Since its publication in 2012, Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine, Second Edition has become the field’s premier resource. Comprehensive, authoritative, and practical, this landmark text provides a solid grounding in clinical, organizational, and administrative areas central to the practice of hospital medicine.

The Second Edition has been completely updated to reflect the evolving practice responsibilities of hospitalists. Examples include value-based medicine, expanded surgical content, bedside clinical reasoning, and a new segment devoted to rehabilitation and skilled nursing care. This edition also features a more accessible and streamlined full-color design enriched by more than 600 illustrations. Each clinical chapter opens with boxed Key Clinical Questions that are addressed in the text and summarized in hundreds of tables.  Case studies demonstrate how to apply this information specifically to the management of hospitalized patients.

Representing the expertise of more than two hundred renowned contributors, Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine, Second Edition is logically divided into six sections:

• The Specialty of Hospital Medicine and Systems of Care
• Medical Consultation
• Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Care
• The Approach to the Patient at the Bedside
• Diagnostic Testing and Procedures
• Clinical Conditions in the Inpatient Setting

Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine, Second Edition is essential reading for clinicians who strive to optimize inpatient care and sharpen their leadership skills.

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Contents

Chapter 1: The Face of Health Care: Emerging Issues for Hospitalists
Chapter 2: Value-Based Health Care for Hospitalists
Chapter 3: Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Hospital Care
Chapter 4: Comanagement
Chapter 5: Professionalism in Hospital Medicine
Chapter 6: Principles of Leadership
Chapter 7: Principles of Evidence-Based Medicine and Quality of Evidence
Chapter 8: Diagnostic Reasoning and Decision Making
Chapter 9: Principles of Evidence-Based Prescribing
Chapter 10: Summary Literature: Practice Guidelines and Systematic Reviews
Chapter 11: Practical Considerations of Incorporating Evidence into Clinical Practice
Chapter 12: Care Transitions into the Hospital: Health Care Centers, Emergency Department, Outside Hospital Transfers
Chapter 13: Care Transitions within the Hospital: The Hand-Off
Chapter 14: Care Transitions at Hospital Discharge
Chapter 15: Principles of Patient Safety: Intentional Design and Culture
Chapter 16: Patient-Centered Care
Chapter 17: Harnessing Data to Make Quality Improvement Decisions: Measurement and Measures
Chapter 18: Standardization and Reliability
Chapter 19: Tools to Identify Problems and Reduce Risks
Chapter 20: Preventing and Managing Adverse Patient Events: Patient Safety and the Hospitalist
Chapter 21: Principles and Models of Quality Improvement: Plan-Do-Study-Act
Chapter 22: The Role of Information Technology in Hospital Quality and Safety
Chapter 23: Building, Growing and Managing a Hospitalist Practice
Chapter 24: Best Practices in Physician Recruitment and Retention
Chapter 25: Teamwork in Leadership and Practice-Based Management
Chapter 26: Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
Chapter 27: Professional Coding and Billing Guidelines for Clinical Documentation
Chapter 28: Consultation, Comanagement, Time-Based, and Palliative Care Billing
Chapter 29: Billing for Procedures and Use of Modifiers in Inpatient Practice
Chapter 30: Billing in the Teaching Setting and Billing with Advanced Practice Providers
Chapter 31: Hospital-Driven Documentation
Chapter 32: Taming the ICD-10 Monster
Chapter 33: Common Indications for Ethics Consultation
Chapter 34: Medical-Legal Concepts: Advance Directives and Surrogate Decision Making
Chapter 35: Medical Malpractice
Chapter 36: Principles of Adult Learning and Continuing Medical Education
Chapter 37: Cultural Competence
Chapter 38: Career Design and Development in Academic and Community Settings
Chapter 39: Mentorship of Peers and Trainees
Chapter 40: Research in the Hospital
Chapter 41: For Individuals and Practices: Career Sustainability and Avoiding Burnout

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Chapter 200: Tuberculosis
Chapter 201: Candida and Aspergillus
Chapter 202: Histoplasmosis, Blastomycosis, Coccidioidomycosis, and Other Dimorphic Fungi
Chapter 203: The Hospitalized Patient with HIV
Chapter 204: Infections of the Immunocompromised Host
Chapter 205: Fever in the Returning Traveler
Chapter 206: Undiagnosed Fever in Hospitalized Patients
Chapter 207: Coma and Disorders of Consciousness
Chapter 208: Intracranial Hemorrhage and Related Conditions
Chapter 209: Transient Ischemic Attack and Stroke
Chapter 210: Parkinson’s Disease and Related Disorders
Chapter 211: Seizures
Chapter 212: Multiple Sclerosis
Chapter 213: Peripheral Neuropathy
Chapter 214: Principles of Palliative Care
Chapter 215: Communication Skills for End-of-Life Care
Chapter 216: Domains of Care: Physical Aspects of Care
Chapter 217: Care of the Dying Patient
Chapter 218: Overview of Physiologic Changes of Pregnancy
Chapter 219: Medication Management
Chapter 220: Critical Care of the Pregnant Patient
Chapter 221: Common Medical Problems in Pregnancy
Chapter 222: Postpartum Consultation for Common Complaints
Chapter 223: Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Chapter 224: Combat Stress and Related Disorders
Chapter 225: Assessment and Management of Psychosis
Chapter 226: Eating Disorders
Chapter 227: The Suicidal Patient
Chapter 228: The Difficult Patient
Chapter 229: Approach to the Patient with Multiple Unexplained Somatic Symptoms
Chapter 230: Allergy and Anaphylaxis
Chapter 231: Asthma
Chapter 232: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Chapter 233: Interstitial Lung Diseases/Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Diseases
Chapter 234: Cystic Fibrosis
Chapter 235: Sleep Apnea and Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome
Chapter 236: Pleural Diseases
Chapter 237: Pulmonary Hypertension
Chapter 238: Acid-Base Disorders
Chapter 239: Acute Kidney Injury
Chapter 240: Calcium Disorders
Chapter 241: Potassium and Magnesium Disorders
Chapter 242: Disorders of Sodium and Water Balance
Chapter 243: Kidney Stones
Chapter 244: Secondary Hypertension
Chapter 245: Chronic Kidney Disease and Dialysis
Chapter 246: Rheumatologic Emergencies
Chapter 247: Gout, Pseudogout, and Osteoarthritis
Chapter 248: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Chapter 249: Rheumatoid Arthritis and Other Inflammatory Arthritides
Chapter 250: Drug Overdose and Withdrawal
Chapter 251: Addiction of Prescription and Nonprescription Drugs
Chapter 252: Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis for Hospitalized Medical Patients
Chapter 253: Diagnosis and Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism
Chapter 254: Anticoagulant Therapy
Chapter 255: Diseases of the Aorta
Chapter 256: Acute and Chronic Lower Limb Ischemia
Chapter 257: Vasculitis