Clinical Care Conundrums (eBook)

Challenging Diagnoses in Hospital Medicine

James C. Pile, Thomas E. Baudendistel, Brian Harte (Autoren)

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2013 | 1. Auflage
208 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-48319-0 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

Inhalt

PREFACE ix

CONTRIBUTORS xi

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL CARE CONUNDRUMS IN HOSPITALMEDICINE 1
Robert M. Wachter

CHAPTER 2 IMPROVING DIAGNOSTIC SAFETY IN HOSPITAL MEDICINE: CANCLINICAL CARE CONUNDRUMS HELP? 5
Edward E. Etchells, Kaveh G. Shojania, and Donald A.Redelmeier

CHAPTER 3 CRACKING THE CASE 19
Jennei Wei, Patrick P. Kneeland, and Gurpreet Dhaliwal

CHAPTER 4 A MIDLIFE CRISIS 27
Jennifer R. Lukela, Rajesh S. Mangrulkar, Lawrence M. TierneyJr., John Del Valle, and Sanjay Saint

CHAPTER 5 FISHING FOR A DIAGNOSIS 35
Colin R. Cooke, John V. L. Sheffield, and Jan V.Hirschmann

CHAPTER 6 A RASH DECISION 43
Brian J. Harte, Gurpreet Dhaliwal, Wendy Armstrong, and James C.Pile

CHAPTER 7 ONE HUNDRED YEARS LATER 51
Thomas E. Baudendistel, Nima Afshar, and Lawrence M. TierneyJr.

CHAPTER 8 THE THIRD TIME'S THE CHARM 59
Sara Mekuria, Esteban Cheng Ching, S. A. Josephson, Jinny Tavee,and Brian J. Harte

CHAPTER 9 A FRAYED KNOT 69
Thomas E. Baudendistel, Irena L. Ilic, and HarryHollander

CHAPTER 10 BETTER LATE THAN NEVER 77
Anuradha Ramaswamy, Maytee Boonyapredee, Ramakrishnan Ranganath,Brian J. Harte, and James C. Pile

CHAPTER 11 THINKING INSIDE THE BOX 87
Damon M. Kwan, Gurpreet Dhaliwal, and Thomas E.Baudendistel

CHAPTER 12 ARE WE THERE YET? 95
Lisa H. Williams, Gregory J. Raugi, Gurpreet Dhaliwal, SanjaySaint, and Benjamin A. Lipsky

CHAPTER 13 A DISTINGUISHING FEATURE 105
Sanjiv J. Shah, Aubrey O. Ingraham, Sandra Y. Chung, and RichardJ. Haber

CHAPTER 14 CONSEQUENCES OF MISSED OPPORTUNITIES 113
Julia C. Dombrowski, Helen Kao, Natasha Renda, and R. J.Kohlwes

CHAPTER 15 IN SIGHT BUT OUT OF MIND 121
Letizia Attala, Adam Tremblay, Giampaolo Corti, Sanjay Saint,and Alessandro Bartoloni

CHAPTER 16 A CHANGE OF HEART 127
Jonathan P. Piccini, Adrian F. Hernandez, Louis R. Dibernardo,Joseph G. Rogers, and Gurpreet Dhaliwal

CHAPTER 17 MISSING THE FOREST FOR THE TREES 137
Satish Gopal, James C. Pile, and Daniel J. Brotman

CHAPTER 18 A PAIN IN THE BONE 143
John Fani Srour, Julia Braza, and Gerald W. Smetana

CHAPTER 19 A DIAGNOSIS OF EXCLUSION 153
Iris O. Yung, Thomas E. Baudendistel, and GurpreetDhaliwal

CHAPTER 20 MAKING A LIST AND CHECKING IT TWICE 161
Satyen Nichani, Sandro Cinti, and Jeffrey H. Barsuk

CHAPTER 21 CAUGHT IN THE WEB: E-DIAGNOSIS 169
Yasuharu Tokuda, Makoto Aoki, Saurabh B. Kandpal, and LawrenceM. Tierney Jr.

CHAPTER 22 IN THE FACE OF IT ALL 177
Amit Garg, Thomas E. Baudendistel, and Gurpreet Dhaliwal

INDEX 185

Rezensionen

"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." (Kingbook73's Medical Ebook and Video Collection, 15September 2014)

"This book and this format are exceptional. It pushesreaders in a way they have not usually experienced since theirtraining days. It is challenging and refreshing at the same time.Congratulations to the editors for bringing a new perspective tolife-long learning." (Doody's, 1 November2013)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.2.2013
• Reihe/Serie: Hospital Medicine - Current Concepts
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin
• Themenwelt: Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Anamnese / Körperliche Untersuchung
• Schlagworte: Allgemeine u. Innere Medizin • Evidence-based Health Care • Evidenzbasierte Forschung im Gesundheitswesen • Evidenzbasierte Medizin • General & Internal Medicine • Klinische Medizin • Medical Science • Medical Sciences Special Topics • Medizin • Spezialthemen Medizin
• ISBN-10: 1-118-48319-7 / 1118483197
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-48319-0 / 9781118483190