Contents -- Contributors -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- General Issues in Hospital Medicine -- Models of Hospital Care -- The Economics of Hospital Medicine -- Practice Management in Hospital Medicine -- Hospital Interfaces -- Hospital Discharge -- Bayesian Reasoning and Diagnostic Testing -- Decision Analysis -- Evidence-Based Medicine -- Cost-Effectiveness -- Hospital Information Systems -- Effective Clinical Teaching in the Inpatient Setting -- Assessment and Improvement of Quality and Value -- Practice Guidelines and Clinical Pathways -- Patient Satisfaction with Hospital Care -- Nutritional Issues in the Hospitalized Patient -- Approach to the Hospitalized Older Patient -- Ethical Issues in the Hospitalized Patient -- Pain Management in the Hospitalized Patient -- End-of-Life Care in the Hospital -- Patient Safety in the Hospital Setting -- Medication Safety in the Hospital -- Critical Care Medicine -- Approach to the ICU Patient -- Ventilator Management -- Acute Respiratory Failure -- Hypotension, Shock, and Multiple Organ Failure -- Sepsis Syndrome -- Procedures in Hospital Medicine -- Medical Consultation -- Medical Consultation -- Key Principles of Anesthesiology -- Preoperative Evaluation -- Postoperative Care -- Medical Complications of Pregnancy -- Care of Special Populations: Psychiatry -- Trauma -- Cardiovascular Medicine -- Signs, Symptoms, and Laboratory Abnormalities in Cardiovascular Diseases -- Diagnostic Tests in Cardiology -- Angina and Unstable Angina -- Acute Myocardial Infarction -- Heart Failure -- Heart Transplantation -- Valvular Heart Disease -- Atrial Fibrillation, Atrial Flutter, and Other Supraventricular Tachyarrhythmias -- Ventricular Arrhythmias and Cardiac Arrest -- Syncope -- Bradycardia and Pacemakers -- Pericardial Disease -- Vascular Medicine.

Signs, Symptoms, and Laboratory Abnormalities in Peripheral Arterial Disease -- Urgent and Emergent Hypertension -- Aortic Intramural Hematoma and Dissection -- Aortic Aneurysm -- Peripheral Arterial Disease -- Deep Venous Thrombosis -- Pulmonary Embolism -- Pulmonary Medicine -- Signs, Symptoms, and Laboratory Abnormalities in Pulmonary Medicine -- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease -- Exacerbations of Asthma -- Interstitial Lung Disease -- Lung Transplantation and Lung Volume Reduction Surgery -- Pulmonary Hypertension -- Pleural Effusion and Pneumothorax -- Pulmonary Nodules and Mass Lesions -- Infectious Diseases -- Signs, Symptoms, and Laboratory Abnormalities in Infectious Diseases -- Infections in Immunocompromised Hosts -- Parenteral Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance -- Community-Acquired Pneumonia -- Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia -- Tuberculosis -- Urinary Tract Infection -- Cellulitis and Necrotizing Fasciitis -- Meningitis -- Endocarditis -- Catheter-Associated Infection and Bacteremia -- Bioterrorism -- HIV Disease -- Signs, Symptoms, -- and Laboratory Abnormalities in HIV Disease -- Pulmonary Manifestations of HIV Infection -- Neurologic Complications of HIV Disease -- Gastroenterology -- Signs, Symptoms, and Laboratory Abnormalities in Gastrointestinal Disease -- Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding -- Esophageal Disorders -- Peptic Ulcer Disease and Stress-Related Mucosal Disease -- Inflammatory Bowel Disease -- Acute Hepatitis and Liver Failure -- Cirrhosis and Its Complications -- Disorders of the Biliary System -- Liver Transplantation -- Acute Pancreatitis -- Other Abdominal Emergencies: Appendicitis, Diverticulitis, and Ischemic Bowel -- Ileus and Obstruction of the Gastrointestinal Tract -- Hematology-Oncology -- Signs, Symptoms, and Laboratory Abnormalities in Hematology-Oncology -- Principles of Chemotherapy.

Principles of Transfusion Medicine -- Oncologic Emergencies -- Leukemia -- Lymphoma -- Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders -- Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation -- Sickle Cell Disease -- Hemorrhagic and Thrombotic Disorders -- Renal Disease -- Signs, Symptoms, and Laboratory Abnormalities in Renal Disease -- Acute Renal Failure -- Management of the Hospitalized Patient on Dialysis -- Renal Transplantation -- Renal Stone Disease and Obstruction -- Common Electrolyte Disorders -- Common Acid-Base Disorders -- Endocrinology -- Signs, Symptoms, and Laboratory Abnormalities in Endocrinology -- The Management of Hyperglycemia and Diabetes Mellitus in Hospitalized Patients -- Acute Presentations of Thyroid Disease -- Adrenal Insufficiency and Crisis -- Rheumatology -- Signs, Symptoms, and Laboratory Abnormalities in Rheumatology -- Vasculitis -- Acute Presentations of Selected Rheumatic Disorders -- Acute Arthritis -- Back Pain -- Neurology and Psychiatry -- Signs, Symptoms, and Diagnostic Tests in Neurology -- Stroke -- Central Nervous System Hemorrhage and Increased Intracranial Pressure -- Seizures -- Depression in the Hospitalized Patient -- Toxicology and Allergy -- Allergic Reactions and Anaphylaxis -- Drug Overdoses and Dependence -- Acute Alcohol Intoxication and Alcohol Withdrawal -- Index.