Hospice and Palliative Care

GERIATRICS, HOSPITAL MEDICINE

Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST): This form is used for DNAR orders. See California version of form here: http://capolst.org/; Direct link to PDF here. Hospice Eligibility Card by Physicians Ross & Sanchez-Reilly, 2008 LCD-Local Coverage...

Antibiotic Treatment Duration By Disease State and Location

HOSPITAL MEDICINE, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, Pharmacy and Therapeutics

The following table was originally created by Dr. Kerkar, Dr. Mdluli, and Kyna Ngo, PharmD for use at DRMC as guidelines for the entire hospital. I have made a few additions to it from well-respected texts.   Disease State Duration Comments Kidneys, bladder, urethra...

Inpatient Months

HOSPITAL MEDICINE

Tentative Daily Schedule for inpatient month -5:30: Get to the hospital early e.g. 5:30. You can get there later e.g. 6:00am if you know you’ll be done by 7:00am. -5:30-7:00am: Examine all your patients, talk to nurses, look at labs, and think plans, and begin...

Diabetic Foot Ulcer / Cellulitis – Discharge Instructions

HOSPITAL MEDICINE

Sample discharge A/P for a patient with diabetic foot ulcer-cellulitis. Patient is s/p I&D to the distal third toe as well as nail avulsion. The patient is s/p I&D to the distal 3rd toe as well as nail avulsion. I flushed out the abscess with normal saline and...

Hepatitis Panel

Clinic, HOSPITAL MEDICINE

Acute Hepatitis Panel An acute viral hepatitis panel typically includes the following tests: Hepatitis A Antibody, IgM; Hepatitis B Core Antibody, IgM; Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Hepatitis C Antibody Chronic Hepatitis Panel A chronic viral hepatitis panel typically...

Hypernatremia, chronic

Clinic A/P, adults, Hospital A/P, Adults, HOSPITAL MEDICINE, NEPHROLOGY

Chronic hypernatremia -Patient with chronic hypernatremia. Unlikely to be acute hypernatremia. -DDx hypernatremia. Admit to Med/Surg Order/Review: Urine osmolality, urine sodium, plasma osmolality at the same time. CBC, CMP Check volume status with vital signs,...