Hospital Medicine: Principles and Clinical Practice: Mastering Inpatient Medicine Through Evidence-Based Practice, Patient Safety, and Clinical Leadership - Couverture souple

M. Whitfield, Alexander

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798175083034

Editeur : Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

Can you recognize early clinical deterioration, make sound decisions under uncertainty, and provide safe, evidence-based care to complex hospitalized patients?

Hospital Medicine: Principles and Clinical Practice provides a comprehensive and practical foundation for modern inpatient care.

Hospitalized patients rarely present with simple problems. They may have multiple chronic conditions, acute illness, complex medications, abnormal investigations, and competing clinical priorities. Effective hospital medicine requires more than knowing individual diseases—it requires clinical reasoning, timely intervention, patient safety, communication, teamwork, and sound decision-making.

This book explores the essential principles of contemporary hospital medicine, from admission and diagnosis through acute care, treatment, discharge, quality improvement, and emerging technologies.

Inside This Book, You Will Explore:

• Foundations of hospital medicine and the evolving role of the hospitalist
• Clinical assessment, diagnostic reasoning, and decision-making
• Patient admission, stabilization, risk assessment, and care planning
• Acute and critical illness management
• Cardiovascular, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, renal, endocrine, infectious, neurologic, and hematologic conditions
• Laboratory testing, imaging, ECG interpretation, and point-of-care diagnostics
• Hospital procedures, preparation, safety, and complication prevention
• Medication management, reconciliation, prescribing safety, and antimicrobial stewardship
• Patient safety, quality improvement, infection prevention, and risk management
• Communication, ethics, leadership, and interdisciplinary teamwork
• Transitions of care, discharge planning, and continuity of care
• Digital health, artificial intelligence, and the future of hospital medicine and more...

Rather than presenting inpatient medicine as a collection of isolated specialties, this textbook emphasizes the whole patient and the connections between different clinical problems. Readers are encouraged to think critically, prioritize competing needs, recognize changing conditions, and apply evidence appropriately to individual patients.

With practical explanations, clinical perspectives, tables, and case-based learning, the book connects medical knowledge with the realities of bedside practice. It focuses not only on what clinicians should do, but also why, when, and how clinical decisions influence patient outcomes.

Who Is This Book For?

This book is designed for:

• Medical students
• Residents and clinical trainees
• Hospitalists and internists
• Nurse practitioners and physician assistants
• Nurses and other healthcare professionals
• Clinical educators and healthcare leaders

Whether you are building your foundation in hospital medicine, strengthening your clinical reasoning, or seeking a practical reference for inpatient care, Hospital Medicine: Principles and Clinical Practice offers a structured guide to the knowledge, skills, and principles needed to navigate modern hospital practice with greater confidence.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798175083034
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 381
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg