Clinical Care Conundrums (eBook)

James C. Pile, MD, FACP, FHM, Thomas E. Baudendistel, MD, FACP, and Brian Harte, MD, FACP, FHM, are all Deputy Editors of the Journal of Hospital Medicine (JHM), and co-editors of JHM's "Clinical Care Conundrum" series since journal inception. Together they have overseen the review process for, reviewed, and in many cases co-authored the CCC's to be included in each journal issue.

PREFACE ix

CONTRIBUTORS xi

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL CARE CONUNDRUMS IN HOSPITAL
MEDICINE 1

Robert M. Wachter

CHAPTER 2 IMPROVING DIAGNOSTIC SAFETY IN HOSPITAL MEDICINE: CAN
CLINICAL CARE CONUNDRUMS HELP? 5

Edward E. Etchells, Kaveh G. Shojania, and Donald A.
Redelmeier

CHAPTER 3 CRACKING THE CASE 19

Jennei Wei, Patrick P. Kneeland, and Gurpreet Dhaliwal

CHAPTER 4 A MIDLIFE CRISIS 27

Jennifer R. Lukela, Rajesh S. Mangrulkar, Lawrence M. Tierney
Jr., John Del Valle, and Sanjay Saint

CHAPTER 5 FISHING FOR A DIAGNOSIS 35

Colin R. Cooke, John V. L. Sheffield, and Jan V.
Hirschmann

CHAPTER 6 A RASH DECISION 43

Brian J. Harte, Gurpreet Dhaliwal, Wendy Armstrong, and James C.
Pile

CHAPTER 7 ONE HUNDRED YEARS LATER 51

Thomas E. Baudendistel, Nima Afshar, and Lawrence M. Tierney
Jr.

CHAPTER 8 THE THIRD TIME'S THE CHARM 59

Sara Mekuria, Esteban Cheng Ching, S. A. Josephson, Jinny Tavee,
and Brian J. Harte

CHAPTER 9 A FRAYED KNOT 69

Thomas E. Baudendistel, Irena L. Ilic, and Harry
Hollander

CHAPTER 10 BETTER LATE THAN NEVER 77

Anuradha Ramaswamy, Maytee Boonyapredee, Ramakrishnan Ranganath,
Brian J. Harte, and James C. Pile

CHAPTER 11 THINKING INSIDE THE BOX 87

Damon M. Kwan, Gurpreet Dhaliwal, and Thomas E.
Baudendistel

CHAPTER 12 ARE WE THERE YET? 95

Lisa H. Williams, Gregory J. Raugi, Gurpreet Dhaliwal, Sanjay
Saint, and Benjamin A. Lipsky

CHAPTER 13 A DISTINGUISHING FEATURE 105

Sanjiv J. Shah, Aubrey O. Ingraham, Sandra Y. Chung, and Richard
J. Haber

CHAPTER 14 CONSEQUENCES OF MISSED OPPORTUNITIES 113

Julia C. Dombrowski, Helen Kao, Natasha Renda, and R. J.
Kohlwes

CHAPTER 15 IN SIGHT BUT OUT OF MIND 121

Letizia Attala, Adam Tremblay, Giampaolo Corti, Sanjay Saint,
and Alessandro Bartoloni

CHAPTER 16 A CHANGE OF HEART 127

Jonathan P. Piccini, Adrian F. Hernandez, Louis R. Dibernardo,
Joseph G. Rogers, and Gurpreet Dhaliwal

CHAPTER 17 MISSING THE FOREST FOR THE TREES 137

Satish Gopal, James C. Pile, and Daniel J. Brotman

CHAPTER 18 A PAIN IN THE BONE 143

John Fani Srour, Julia Braza, and Gerald W. Smetana

CHAPTER 19 A DIAGNOSIS OF EXCLUSION 153

Iris O. Yung, Thomas E. Baudendistel, and Gurpreet
Dhaliwal

CHAPTER 20 MAKING A LIST AND CHECKING IT TWICE 161

Satyen Nichani, Sandro Cinti, and Jeffrey H. Barsuk

CHAPTER 21 CAUGHT IN THE WEB: E-DIAGNOSIS 169

Yasuharu Tokuda, Makoto Aoki, Saurabh B. Kandpal, and Lawrence
M. Tierney Jr.

CHAPTER 22 IN THE FACE OF IT ALL 177

Amit Garg, Thomas E. Baudendistel, and Gurpreet Dhaliwal

INDEX 185

"Clinical Care Conundrums is an indispensable reference
for hospitalists, hospital-based physicians and midlevel providers,
physicians-in-training, and the many other medical practitioners
who come up against difficult cases on a daily basis."
(Kingbook73's Medical Ebook and Video Collection, 15
September 2014)

"This book and this format are exceptional. It pushes
readers in a way they have not usually experienced since their
training days. It is challenging and refreshing at the same time.
Congratulations to the editors for bringing a new perspective to
life-long learning." (Doody's, 1 November
2013)