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

by Ferri, Fred F.

• ISBN13: 9780323071581
• ISBN10: 0323071589
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-06-11
• Publisher: Elsevier Science Health Science div

Summary

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. 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.Your purchase entitles you to access the web site until the next edition is published, or until the current edition is no longer offered for sale by Elsevier, whichever occurs first. Elsevier reserves the right to offer a suitable replacement product (such as a downloadable or CD-ROM-based electronic version) should access to the web site be discontinued. Registration and use of the web site is subject to the terms of the non-transferable, limited license under which access to the site and its content is granted by Elsevier. Access to the site by individuals is limited to the first retail purchaser and may not be transferred to another party by resale, lending or other means.

Table of Contents

Surviving the Wards

Evaluating the Patient (H&P)

The Medical History

The Physical Exam

The Elderly Patient

Diagnostic Aids

Charting

Admission Orders

Lab Shorthand Notation

Dictating the H&P

Progress (SOAP) Note

Consult Note

Preoperative Note

Operative Note

Procedure Note

Discharge Summary

Pronouncing Death While on Call

Discharge Against Medical Advice (AMA)

Evaluating the Labs

Diagnostic Tests: The Basics

The Chest X-Ray

The Electrocardiogram

The Pulmonary Artery Catheter (Swan-Ganz)

Pulmonary Function Tests

Mechanical Ventilation

Pacemakers

Prosthetic Heart Valves

Procedures

Lumbar Puncture

Thoracentesis

Paracentesis

Arthrocentesis

Radial Artery Cannulation (A-Line)

Central Venous Access (CVP Line)

Facts and Formulas

Cardiovascular

Pulmonary

Renal, Fluids, Electrolytes

Calcium

Nutrition

Epidemiology

Miscellaneous

Formulary

IV Drips

Steroid Conversion Table

Regular Insulin (SC) Sliding Scale

Opioid Analgesics Dosing Table

Heparin Sliding Scale

Nutrition Feeds

Rx of Common Side Effects

DVT Prophylaxis

ACLS Algorithms

The Differential Diagnosis: Zebras Or Horses?

Abdominal Distention

Abdominal Pain

Abortion, Recurrent

Aches and Pains, Diffuse

Adnexal Mass

Adrenal Masses

Adynamic Ileus

Aerophagia

Alveolar Consolidation

Alveolar Hemorrhage

Amenorrhea

Amnesia

Anal Incontinence

Anisocoria

Anovulation

Arterial Occlusion

Arthritis and Eye Lesions

Arthritis and Heart Murmur

Arthritis and Muscle Weakness

Arthritis and Rash

Arthritis and Subcutaneous Nodules

Arthritis and Weight Loss

Arthritis, Fever, and Rash

Arthritis, Monoarticular and Oligoarticular

Arthritis, Polyarticular

Ataxia

AV Nodal Block

Back Pain

Bone Pain

Bradycardia, Sinus

Breast Inflammatory Lesion

Breast Mass

Breath Odor

Breathing, Noisy

Bullous Diseases

Calcifications on Chest X-Ray

Cardiac Arrest, Nontraumatic

Cardiac Enlargement

Cardiac Murmurs

Cavitary Lesion on Chest X-Ray

Chest Pain (Nonpleuritic)

Chest Pain (Pleuritic)

