Saint-Chopra Guide to Inpatient Medicine

This 5th edition focuses on the most commonly encountered problems in hospital medicine, presented in a handy user-friendly outline. It provides an easily accessible framework to help students, residents, and inpatient clinicians diagnose and develop treatment and management approaches for a broad range of medical conditions.

List of contents

• Preface


• Acknowledgments


• Contributors


• Section 1. General Approach to Medical Problems


• 1 Approach to Differential Diagnosis


• Virginia Sheffield and Ashwin Gupta


• 2 Approach to Medical Decision-Making


• Virginia Sheffield and Ashwin Gupta


• 3 Care at the End of Life


• Rachel M. Denny and Adam D. Marks


• 4 Preventing Hospital-Acquired Complications


• Jennifer Meddings


• 5 Procedures


• Jordan J. Maxey and Richard J. Schildhouse


• 6 Hiccups


• Vineet Chopra and Sanjay Saint


• Section 2. Cardiology


• 7 Electrocardiogram Interpretation


• Christine Sailer and Larry Allen


• 8 Syncope


• Christine Sailer and Larry Allen


• 9 Arrhythmias


• Christine Sailer and Larry Allen


• 10 Atrial Fibrillation


• Christine Sailer and Larry Allen


• 11 Chest Pain


• Christine Sailer and Larry Allen


• 12 Chronic Coronary Artery Disease


• Christine Sailer and Larry Allen


• 13 Acute Coronary Syndrome


• Christine Sailer and Larry Allen


• 14 Heart Failure


• Christine Sailer and Larry Allen


• 15 Pericardial Disease


• Christine Sailer and Larry Allen


• 16 Shock


• Christine Sailer and Larry Allen


• Section 3. Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine


• 17 Acute Dyspnea


• Mina Pirzadeh and Michael P. Mendez


• 18 Hemoptysis


• Mina Pirzadeh and Michael P. Mendez


• 19 Approach to the Chest Radiograph


• Mina Pirzadeh and Michael P. Mendez


• 20 Hypoxemia


• Mina Pirzadeh and Michael P. Mendez


• 21 Pulmonary Function Tests


• Mina Pirzadeh and Michael P. Mendez


• 22 Obstructive Lung Disease


• Mina Pirzadeh and Michael P. Mendez


• 23 Interstitial Lung Disease


• Mina Pirzadeh and Michael P. Mendez


• 24 Pneumonia


• Mina Pirzadeh and Michael P. Mendez


• 25 Pulmonary Hypertension


• Mina Pirzadeh and Michael P. Mendez


• 26 Pulmonary Embolism


• Mina Pirzadeh and Michael P. Mendez


• 27 Pleural Effusion


• Mina Pirzadeh and Michael P. Mendez


• 28 Respiratory Failure


• Mina Pirzadeh and Michael P. Mendez


• 29 Mechanical Ventilation


• Mina Pirzadeh and Michael P. Mendez


• Section 4. Gastroenterology


• 30 Abdominal Pain


• Megan A. Adams and Sameer D. Saini


• 31 Liver Tests


• Megan A. Adams and Sameer D. Saini


• 32 Acute Diarrhea


• Megan A. Adams and Sameer D. Saini


• 33 Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding


• Megan A. Adams and Sameer D. Saini


• 34 Ischemic Bowel Disease


• Megan A. Adams and Sameer D. Saini


• 35 Inflammatory Bowel Disease


• Shirley Cohen-Mekelburg and Akbar K. Waljee


• 36 Splenomegaly


• Megan A. Adams and Sameer D. Saini


• 37 Ascites


• Shirley Cohen-Mekelburg and Akbar K. Waljee


• 38 Acute Pancreatitis


• Shirley Cohen-Mekelburg and Akbar K. Waljee


• 39 Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease


• Shirley Cohen-Mekelburg and Akbar K. Waljee


• 40 Liver Failure


• Shirley Cohen-Mekelburg and Akbar K. Waljee


• Section 5. Nephrology and Acid-Base


• 41 Overview of Nephrology


• Chang Huei Chen and Michel Chonchol


• 42 Acute Kidney Injury


• Chang Huei Chen and Michel Chonchol


• 43 Nephrotic Syndrome


• Chang Huei Chen and Michel Chonchol


• 44 Nephritic Syndrome


• Chang Huei Chen and Michel Chonchol


• 45 Renal Tubular Defects


• Chang Huei Chen and Michel Chonchol


• 46 Urinary Tract Infections


• Chang Huei Chen and Michel Chonchol


• 47 Kidney Stone Disease


• Chang Huei Chen and Michel Chonchol


• 48 Approach to Acid-Base Disorders


• Chang Huei Chen and Michel Chonchol


• 49 Hyponatremia


• Chang Huei Chen and Michel Chonchol


• 50 Hypernatremia


• Chang Huei Chen and Michel Chonchol


• 51 Hypokalemia


• Chang Huei Chen and Michel Chonchol


• 52 Hyperkalemia


• Chang Huei Chen and Michel Chonchol


• 53 Hypertension


• Chang Huei Chen and Michel Chonchol


• Section 6. Infectious Diseases


• 54 Approach to Fever


• Emily Abdoler and Emily Stoneman


• 55 Approach to Microbiology


• Emily Abdoler and Emily Stoneman


• 56 Fever and Rash


• Emily Abdoler and Emily Stoneman


• 57 Fever of Unknown Origin


• Emily Abdoler and Emily Stoneman


• 58 Skin and Soft Tissue Infections


• Emily Abdoler and Emily Stoneman


• 59 Acute Rheumatic Fever


• Emily Abdoler and Emily Stoneman


• 60 Infective Endocarditis


• Emily Abdoler and Emily Stoneman


