Clinical Care Conundrums (ePub)

Introducing the first evidence-based casebook for hospitalclinicians

This book introduces illustrated, evidence-based clinical casesdrawn from real-world hospital practice. Geared to the needs ofhospital clinicians, Clinical Care Conundrums: ChallengingDiagnoses in Hospital Medicine focuses on sharpening clinicalreasoning and diagnostic skills, giving readers the tools torecognize and diagnose a wide array of diseases, while promotingdiagnostic safety in hospital medicine.

Written by leading experts on the topics under discussion, thisvolume offers a hand-picked collection of case studies from thewidely popular Clinical Care Conundrum (CCC) series found in theJournal of Hospital Medicine. Each chapter presents a caseto an expert clinician, who explains his or her approach todiagnosing challenging medical dilemmas. Each chapter concludeswith a concise review of recent literature and, if applicable, withdiscussions of cognitive errors that may impact clinical diagnosisand patient care. Readers will find:
* An appealing presentation style that combines high-qualityimages and text
* Coverage of both common conditions and uncommon but importantdiseases encountered in the hospital setting
* A look at the state of the art of clinical reasoning, an areaof critical interest to clinicians
* Practical "pearls" for each case study that readers can applyin their own practice

Clinical Care Conundrums is an indispensable referencefor hospitalists, hospital-based physicians and midlevel providers,physicians-in-training, and the many other medical practitionerswho come up against difficult cases on a daily basis.