Clubbing

Color Changes, Cutaneous

Coma

Coma, Normal Computed Tomography

Constipation

Cough

Crystal Deposition Arthritides

Cyanosis

Demyelinating Diseases

Diarrhea, Tube-Fed Patient

Diplopia, Binocular

Dry eye

Dysphagia

Dyspnea

Dysuria

Dystonia

Earache

ECG: ST-T Wave Changes

ECG: T Wave Changes

Edema, Generalized

Edema, Leg, Unilateral

Edema of Lower Extremities

Elevated Hemidiaphragm

Emboli, Arterial

Encephalopathy, Metabolic

Epilepsy

Epistaxis

Esophageal Perforation

Eye Pain

Facial Pain

Facial Paralysis

Fatigue

Fatty Liver

Fever and Jaundice

Fever and Rash

Flank Pain

Flushing

Galactorrhea

Gastric Emptying, Delayed

Gastric Emptying, Rapid

Genital Discharge

Genital Sores

Goiter

Granulomatous Lung Diseases

Gynecomastia

Halitosis

Headache

Hearing Loss, Acute

Heartburn and Indigestion

Hemarthrosis

Hematuria

Hemiparesis/Hemiplegia

Hemolysis and Hemoglobinuria

Hemoptysis

Hepatic Coma

Hepatic Cysts

Hepatic Granulomas

Hepatomegaly

Hirsutism

Hoarseness

Hydrocephalus

Hydronephrosis

Hypercapnia, Persistent

Hyperpigmentation

Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy

Hyperventilation, Persistent

Hypocapnia

Hypogonadism

Hypopigmentation

Hypotension, Postural

Ischemic Colitis, Nonocclusive

Ischemic Necrosis of Cartilage and Bone

Jaundice

Joint Swelling

Jugular Venous Distention

Leg Cramps, Nocturnal

Leg Ulcers

Leukocoria

Livedo Reticularis

Lymphadenopathy

Mediastinal Masses or Widening on Chest X-Ray

Mesenteric Ischemia, Nonocclusive

Mesenteric Venous Thrombosis

Metastatic Neoplasms

Miosis

Mononeuropathy

Muscle Weakness

Mydriasis

Myelopathy and Myelitis

Myopathies, Infectious

Myopathies, Inflammatory

Myotonia

Nail Clubbing

Nausea and Vomiting

Neck Mass

Nystagmus

Ophthalmoplegia

Palpitations

Papilledema

Paraplegia

Paresthesias

Pelvic Mass

Pericardial Effusion

Pleural Effusions

Pneumonia, Recurrent

Polyneuropathy, Symmetric

Polyuria

Popliteal Swelling

Portal Hypertension

Postmenopausal Bleeding

Proptosis

Proteinuria

Pruritus

Pruritus Ani

Pseudoinfarction

Ptosis

Pulmonary Crackles

Pulmonary Lesions

Pulmonary Nodule, Solitary

Purpura

Rectal Pain

Red Eye

Renal Artery Occlusion, Causes

Scrotal Swelling

Seizures

Shoulder Pain

Small Bowel Obstruction

Sore Throat

Spastic Paraplegias

Spinal Cord Dysfunction

Splenomegaly

Spondyloarthropathies

Steatohepatitis

Stroke

Stroke, Young Adult

Swollen Limb

Tardive Dyskinesia

Taste and Smell Loss

Testicular Pain

Tick-Related Infections

Tremor

Urethral Discharge and Dysuria

Urinary Retention, Acute

Vaginitis

Vasculitis

Vertigo

Viral Hepatitis

Vision Loss, Acute, Painful

Vision Loss, Acute, Painless

Vision Loss, Chronic, Progressive

Visual Field Defects

Vocal Cord Paralysis

Vomiting

Weakness, Acute, Emergent

Weight Gain

Weight Loss

Wheezing

Diseases and Disorders

Abscess, Brain

Abscess, Breast

Abscess, Epidural

Abscess, Liver

Abscess, Lung

Abscess, Pelvic

Abscess, Perirectal

Abscess, Peritonsillar

Abscess, Retropharyngeal

Abscess, Spinal Epidural

Acetaminophen Poisoning

Acid-Base Disturbances

Acidosis, Metabolic

Acidosis, Respiratory

Acromegaly

Actinomycosis

Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS; MI, STEMI, NSTEMI, Unstable Angina)

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

Acute Tubular Necrosis (ATN)

Adrenal Insufficiency (Addison's Disease)

Alcohol Withdrawal

Alkalosis, Metabolic

Alkalosis, Respiratory

Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency (AAT)

Altitude Sickness

Amaurosis Fugax

Amebiasis

Amphetamine Overdose

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Anaphylaxis

Anemia, Aplastic

Anemia, Autoimmune Hemolytic

Anemia, Iron Deficiency

Anemia, Macrocytic

Anemia, Microcytic

Anemia, Normocytic

Anemia of Chronic Disease (ACD)

Anemia, Pernicious

Anemia, Sideroblastic

Aneurysm, Abdominal Aorta

Angioedema

Ankylosing Spondylitis

Anorexia Nervosa

Anoxic Brain Injury

Anticoagulant Therapy Overdose

Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome (APS)

Aortic Dissection

Aortic Regurgitation

Aortic Stenosis

Appendicitis

Arthritis, Infectious (Septic Arthritis)

Arthritis, Juvenile Rheumatoid (Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis)

Arthritis, Psoriatic

Asbestosis

Ascariasis

Ascites

Aseptic Necrosis

Aspergillosis

Asthma

Astrocytoma

Atelectasis

Atrial Fibrillation (AF)

Atrial Flutter

Atrial Myxoma

Atrial Septal Defect (ASD)

Babesiosis

Balanitis

Barbiturate Overdose

Barrett's Esophagus

Bartter's Syndrome

Behcet's Syndrome

Bell's Palsy

Benzodiazepine Overdose

Bite Wounds

Bites and Stings, Arachnids

Bites and Stings, Insect

Bites, Snake

Botulism

Breast Cancer

Bronchiectasis

Brugada Syndrome

Budd-Chiari Syndrome (BCS)

