Hospital Medicine Secrets

I. General Principles of Hospital Medicine 1.Prevention of Complications in the Hospital Setting 2.Patient Safety and Quality in the Hospital 3.Safe and Appropriate Medication Use 4.Medicolegal Issues in Hospital Medicine 5.Communicating with Patients and Families 6.Professional Communication 7.Handoffs 8.Discharge Planning and Transitions of Care 9.Evidence-based Medicine II. Critical Care Medicine 10.Conventional and Noninvasive Ventilation 11.Vasopressors, Inotropes and Vasodilators 12.Pulmonary Artery Catheters and Intra-aortic Balloon Pumps 13.Brain Death and Organ Donation III. Neurology 14.Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attacks 15.Seizures 16.Syncope 17.Meningitis and Encephalitis 18.Dementia and Delirium in the Hospitalized Patient IV. Pulmonary 19.Evaluation of the Patient with Dyspnea or Hypoxia 20.Community-acquired Pneumonia 21.Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 22.Asthma 23.Pneumothorax 24.Pleural Effusions 25.Pulmonary Hypertension V. Cardiology 26.Evaluation of the Patient with Chest Pain 27.Acute Coronary Syndromes 28.Acute Aortic Dissection 29.Hypertensive Crises 30.Heart Failure 31.Pericardial Disease 32.Tachyarrythmias 33.Bradyarrhythmias 34.Infective Endocarditis VI. Gastroenterology 35.Evaluation of the Patient with Abdominal Pain 36.Diarrhea in the Hospitalized Patient 37.Gastrointestinal Bleeding 38.Inflammatory Bowel Disease 39.Acute Liver Disease 40.Chronic Liver Disease 41.Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis 42.Biliary Disease 43.Ileus and Bowel Obstruction VII. Nephrology 44.Urinary Tract Infections 45.Acute Renal Failure 46.Electrolyte Derangements 47.Acid Base Disorders 48.Care of the Inpatient Dialysis Patient 49.Fluid Management 50.Renal Stones VIII. Infectious Disease 51.Approach to the Febrile Patient 52.Antibiotic Resistance and Selection 53.Approach to the Immunocompromised Patient 54.Sepsis 55.Nosocomial Infections 56.Bone, Joint, and Prosthetic Joint Infections IX. Hematology and Oncology 57.Venous Thromboembolism 58.Anemia in the Hospitalized Patient 59.Sickle Cell Disease 60.Thrombocytopenia 61.Oncologic Emergencies X. Endocrinology 62.Management of Inpatient Diabetes and Hyperglycemic Syndromes 63.Adrenal Insufficiency XI. Rheumatology 64.Acute Arthritis 65.Vasculitis XII. Dermatology 66.Skin and Soft Tissue infections 67.Skin Ulcers XIII. Allergy 68.Allergic Reactions 69.Medication Allergy and Desensitization XIV. Toxicology 70.Alcohol Withdrawal 71.Approach to Drug Overdose XV. Geriatrics 72.Approach to the Elderly Hospitalized Patient XVI. Perioperative and Consultative Medicine 73.Approach to the Preoperative Evaluation 74.Preoperative Cardiac Evaluation 75.Preoperative Pulmonary Evaluation 76.Perioperative Management of Diabetes 77.Perioperative Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis and Management of Long-term Warfarin Therapy 78.Postoperative Fever 79.Medical Problems in Pregnancy XVII. Procedures 80.Advanced Cardiac Life Support 81.EKG Interpretation 82.Chest X-ray Interpretation 83.Lumbar Puncture 84.Thoracentesis 85.Paracentesis 86.Vascular Access XVIII. Palliative Care Medicine and End of Life Issues 87.Palliative Care Assessment 88.Establishing Goals of Care 89.Determining Code Status 90.Ethical and Legal Issues at the End of Life 91.Breaking Bad News 92.Hospice 93.Pain Management in the Hospitalized Patient 94.Management of Common Physical and Psychological Symptoms