Hospital Medicine - Current Concepts / Perioperative Medicine

PREFACE xi CONTRIBUTORS xiii PART I SYSTEMS OF CARE, QUALITY, AND PRACTICE MANAGEMENT 1 HOSPITALIST AS A MEDICAL CONSULTANT 3 Siva S. Ketha and Amir K. Jaffer 2 CO-MANAGEMENT OF THE SURGICAL PATIENT 11 Eric Siegal 3 IMPROVING THE QUALITY AND OUTCOMES OF PERIOPERATIVE CARE 21 Mihaela Stefan and Peter K. Lindenauer 4 THE PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION: HISTORY, PHYSICAL EXAM, AND THE ROLE OF TESTING 35 Paul J. Grant 5 PERIOPERATIVE MEDICATION MANAGEMENT 47 Christopher Whinney 6 DEVELOPING, IMPLEMENTING, AND OPERATING A PREOPERATIVE CLINIC 63 Seema Chandra, Daniel Fleisher, and Amir K. Jaffer 7 DEVELOPING, IMPLEMENTING, AND OPERATING A MEDICAL CONSULTATION SERVICE 75 Joshua D. Lenchus and Kurt Pfeifer 8 PERIOPERATIVE MEDICINE: CODING, BILLING, AND REIMBURSEMENT ISSUES 85 Jessica Zuleta and Seema Chandra PART II ASSESSING AND MANAGING RISK BY ORGAN SYSTEM OR SPECIAL POPULATION 9 ASSESSING AND MANAGING CARDIOVASCULAR RISK 97 Vineet Chopra and James B. Froehlich 10 ASSESSING AND MANAGING PULMONARY RISK 115 Gerald W. Smetana 11 ASSESSING AND MANAGING ENDOCRINE DISORDERS 131 David Wesorick 12 ASSESSING AND MANAGING HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE 149 Aijaz Ahmed and Paul Martin 13 ASSESSING AND MANAGING HEMATOLOGIC DISORDERS 163 M. Chadi Alraies and Ajay Kumar 14 RENAL DISEASE AND ELECTROLYTE MANAGEMENT 185 Maninder S. Kohli 15 ASSESSING AND MANAGING NEUROVASCULAR, NEURODEGENERATIVE, AND NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS 201 Peter G. Kallas 16 ASSESSING AND MANAGING RHEUMATOLOGIC DISORDERS 215 Gregory C. Gardner and Brian F. Mandell 17 ASSESSING AND MANAGING PSYCHIATRIC DISEASE 231 Elias A. Khawam, Anjala V. Tess, and Leo Pozuelo 18 THE PREGNANT SURGICAL PATIENT 251 Michael P. Carson 19 THE PATIENT WITH CANCER 267 Sunil K. Sahai and Marc A. Rozner PART III POSTOPERATIVE CARE AND CO-MANAGEMENT BY SURGERY TYPE 20 CARDIAC SURGERY 285 Uzma Abbas and Andres F. Soto 21 INTRA-ABDOMINAL AND PELVIC SURGERY 301 M. Chadi Alraies and Franklin Michota 22 MAJOR ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY 309 Barbara Slawski 23 TRAUMA

"This unique book is a must-have for any hospitalist, surgeon, resident, or fellow who is involved in the medical care of surgical patients. Using evidence-based medicine, it discusses assessment of preoperative risk, strategies that minimize risk, and management of common postoperative conditions." ("Doody's", 4 January 2013)

"This unique book is a must-have for any hospitalist, surgeon, resident, or fellow who is involved in the medical care of surgical patients. Using evidence-based medicine, it discusses assessment of preoperative risk, strategies that minimize risk, and management of common postoperative conditions." (Doody's, 4 January 2013)