Hospital medicine
By: editors, Robert M. Wachter, Lee Goldman, Harry Hollander.
Contributors: Wachter, Robert M.; Goldman, Lee, MD.; Hollander, Harry.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1290
Subjects: Hospital care.; Internal medicine.; Clinical Medicine.; Hospitalization.; Inpatients.
Description: An evidence-based, practical text that focuses on key issues in the care of the hospitalized adult. The 108 contributions cover most of the major issues that arise in inpatients (end-of-life care, nutritional issues, clinical decision making) as well as 75 of the most common conditions leading to hospital admission. Topics include general issues in hospital medicine; critical care, consultation, and cardiovascular medicine; pulmonary; infections diseases and HIV; gastroenterology; hematology-oncology; renal; endocrinology; rheumatology; neurology and psychiatry; and toxicology and allergy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: General issues; title: Critical care medicine; title: Medical consultation; title: Cardiology; title: Vascular medicine; title: Pulmonary; title: Infectious diseases; title: Hiv disease; title: Gastroenterology; title: Hematology - oncology; title: Renal; title: Endocrinology; title: Rheumatology; title: Neurology and psychology; title: Toxicology and allergy.