Clinical Approaches to Hospital Medicine Advances, Updates and Controversies

This book provides an update on recent clinical practice and an in-depth view of selected topics relevant to hospital medicine.  It is divided into four sections that explore clinical, administrative, systems and ethical issues.  Each section places an emphasis on the opportunities, challenges and potential directions of this bourgeoning subspecialty.  

This new edition expands on topics covered in the previous edition, including the COVID-19 pandemic, racial disparities in healthcare delivery and providers, and pediatric hospital medicine. Other chapters explore worldwide practice patterns and practical application of philosophical tools in daily practice.  

This up-to-date resource provides hospitalists, advanced nurse practitioners, medical students and administrators with the latest research, trends and issues in hospital medicine.  

Clinical approaches to the Covid -19 pandemic

Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Updates in Nephrology for the Hospitalist

Heart Failure Management for the Inpatient Provider

Advances in the Evaluation and Treatment of Sepsis and Shock

Current Trends in Stroke Management

Co-Management of Orthopedic Patients

Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Management of Psychiatric Disorders in the Hospital

Opioids: History, Pathophysiology, and Stewardship for Hospitalists

OVERVIEW, UPDATES, AND NEW TOPICS IN PERIOPERATIVE CARE

Virtual Hospital Medicine

Palliative Care for Hospitalists

Value Based Care in the Hospital

Wellness in Physicians in the Era of the COVID-19 Pandemic

LGBTQ Health Care Issues

Racial Disparities in Healthcare

Gender and Racial Disparities in Career Advancement in the United States

Research in Medicine

Sustainability and Healthcare: Expanding the Scope of “Do no harm” Models of Success

The Evolution of International Health: Lessons to be Learned 

Update in Hospital Medicine Trends in Compensation, COVID-19, Workplace Environment, and Malpractice

Kevin Conrad M.D. MBA

Medical Director Community Affairs and Health Policy

Ochsner Health

Associate Professor of Medicine

Tulane University School of Medicine

New Orleans, LA, USA