The Saint-Chopra Guide to Inpatient Medicine

by Saint, Sanjay; Chopra, Vineet

• ISBN13: 9780197754153
• ISBN10: 0197754155
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2025-05-23
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO INPATIENT MEDICINE, UPDATED AND EXPANDED FOR A NEW GENERATION OF STUDENTS AND PRACTITIONERS

This new and updated edition of the acclaimed The Saint-Chopra Guide to Inpatient Medicine focuses on the most commonly encountered problems in hospital medicine, presented in a handy user-friendly outline. It provides an easily accessible framework to help students, residents, and inpatient clinicians diagnose and develop treatment and management approaches for a broad range of medical conditions. Covering the spectrum of potential health conditions clinicians can expect to see in their hospitalized patients, this compendium of concise knowledge will provide useful reference for all levels of hospital-based physician.

Composed of lists, flowcharts, and "hot key" clinical insights based on the authors' decades of experience, The Saint-Chopra Guide ushers clinicians through common clinical scenarios from admission to differential diagnosis and clinical plan. It will be an invaluable addition — and safety net — to the repertoire of trainees, clinicians, and practicing hospitalists at any stage of their career.

Author Biography

Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH, MACP is the Chief of Medicine at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, the George Dock Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan, and the Director of the VA/University of Michigan Patient Safety Enhancement Program. His scholarly work focuses on enhancing patient safety, clinical decision-making, and medical education.

Vineet Chopra, MD is Chairman and Professor, Department of Medicine, at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. His research focuses on improving hospital safety, particularly by preventing complications from peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs).