MODERN HOSPITAL MEDICINE

Practical approaches to inpatient diagnosis, treatment decisions, monitoring, complications, and safe transitions of care

von Corwin J. Halverstone

274 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Hospital medicine rarely presents one problem at a time.A patient may arrive with shortness of breath, abnormal laboratory results, multiple chronic diseases, and a medication list that creates as many questions as answers. The clinician must determine what is urgent, what is connected, what can safely wait, and what action will protect the patient from further deterioration.MODERN HOSPITAL MEDICINE was created for these demanding moments.Developed as a practical clinical reference for contemporary inpatient care, this book helps readers move confidently from initial presentation to differential diagnosis, investigation, treatment, reassessment, escalation, and safe discharge. It emphasizes the decisions behind patient management-not simply the memorization of diseases.Updated for 2026, the content reflects current clinical priorities, evolving standards of care, patient-safety principles, and the realities of managing medically complex adults in modern hospitals.Readers will learn how to: - Evaluate common and potentially dangerous inpatient presentations- Build focused differential diagnoses without overlooking critical alternatives- Interpret clinical findings, laboratory results, imaging, and changes in vital signs- Prioritize competing medical problems in patients with multimorbidity- Select treatment strategies based on severity, risk, response, and patient factors- Recognize deterioration early and determine when escalation is necessary- Manage medications, interactions, adverse effects, and polypharmacy- Prevent common hospital complications and treatment-related harm- Improve clinical handoffs, consultations, and multidisciplinary coordination- Prepare safer discharge plans and reduce avoidable readmissions- Make sound decisions when evidence is incomplete or the diagnosis remains uncertainEvery section is designed to strengthen practical reasoning. Complex situations are organized into manageable clinical questions: What must be addressed first? Which diagnosis cannot be missed? What information will genuinely change management? Is the patient improving as expected? When should the plan be revised?Written for physicians, residents, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists, and other hospital-care professionals, MODERN HOSPITAL MEDICINE offers a dependable framework for solving problems across the full course of hospitalization.For clinicians who want to think more clearly, respond more effectively, and make safer patient-centered decisions, this is a valuable companion for the realities of hospital practice in 2026 and beyond.

• Reihe: Independently published
• ISBN: 9798176131635
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 21.09.2026
• Größe: 279 x 216 mm
• Verlag: Independently published