Transferring Critically Ill Patients
FIGURE 11.1 Example of an intrahospital transport checklist developed by Brunsveld-Reinders et al. (From Brunsveld-Reinders AH, Arbous MS, Kuiper SG, de Jonge E. A comprehensive method to develop a checklist…
CRITICAL CARE
Judicial Involvement in End-of-Life Decisions and Informed Consent
If courts are not involved with a patient’s ability to make decisions, health care providers commonly invoke the term “medical competence,” but they are really referring to the patient’s capacity….
Collaborative Care: Physician and Nursing Interactions and the Foundation of a Successful Unit
TABLE 5.2 Sample Daily Goals Sheet TABLE 5.3 Steps to Ensure an Effective Clinical Handover ICU Clinical Handover The clinical handover is a verbal form of communication involving health professionals…
Clinical Decision-Making
How can the Results Apply to my Patient? Participants in clinical trials represent a selected group of patients. In clinical practice, most patients do not fulfill the inclusion and exclusion…
End-of-Life Care
End-of-Life Care Zahir Kanjee, MD, MPH Cindy Lien, MD You admit an 88-year-old man with advanced dementia after his fourth bout of aspiration pneumonia this year. He is stabilized and…
Communication in Academic Hospital Medicine
Communication in Academic Hospital Medicine Leah Marcotte, MD Joshua M. Liao, MD, MSc It is your first day on an inpatient teaching service with a third-year internal medicine resident, two…
Frailty in Hospitalized Patients
Frailty in Hospitalized Patients Leah Marcotte, MD Joshua M. Liao, MD, MSc You are consulted by vascular surgery on the care of an 88-year-old woman admitted to their service for…
Hip Fracture
Hip Fracture Neal Biddick, MD Staci Saunders, MD Zahir Kanjee, MD, MPH A 79-year-old woman with hypertension, diabetes, and chronic heart failure presents after a mechanical fall. She is admitted…
Opiates and Opiate Use Disorder
Opiates and Opiate Use Disorder Rachel Hensel, MD Zahir Kanjee, MD, MPH You are admitting a 57-year-old opiate-naive woman with a history of obesity and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) for…
Acute Kidney Injury
Acute Kidney Injury Patrick Marcus, MD Eric M. LaMotte, MD You are called by the ED to admit a 63-year-old man with a history of hypertension and type 2 diabetes…
