MDpocket Saint Joseph Hospital Family Medicine Resident - 2019
This MDpocket medical reference guide is specifically designed for Family Medicine Residents at Saint Joseph Hospital in Denver, Colorado. Packed full of daily medical information and guidelines to keep you efficient with its tabbed index and small pocket design, its ideal for using on any rotation. This reference guide includes useful information on suturing, lacerations, reading CXRs, treating many common medical conditions and performing procedures (thoracentesis, paracentesis, lumbar punctures) and many treatment algorithms. Used by residents, faculty and students at Saint Joseph Hospital.
2019 Updates
Hypertension (HTN 2019) – 1 page added to the 2019 Hypertension chapter (now a 2 page layout) to define the new blood pressure measurements and classifications. This additional page adds patient specific considerations when selecting blood pressure medications. Recent hypertension guidelines were changed in 2017 as defined by evidence based guidelines and can be found at: Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults, Journal of the American College of Cardiology (2017), doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.11.006.
Medications used for Nausea, Vomiting and Diarrhea updated – 1 additional page added to the 2019 nausea, vomiting and diarrhea chapter. This update now includes current medications and doses for opioid induced constipation (OIC), chronic idiopathic constipation (CIC), irritable bowel syndrome - constipation (IBS-C). Nausea and vomiting medications were organized and brand names added for completeness.
CHA2DS2-VASc – updated to the January 2019 Atrial Fibrillation (AF) thromboembolic risk assessment, classification and treatment guidelines. This update focuses on the CHADS-VASc risk assessment with guideline changes from 2014 on patient populations to treat with anticoagulation. AHA/ACC/HRS Focused Update of the 2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society. Circulation. 2019;139
Microbiology chart antibiotic spectrum – 2019 updated current antibiotic coverage based on the most accurate information to improve the changing spectrum of drug coverage. New antibiotic chart demonstrates spectrum of coverage from ++ to - and improves the original design with guidelines established by Sanford and package inserts.
Hypernatremia (New 2019 Chapter) – management and helpful algorithm for diagnosing high sodium problems.
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