Section 1: The Hospitalist Movement

1: Hospital Medicine in the United States: Growth, Prevalence, and Challenges: Winthrop F. Whitcomb

2: The Role of the Hospitalist as Defined in the Core Competencies in Hospital Medicine: Daniel D. Dressler

3: Innovative New Roles in the Hospital: Lance Rachelefsky and Sylvia C. McKean

Section 2: Systems—Hospitalists as Leaders in Patient Safety

4: General Overview of Patient Safety: Sylvia C. McKean and Allan Frankel

5: Adverse Drug Events: Frank Federico

6: Medication Discrepancies and Medication Reconciliation: Jeffrey L. Schnipper

7: Polypharmacy: Jatin K. Dave and Juergen Bludau

8: Patient Safety: Preventing and Responding to Adverse Events: Allen Kachalia and Tejal K. Gandhi

Section 3: Quality Improvement

9: Quality Improvement for the Hospitalist: Lakshmi K. Halasyamani and Erin R. Stucky

Section 4: Hospitalist as Manager

10: Management for Hospitalists: Michael Friedlander and Mohammad Salameh

Section 5: Hospitalists and Care Transitions and Teamwork

11: Principles of Good Teamwork: Janet Nagamine

12: Strategies to Optimize Length of Stay: Kathleen M. Finn

13: Handoffs: Vineet Arora and Julie Johnson

14: Discharge Summaries: Marcy G. Carty and Namita S. Mohta

15: Patient Education in the Hospital: Marie Neaton

16: Managing Test Results at Hospital Discharge: Christopher L. Roy

Section 6: Evidence-Based Medicine

17: An Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine: Eduardo Ortiz

18: Evidence-Based Medicine—Testing: Sylvia C. McKean and Eduardo Ortiz

19: The Growing Importance of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Managing Hospitalized Patients: Jerome Lewis Avorn

20: Hospitalist as Researcher: LeRoi Hicks

Section 7: Hospitalist Clinical Core Competencies

Cardiovascular Illness

21: Chest Pain: Timothy D. Brennan

22: Suspected Angina: Aaron S. Wenger

23: Acute Coronary Syndromes: Hacho Bohossian

24: Advanced Cardiac Life Support: Apoor Patel

25: Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter: Robert D. Winslow

26: Supraventricular Tachycardia: Mara Giattina

27: Sinus Bradycardia and Atrioventricular Blocks: Apoor Patel

28: Ventricular Arrhythmias: Beth Liston

29: Heart Failure due to Diastolic Dysfunction: Colleen M. Crumlish and James C. Fang

30: Heart Failure due to Systolic Dysfunction: Colleen M. Crumlish and James C. Fang

31: Syncope: Daniel W. Mudrick

32: Hypertensive Urgencies/Emergencies: Renee Y. Meadows

33: Secondary Hypertension: Renee Y. Meadows

Endocrine Disorders

34: Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemia: Mohammad Salameh

35: Hyperglycemia in the Critical Care Unit: A. Rebecca Daniel

36: Hyperglycemia in Noncritically-Ill Hospitalized Patients: Aditi R. Saxena and Merri L. Pendergrass

37: Hypothyroidism and Hyperthyroidism: Rachael Fawcett and Erik K. Alexander

Gastrointestinal Illness

38: Abdominal Pain: Norton J. Greenberger

39: Abnormal Liver Enzymes and Acute Hepatitis: Mary Ann H. Sherbondy

40: Cirrhosis: Thomas M. Shehab

41: Colitis and Diarrhea, Including: Clostridium difficile Marvin Ryou

42: Crohn’s Disease: Jonathan Levine and Robert Burakoff

43: Ulcerative Colitis: Scott Hande and Robert Burakoff

44: Diverticular Disease and Diverticulitis: Norton J. Greenberger

45: Pancreatitis: Eric R. Schumacher

46: Small Bowel Obstruction: Lynn Wilkinson

47: Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Naresh T. Gunaratnam

48: Lower Gastrointestinal Tract Bleeding: Naresh T. Gunaratnam

Hematological Derangements

49: Anemia in the Hospitalized Patient: Eric Kupersmith, Susan Coutinho McAllister, and Alpesh Amin

50: Sickle Cell Disease: Andrew D. Campbell

51: Thrombocytopenia: Rovie Mesola

52: Transfusion Medicine: Susan Coutinho McAllister, Eric Kupersmith, and Alpesh Amin

Infectious Diseases

53: Fever of Unknown Origin: David Oxman and Harry Schrager

54: Bacterial Endocarditis: John J. Ross

55: Community- and Hospital-Acquired UTI: John J. Ross

56: Hospital-Acquired Bacteremia: Danielle Scheurer

57: Influenza: John J. Ross

58: Skin and Soft Tissue Infections: Ranjan Chowdhry and Harry M. Schrager

59: Viral Gastroenteritis: Harry Schrager

60: Antibiotic Resistance: John J. Ross

Neurologic Illness

61: Confusion: Examination and Differential Diagnosis: Zeina Chemali

62: Delirium: Jatin K. Dave, Colleen M. Crumlish, and James Rudolph

63: Ischemic Stroke/Transient Ischemic Attacks: Susan L. Hickenbottom

64: Cerebral Hemorrhage: Galen V. Henderson

65: Meningitis/Encephalitis: Susan L. Hickenbottom

66: Seizure: Susan L. Hickenbottom.

Psychiatric Illness

67: Assessing Capacity for Medical Decision Making: David F. Gitlin and Ajita Mathur

68: Behavioral Disturbances That Interfere with Medical Care: Michelle Nichols, Bernard Vaccaro, and David F. Gitlin

69: Drug Overdose: A. Rebecca Daniel

70: Management of Patients with Alcohol Abuse: Sylvia C. McKean

71: Management of Patients with Drug Abuse: Mohammad Salameh

72: Management of Suicidal Patients: Christine K. Kim, Meghan Kolodziej, and David F. Gitlin

Pulmonary Illness/Critical Care Medicine

73: Shortness of Breath: Andrew S. Karson and Sylvia C. McKean

74: Asthma: Andrew S. Karson

75: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Andrew S. Karson

76: Acute Respiratory Failure: Abigail R. Lara and William J. Janssen

77: Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Adrienne L. Bennett

78: Hospital-Acquired, Ventilator-Associated and Healthcare-Acquired Pneumonia: Nathan J. O’Dorisio

79: Complications of Pneumonia: Karen Catignani

80: Sepsis and Septic Shock: William J. Janssen

81: Ventilatory Support: Joshua J. Solomon, Ryan McGhan, and William J. Janssen

Renal Illness

82: Prevention of Acute Renal Failure in the Hospital: Glen M. Kim

83: Acute Renal Failure: Prabhdeep Sandhu and Adam C. Schaffer

84: Chronic Kidney Disease: Li-Li Hsiao and Valerie Luyckx

85: Care of the Hospitalized Dialysis Patient: J. Kevin Tucker

86: Acid-Base Disorders: David V. Gugliotti

87A: Disorders of Sodium and Water: Kambiz Zandi-Nejad and Chin C. Tang

87B: Disorders of Potassium: Kambiz Zandi-Nejad and Chin C. Tang

Venous Thromboembolism

88: Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in Medical and Surgical Patients: Sylvia C. McKean

89: Venous Thromboembolism: Amir Jaffer and Franklin Michota

90: Anticoagulant Therapies: Rosalyn M. Nazaria and Michael Laposata

Section 8: Hospitalists as Experts

91: Deconditioning: Joanne Borg-Stein and Claudia Wheeler

92: Nutrition and the Hospitalized Patient: Vihas Patel and Malcolm K. Robinson

93: Pain Management: Darin J. Correll

94: Palliative Care: Overview and Symptom Management: Jane deLima Thomas and David F. Giansiracusa

95: Palliative Care: Caring for the Dying Patient: David F. Giansiracusa and Jane deLima Thomas

96: Palliative Care: Communication: David F. Giansiracusa and Jane deLima Thomas

Section 9: Hospitalists Caring for Special Populations

97: Care of Vulnerable Populations: Cheryl Clark

98: Inpatient Care of the Frail Older Adult: Anne Fabiny

99: Oncologic Emergencies for the Hospitalist: Rundsarah Tahboub

100: Skilled Nursing Facility Care: Darrell W. Craig

Section 10: Hospitalist as Medical Consultant

101: Preoperative Evaluation of the Patient Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery: Satyen S. Nichani and Steven L. Cohn

102: Perioperative Medication Management: Vibhu Sharma and Steven L. Cohn

103: Preoperative Screening Tests: Ali Azarm and Steven L. Cohn

104: Postoperative Complications: Danielle Scheurer and Cregg Ashcraft

105: Surgical Comanagement: Shaun Frost

Section 11: Hospitalist as Teacher

106: Adult Learning Principles and Hospitalist Medicine: Grace Huang

107: Teaching Venues for the Hospitalist: Bradley A. Sharpe

108: Teaching on a Team: Cindy Lai

109: Feedback and the Hospitalist: Anjala Tess

110: Scholarship and Career Development for the Hospitalist Clinician Educator: Preetha Basaviah and Subha Ramani

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