Bulimia Nervosa

Bullous Pemphigoid

Burns

Candidiasis

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Carcinoid Syndrome

Cardiac Risk Assessment for Noncardiac Surgery

Cardiac Tamponade

Cardiomyopathy, Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular

Cardiomyopathy, Dilated (Congestive)

Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic (HCM, IHSS)

Cardiomyopathy, Restrictive

Carotid Sinus Syndrome

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Cat-Scratch Disease (CSD, Bartonellosis)

Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis (CST)

Celiac Disease

Cellulitis

Chancroid

Chlamydia Genital Infections

Cholangitis

Cholecystitis

Choledocholithiasis

Cholelithiasis

Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP)

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Churg-Strauss Syndrome (Allergic Angiitis, Allergic Granulomatosis)

Cirrhosis

Cirrhosis, Primary Biliary

Clostridial Myonecrosis (Gas Gangrene)

Cocaine Overdose

Coccidioidomycosis

Colorectal Cancer (CRC)

Condyloma Acuminatum

Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)

Constrictive Pericarditis, Chronic

Cor Pulmonale

Coronary Artery Disease (CAD; Angina, Atherosclerotic Heart Disease)

Crohn's Disease

Cryoglobulin Syndromes

Cryptococcosis

Cryptosporidiosis

Cushing's Syndrome

Cystic Fibrosis (CF)

Cytomegalovirus

Decubitus Ulcers (Pressure Ulcers)

Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)

Delirium and Dementia

Diabetes Insipidus

Diabetic Ketoacidosis

Diabetes Mellitus (DM)

Diarrhea

Diffuse Interstitial Lung Disease (Interstitial Lung Disease, ILD)

Digitalis Toxicity

Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)

Diverticular Disease

Dumping Syndrome

Echinococcosis

Ehrlichiosis (Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis, HGE)

Electrical Injury

Electromechanical Dissociation (EMD)

Emergency Contraception

Empyema

Encephalitis, Acute Viral

Encephalopathy

Endocarditis

Eosinophilic Fasciitis

Eosinophilic Pneumonia

Epididymitis

Epidural Hematoma

Epiglottitis

Erysipelas

Erythema Multiforme

Erythema Nodosum

Essential Tremor

Ethanol Poisoning

Ethylene Glycol, Isopropyl Alcohol, and Methanol Poisoning

Euthyroid Sick Syndrome

Felty's Syndrome (FS)

Fever and Neutropenia (Infections in the Immunocompromised Host)

Fever of Undetermined Origin (FUO)

Folliculitis

Friedreich's Ataxia

Frostbite

Gardner's Syndrome

Gastritis

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)

Genital Herpes

Giant Cell Arteritis (Temporal Arteritis, Cranial Arteritis)

Giardiasis

GI Bleeding

Glomerulonephritis, Acute

Gonorrhea

Goodpasture's Syndrome

Gout

Graves' Disease

Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)

Heart Block, Second Degree

Heart Block, Third Degree

Heat Stroke

HELLP Syndrome

Hemochromatosis

Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome (HUS)

Hemophilia

Henoch-Schonlein Purpura (HSP)

Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT)

Hepatic Encephalopathy

Hepatitis A

Hepatitis B

Hepatitis C

Hepatitis, Autoimmune

Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)

Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS)

Herpes Zoster

Histoplasmosis

HIV/AIDS

Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Horner Syndrome

Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure (NPH)

Hydronephrosis

Hyperaldosteronism (Aldosteronism)

Hypercalcemia

Hypercoagulable State

Hyperkalemia

Hyperlipidemia

Hypermagnesemia

Hypernatremia

Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State (HHS)

Hyperparathyroidism

Hyperphosphatemia

Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis (HP)

Hypersplenism

Hypertension (HTN)

Hypertensive Crisis

Hyperthyroidism

Hypoaldosteronism

Hypocalcemia

Hypoglycemia

Hypokalemia

Hypomagnesemia

Hyponatremia

Hypophosphatemia

Hypopituitarism

Hypothermia

Hypothyroidism

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

IgA Nephropathy

Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP)

Impetigo

Inclusion Body Myositis (IBM)

Inflammatory Myopathies (Polymyositis, Dermatomyositis)

Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD)

Interstitial Nephritis

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

Kaposi Sarcoma (KS)

Korsakoff's Psychosis

Labyrinthitis

Lactose Intolerance

Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome (LEMS)

Lead Poisoning

Leukemia, Acute Lymphocytic (ALL)

Leukemia, Acute Myelogenous (AML)

Leukemia, Chronic Lymphocytic (CLL)

