POCKET HOSPITAL MEDICINE: A Practical Guide to Evidence-Based Inpatient Care and Clinical Practice (en Inglés)
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POCKET HOSPITAL MEDICINE A Practical Guide to Evidence-Based Inpatient Care and Clinical Practice Hospital medicine requires clinicians to make sound decisions quickly, often with incomplete information, multiple active problems, and competing priorities. Pocket Hospital Medicine brings the core principles of inpatient practice together in a concise clinical reference designed for use alongside bedside teaching, current guidelines, and clinical judgment. The book begins with the foundations of hospital medicine: clinical reasoning, evidence-based decision making, high-value care, admission assessment, risk stratification, communication, handoffs, symptom management, delirium, hospital-acquired complications, ethics, capacity, and goals of care. It then moves through the major clinical problems encountered on adult inpatient services, including: • Acute coronary syndromes, chest pain, heart failure, shock, arrhythmias, venous thromboembolism, and hypertensive emergencies • Acute respiratory failure, oxygen therapy, noninvasive ventilation, pneumonia, COPD, asthma, and pleural disease • Gastrointestinal bleeding, acute abdominal conditions, pancreatobiliary disease, liver failure, nutrition, and supportive care • Acute kidney injury, volume management, electrolyte abnormalities, and acid-base disorders • Sepsis, fever, common hospital infections, antimicrobial therapy, and stewardship • Anemia, transfusion, coagulopathy, oncologic emergencies, and endocrine crises • Stroke, seizures, altered mental status, delirium, geriatrics, and substance use • Perioperative medicine, palliative care, procedures, diagnostics, transitions of care, and quality improvement The emphasis throughout is on clinical reasoning and practical application rather than exhaustive pathophysiology. Chapters connect mechanisms, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, monitoring, and disposition so that clinical decisions remain grounded in the larger picture of the hospitalized patient. The final reference section provides rapid-reference tables and algorithms, common ICD-10 codes, selected guidelines and landmark trials, further reading, online resources, and an index for locating important topics quickly. Written for medical students, residents, and practicing clinicians, this 2026 edition is intended to function as a practical companion throughout inpatient rotations and clinical practice, while complementing primary literature, institutional protocols, and bedside instruction.
