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| HOSPITAL MEDICINE, AN ISSUE OF MEDICAL CLINICS, 92-2
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By
Scott Flanders, MD, Associate Professor, Director, Hospitalist Program, Associate Director, Inpatient Programs, Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Vikas Parekh
Lakshmi Halasyamani
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Description
Over the past decade, the field of hospital medicine has experienced meteoric growth and is now the predominant model of inpatient care
in many hospitals across the United States. The number of practitioners now exceeds 20,000, and the scope of knowledge that is required
to effectively practice hospital-based medicine has expanded greatly. One critical factor in this growth is the increasing complexity
of hospitalized medical patients, and the need for accountability for both quality and efficiency of care delivery. Hospitalist physicians
have become leaders and scholars in a variety of domains in the inpatient setting including patient safety, perioperative medicine and
palliative care, in addition to their traditional focus on the comprehensive medical care of hospitalized patients. This issue of Medical
Clinics of North America begins with an update on the current state of the field of hospital medicine followed by articles on core areas
of hospitalist expertise including patient safety, prevention of nosocomial infection, transitions in care, perioperative medicine and
palliative care. This issue also covers core clinical topics in the management of hospitalized patients including pain management, geriatric
care, diabetic management, life threatening infectious diseases and thromboembolic disease. It concludes with a review of critical care
management issues essential to non-critical care specialists.
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 0 pages, publication date: MAR-2008
ISBN-13: 978-1-4160-4987-6
ISBN-10: 1-4160-4987-8
Imprint: SAUNDERS
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Last update: 10 Sep 2009
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