Leukemia, Chronic Myelogenous (CML)

Leukemia, Hairy Cell

Listeriosis

Liver Failure

Long QT Syndrome

Lung Neoplasm

Lyme Disease

Lymphogranuloma Venereum

Melanoma

Meningitis, Bacterial

Meningitis, Aseptic (Viral)

Mesenteric Adenitis

Mesenteric Ischemia

Mesenteric Venous Thrombosis (MVT)

Microscopic Polyangiitis (MPA)

Mitral Regurgitation (MR)

Mitral Stenosis

Mitral Valve Prolapse (MVP)

Mixed Connective Tissue Disease (MCTD)

Monoclonal Gammopathy of Uncertain Significance (MGUS)

Mucormycosis

Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia (MAT)

Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia (MEN)

Multiple Myeloma

Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

Myasthenia Gravis (MG)

Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS)

Myeloid Metaplasia with Myelofibrosis (Agnogenic Myeloid Metaplasia with Myelofibrosis, Idiopathic Myelofibrosis)

Myocarditis

Myxedema Coma

Near Drowning

Necrotizing Fasciitis

Nephrotic Syndrome

Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome (NMS)

Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)

Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL)

Nosocomial Infections

Opioid Overdose

Optic Neuritis

Orthostatic Hypotension

Osteomyelitis

Paget's Disease of Bone

Pancreatitis, Acute

Pancreatitis, Chronic

Parkinson's Disease (PD)

Paroxysmal Atrial Tachycardia (PAT; Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia, PSVT)

Paroxysmal Cold Hemoglobinuria (PCH)

Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH)

Pediculosis

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)

Peptic Ulcer Disease (PUD)

Pericarditis

Pericardial Tamponade

Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)

Peripheral Nerve Dysfunction (Peripheral Neuropathy)

Peritonititis, Spontaneous (Primary, SBP)

Peritonitis, Bacterial (Secondary)

Pheochromocytoma

Pinworms

Pneumonia, Aspiration

Pneumonia, Bacterial

Pneumonia, Mycoplasma

Pneumonia, Pneumocystis jiroveci (PCP)

Pneumothorax

Polyarteritis Nodosa

Polycystic Kidney Disease (Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease, ADPKD)

Polycythemia Vera

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Portal Vein Thrombosis

Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

Prolactinoma

Prostate Cancer

Prostatitis

Pseudogout (Calcium Pyrophosphate Dehydrate Deposition Disease [CPPDP])

Pseudomembranous Colitis

Pulmonary Edema, Cardiogenic

Pulmonary Embolism (PE)

Pulmonary Hypertension (PPH)

Pyelonephritis

Ramsey-Hunt Syndrome

Raynaud's Phenomenon (RP)

Reiter's Syndrome and Reactive Arthritis

Renal Artery Stenosis (RAS)

Renal Failure, Acute

Renal Failure, Chronic

Renal Tubular Acidosis (RTA)

Renal Vein Thrombosis

Rhabdomyolysis

Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)

Salicylate Poisoning

Sarcoidosis

Scabies

Scleroderma (Systemic Sclerosis)

Seizure Disorder, Absence

Seizure Disorder, Partial

Sepsis/Septic Shock

Serotonin Syndrome (SS)

Short Bowel Syndrome

Sickle Cell Disease

Sick Sinus Syndrome (Bradycardia-Tachycardia Syndrome)

Sinusoidal Obstruction Syndrome (SOS; Veno-Occlusive Disease)

Sjögren's Syndrome (SS)

Small Bowel Obstruction

Spinal Cord Compression

Status Asthmaticus

Status Epilepticus

Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS)

Stroke, Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Stroke, Ischemic

Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Subclavian Steal Syndrome

Subdural Hematoma

Superior Vena Cava Syndrome

Syncope

Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuresis (SIAD; Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone, SIADH)

Syphilis

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Takayasu's Arteritis

Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

Thrombocythemia, Essential (ET)

Thrombocytopenia

Thrombophlebitis, Superficial

Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP)

Thyroid Nodule

Thyrotoxic Storm

Thyroiditis

Tinea Cruris

Torsades de Pointes s

Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS)

Transfusion Reaction

Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)

Tuberculosis, Pulmonary

Tumor Lysis Syndrome

Ulcerative Colitis (UC)

Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)

Urolithiasis

Vaginitis, Fungal

Vaginitis, Trichomonas

Vaginosis, Bacterial

Ventricular Tachycardia (VT)

Vitamin K Deficiency

Von Willebrand's Disease (vWD)

Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia (WM)

Warfarin Skin Necrosis

Wegener's Granulomatosis

Wernicke's Encephalopathy

Wilson's Disease

Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome (WPW)

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