infective Endocarditis
       1. Initial assessment
       2. Acute medical management
       3. Interventions
       4. Management after stabilization
    6. Valvular Heart Disease
       1. Initial assessment
       2. Acute medical management
       3. Interventions
       4. Management after stabilization
    7. Sepsis & Septic Sh

Author Biography

Jacob David, MD (Ventura, CA) is Associate Program Director, Ventura County Medical Center Family Medicine Residency Program.