Practical Guide to the Care of Medical Patient :Expert Consult Online and Print

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Practical Guide to the Care of the Medical Patient is the concise and clinically-focused pocket resource you need to get through your internal medicine clerkship or residency. Dr. Fred Ferri offers his experience as a leading teacher and clinician to help you diagnose and manage more than 225 disorders, signs, and symptoms. The new hardcover ring binder lets you carry the sections you need and add personalized materials. With the fully searchable text at expertconsult.com-along with practical information on diagnoses, treatment, procedures, and labs-this guide gives you convenient access to the information you need anytime you need it…in print and online. Key Features Provides the practical and expert guidance of Dr. Fred Ferri, a leading teacher, clinician, and author. Presents the latest clinical information, drug therapies, and lab tests to help you confidently manage patients. Includes access to the fully searchable text online at expertconsult.com, along with procedures and labs. Offers a more concise, compact format with only must-know clinical information for greater portability and ease of reference. Features a ring binder with a hard plastic cover so that you can carry the sections you need, add personalized materials, and keep everything together and safe. Table Of Contents SECTION I: SURVIVING THE WARDS Evaluating the Patient (H&P) 1. The Medical History 2. The Physical Exam 3. The Elderly Patient 4. Diagnostic Aids B. Charting 1. Admission Orders 2. Lab Shorthand Notation 3. Dictating the H&P 4. Progress (SOAP) Note 5. Consult Note 6. Preoperative Note 7. Operative Note 8. Procedure Note 9. Discharge Summary 10. Pronouncing Death While on Call 11. Discharge Against Medical Advice (AMA) C. Evaluating the Labs D. Diagnostic Tests: The Basics 1. The Chest X-Ray 2. The Electrocardiogram 3. The Pulmonary Artery Catheter (Swan-Ganz) 4. Pulmonary Function Tests 5. Mechanical Ventilation 6. Pacemakers 7. Prosthetic Heart Valves E. Procedures 1. Lumbar Puncture 2. Thoracentesis 3. Paracentesis 4. Arthrocentesis 5. Radial Artery Cannulation (A-Line) 6. Central Venous Access (CVP Line) F. Facts and Formulas 1. Cardiovascular 2. Pulmonary 3. Renal, Fluids, Electrolytes 4. Calcium 5. Nutrition 6. Epidemiology 7. Miscellaneou G. Formular 1. IV Drips2. Steroid Conversion Table 3. Regular Insulin (SC) Sliding Scale 4. Opioid Analgesics Dosing Table 5. Heparin Sliding Scale 6. Nutrition Feeds 7. Rx of Common Side Effects H. DVT Prophylaxis I. ACLS Algorithms SECTION II: THE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS: ZEBRAS OR HORSES? 1. Abdominal Distention 2. Abdominal Pain 3. Abortion, Recurrent 4. Aches and Pains, Diffuse 5. Adnexal Mass 6. Adrenal Masses 7. Adynamic Ileus 8. Aerophagia 9. Alveolar Consolidation 10. Alveolar Hemorrhage