• 61 COVID-19


• Emily Abdoler and Emily Stoneman


• 62 Complications of HIV Infection


• Emily Abdoler and Emily Stoneman


• 63 Pulmonary Disease in HIV-Infected Patients


• Emily Abdoler and Emily Stoneman


• 64 Gastrointestinal Manifestations of HIV Disease


• Emily Abdoler and Emily Stoneman


• 65 Neurologic Manifestations of HIV Disease


• Emily Abdoler and Emily Stoneman


• Section 7. Hematology and Oncology


• 66 Pancytopenia


• Alice Cusick


• 67 Thrombocytopenia


• Alice Cusick


• 68 Thrombocytosis


• Alice Cusick


• 69 Anemia


• Alice Cusick


• 70 Erythrocytosis


• Alice Cusick


• 71 Leukocytosis


• Alice Cusick


• 72 Eosinophilia


• Alice Cusick


• 73 Bleeding Disorders


• Alice Cusick


• 74 Hypercoagulable States


• Alice Cusick


• 75 Lymphadenopathy


• Alice Cusick


• 76 Lymphoma


• Irina Dobrosotskaya


• 77 Myeloproliferative Neoplasms and Myelodysplastic Syndrome


• Veena Fauble


• 78 Acute Leukemia


• Veena Fauble


• 79 Plasma Cell Dyscrasias


• Veena Fauble


• 80 Metastatic Neoplasms


• Irina Dobrosotskaya


• Section 8. Rheumatology


• 81 Arthritis


• Rory M. Marks and Samardeep Gupta


• 82 Gout


• Rory M. Marks and Samardeep Gupta


• 83 Overview to Approaching Systemic Autoimmune Diseases


• Andrew P. Vreede and Rory M. Marks


• 84 Specific Autoimmune Diseases


• Andrew P. Vreede and Rory M. Marks


• 85 Vasculitis Syndromes


• Andrew P. Vreede and Rory M. Marks


• Section 9. Endocrinology


• 86 Hypercalcemia


• Jill Wagoner and Palak Choksi


• 87 Hypocalcemia


• Jill Wagoner and Palak Choksi


• 88 Inpatient Management of Hyperglycemia


• Jill Wagoner and Palak Choksi


• 89 Diabetic Emergencies


• Jill Wagoner and Palak Choksi


• 90 Thyroid Disease


• Jill Wagoner and Palak Choksi


• 91 Adrenal Insufficiency


• Jill Wagoner and Palak Choksi


• Section 10. Neurology


• 92 Altered Mental Status


• Robert W. Pratt


• 93 Weakness


• Robert W. Pratt


• 94 Peripheral Neuropathy


• Robert W. Pratt


• 95 Vertigo


• Robert W. Pratt


• 96 Seizure Disorders


• Robert W. Pratt


• 97 Stroke


• Robert W. Pratt


• 98 Meningitis


• Robert W. Pratt


• 99 Spinal Cord Compression


• Robert W. Pratt


• Section 11. Dermatology


• 100 Exanthems


• Severine Cao


• 101 Pruritus


• Severine Cao


• 102 Clubbing


• Stephen Chiang and Sanjay Saint


• Section 12. Toxicology


• 103 Alcohol Intoxication and Withdrawal


• Sanjay Shewakramani


• 104 Toxicologic Emergencies


• Sanjay Shewakramani


• Section 13. Perioperative Medicine


• 105 Preoperative Cardiovascular Risk Assessment for Noncardiac Surgery


• Michael D. Rudy and Paul J. Grant


• 106 Perioperative Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in Noncardiac Surgery


• Michael D. Rudy and Paul J. Grant


• 107 Perioperative Pulmonary Risk Assessment and Reduction Strategies


• Michael D. Rudy and Paul J. Grant


• 108 Perioperative Medication Management


• Michael D. Rudy and Paul J. Grant

About the author

Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH, MACP is the Chief of Medicine at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, the George Dock Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan, and the Director of the VA/University of Michigan Patient Safety Enhancement Program. His scholarly work focuses on enhancing patient safety, clinical decision-making, and medical education.

Vineet Chopra, MD is Chairman and Professor, Department of Medicine, at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. His research focuses on improving hospital safety, particularly by preventing complications from peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs).

Summary

This 5th edition focuses on the most commonly encountered problems in hospital medicine, presented in a handy user-friendly outline. It provides an easily accessible framework to help students, residents, and inpatient clinicians diagnose and develop treatment and management approaches for a broad range of medical conditions.

Additional text

The Saint-Chopra Guide gives clinicians a framework to analyze virtually any condition that arises in the hospital. The chapters are concise, practical, and memorable

Product details

• Authors: Sanjay (Chief of Medicine Saint
• Assisted by: Vineet Chopra (Editor), Sanjay Saint (Editor), Saint Sanjay (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 09.08.2025
• EAN: 9780197754153
• ISBN: 978-0-19-775415-3
• No. of pages: 736
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; MEDICAL / General, MEDICAL / Diagnosis, MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine, MEDICAL / Education & Training, Medical profession