Ferri’s Practical Guide, 9th Edition

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SECTION I: SURVIVING THE WARDS

A. Evaluating the Patient (H&P)

1. The Medical History

2. The Physical Exam

3. The Elderly Patient

4. Diagnostic Aids

B. Charting

1. Admission Orders

2. Lab Shorthand Notation

3. Dictating the H&P

4. Progress (SOAP) Note

5. Consult Note

6. Preoperative Note

7. Operative Note

8. Procedure Note

9. Discharge Summary

10. Pronouncing Death While on Call

11. Discharge Against Medical Advice (AMA)

C. Evaluating the Labs

D. Diagnostic Tests: The Basics

1. The Chest X-Ray

2. The Electrocardiogram

3. The Pulmonary Artery Catheter (Swan-Ganz)

4. Pulmonary Function Tests

5. Mechanical Ventilation

6. Pacemakers

7. Prosthetic Heart Valves

E. Procedures

1. Lumbar Puncture

2. Thoracentesis

3. Paracentesis

4. Arthrocentesis

5. Radial Artery Cannulation (A-Line)

6. Central Venous Access (CVP Line)

F. Facts and Formulas

1. Cardiovascular

2. Pulmonary

3. Renal, Fluids, Electrolytes

4. Calcium

5. Nutrition

6. Epidemiology

7. Miscellaneous

G. Formulary

1. IV Drips

2. Steroid Conversion Table

3. Regular Insulin (SC) Sliding Scale

4. Opioid Analgesics Dosing Table

5. Heparin Sliding Scale

6. Nutrition Feeds

7. Rx of Common Side Effects

H. DVT Prophylaxis

I. ACLS Algorithms

SECTION II: THE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS: ZEBRAS OR HORSES?

1. Abdominal Distention

2. Abdominal Pain

3. Abortion, Recurrent

4. Aches and Pains, Diffuse

5. Adnexal Mass

6. Adrenal Masses

7. Adynamic Ileus

8. Aerophagia

9. Alveolar Consolidation

10. Alveolar Hemorrhage

11. Amenorrhea

12. Amnesia

13. Anal Incontinence

14. Anisocoria

15. Anovulation

16. Arterial Occlusion

17. Arthritis and Eye Lesions

18. Arthritis and Heart Murmur

19. Arthritis and Muscle Weakness

20. Arthritis and Rash

21. Arthritis and Subcutaneous Nodules

22. Arthritis and Weight Loss

23. Arthritis, Fever, and Rash

24. Arthritis, Monoarticular and Oligoarticular

25. Arthritis, Polyarticular

26. Ataxia

27. AV Nodal Block

28. Back Pain

29. Bone Pain

30. Bradycardia, Sinus

31. Breast Inflammatory Lesion

32. Breast Mass

33. Breath Odor

34. Breathing, Noisy

35. Bullous Diseases

36. Calcifications on Chest X-Ray

37. Cardiac Arrest, Nontraumatic

38. Cardiac Enlargement

39. Cardiac Murmurs

40. Cavitary Lesion on Chest X-Ray

41. Chest Pain (Nonpleuritic)

42. Chest Pain (Pleuritic)

43. Clubbing

44. Color Changes, Cutaneous

45. Coma

46. Coma, Normal Computed Tomography

47. Constipation

48. Cough

49. Crystal Deposition Arthritides

50. Cyanosis

51. Demyelinating Diseases

52. Diarrhea, Tube-Fed Patient

53. Diplopia, Binocular

54. Dry eye

55. Dysphagia

56. Dyspnea

57. Dysuria

58. Dystonia

59. Earache

60. ECG: ST-T Wave Changes

61. ECG: T Wave Changes

62. Edema, Generalized

63. Edema, Leg, Unilateral

64. Edema of Lower Extremities

65. Elevated Hemidiaphragm

66. Emboli, Arterial

67. Encephalopathy, Metabolic

68. Epilepsy

69. Epistaxis

70. Esophageal Perforation

71. Eye Pain

72. Facial Pain

73. Facial Paralysis

74. Fatigue

75. Fatty Liver

76. Fever and Jaundice

77. Fever and Rash

78. Flank Pain

79. Flushing

80. Galactorrhea

81. Gastric Emptying, Delayed

82. Gastric Emptying, Rapid

83. Genital Discharge

84. Genital Sores

85. Goiter

86. Granulomatous Lung Diseases

87. Gynecomastia

88. Halitosis

89. Headache

90. Hearing Loss, Acute

91. Heartburn and Indigestion

92. Hemarthrosis

93. Hematuria

94. Hemiparesis/Hemiplegia

95. Hemolysis and Hemoglobinuria

96. Hemoptysis

97. Hepatic Coma

98. Hepatic Cysts

99. Hepatic Granulomas

100. Hepatomegaly

101. Hirsutism

102. Hoarseness

103. Hydrocephalus

104. Hydronephrosis

105. Hypercapnia, Persistent

106. Hyperpigmentation

107. Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy

108. Hyperventilation, Persistent

109. Hypocapnia

110. Hypogonadism

111. Hypopigmentation

112. Hypotension, Postural

113. Ischemic Colitis, Nonocclusive

114. Ischemic Necrosis of Cartilage and Bone

115. Jaundice

116. Joint Swelling

117. Jugular Venous Distention

118. Leg Cramps, Nocturnal

119. Leg Ulcers

120. Leukocoria

121. Livedo Reticularis

122. Lymphadenopathy

123. Mediastinal Masses or Widening on Chest X-Ray

124. Mesenteric Ischemia, Nonocclusive

125. Mesenteric Venous Thrombosis

126. Metastatic Neoplasms

127. Miosis

128. Mononeuropathy

129. Muscle Weakness

130. Mydriasis

131. Myelopathy and Myelitis

132. Myopathies, Infectious

133. Myopathies, Inflammatory

134. Myotonia

135. Nail Clubbing

136. Nausea and Vomiting

137. Neck Mass

138. Nystagmus

139. Ophthalmoplegia

140. Palpitations

141. Papilledema

142. Paraplegia

143. Paresthesias

144. Pelvic Mass

145. Pericardial Effusion

146. Pleural Effusions

147. Pneumonia, Recurrent

148. Polyneuropathy, Symmetric

149. Polyuria

150. Popliteal Swelling

151. Portal Hypertension

152. Postmenopausal Bleeding

153. Proptosis

154. Proteinuria

155. Pruritus

156. Pruritus Ani

157. Pseudoinfarction

158. Ptosis

159. Pulmonary Crackles

160. Pulmonary Lesions