Main description:

The first resource dedicated to providing concise summaries of the most clinically relevant inpatient care guideline summaries

CURRENT Practice Guidelines in Inpatient Medicine, 2018-2019 is written to spare busy physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and medical students from having to wade through full-length practice guidelines in order to provide high-quality care for hospitalized adults. With content drawn from reliable sources such as major professional societies and government agencies, each section of the book outlines the guidelines surrounding initial assessment, acute management, and subsequent care for conditions commonly encountered in the hospital setting.

CURRENT Practice Guidelines in Inpatient Medicine, 2018-2019 strikes the perfect balance between brevity and clinical necessity, delivering exactly the amount of information needed - no more, no less

Contents:

1. Cardiovascular

a. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

b. Acute Coronary Syndrome

i. Initial assessment

ii. Acute medical management

1. Antiplatelet therapy

2. Beta blockers

3. Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors

4. Lipid-lowering agents

5. Nitrates

6. Calcium channel blockers

7. Oxygen

8. Analgesics

iii. Coronary reperfusion therapy

iv. Management after stabilization

1. Antiplatelet therapy

2. Beta blockers

3. Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors

4. Lipid-lowering agents

5. Post-ACS risk assessments

c. Congestive Heart Failure

i. Initial assessment

1. NT-pro-BNP

2. Echocardiography

3. ECG

ii. Acute medical management

1. Diuretics

2. Nitrates

iii. Interventions

1. Non-invasive ventilation

2. Cardiac resynchronization therapy

3. Mechanical assist devices

iv. Management after stabilization

1. Beta blockers

2. RAAS inhibitors

3. Aldosterone antagonist

4. Hydralazine and isosorbide dinitrate

5. Implantable cardiac defibrillator

d. Atrial Fibrillation

i. Initial assessment

ii. Acute medical management

1. Rate control

2. Rhythym control

3. Cardioversion

iii. Interventions

1. Indications for pacemaker

iv. Management after stabilization

1. Rate control

2. Rhythym control

3. Candidates for ablation

4. Stroke prevention

a. Assessment of stroke risk & bleeding risk

b. Anticoagulation

c. Antiplatelet agents

e. Supraventricular Tachycardia

i. Initial assessment

ii. Acute medical management

iii. Interventions

iv. Management after stabilization

f. Infective Endocarditis

i. Initial assessment

ii. Acute medical management

iii. Interventions

iv. Management after stabilization

g. Valvular Heart Disease

i. Initial assessment

ii. Acute medical management

iii. Interventions

iv. Management after stabilization

h. Sepsis & Septic Sh