INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The principles of geriatric assessment focus on function, cognition, and safety. An acute hospitalization is a critical time in which geriatric patients are particularly vulnerable to…
OVERVIEW OF THE NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION Print Section Listen One of the single greatest challenges in performing the neurologic examination for the practicing neurohospitalist is simply recognizing that it is being…
ABSTRACT Print Section Listen Prevention and treatment of hospital-acquired conditions is as much a part of the care of the hospitalized patient as treatment of the primary diagnosis. The development…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The principles of geriatric assessment focus on function, cognition, and safety. An acute hospitalization is a critical time in which geriatric patients are particularly vulnerable to…
ABSTRACT Print Section Listen Potential harm to both physician and patient remains a constant challenge for the neurohospitalist. Physicians can be faced with violent or threatening patients where a strategic…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen All subspecialties are a product of their history, and Neurology and Internal Medicine are no exceptions. Classical Neurology evolved in Europe on the bedrock of clinical…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Each day children and adolescents† face a wide range of medical illnesses including allergies, asthma, epilepsy, cancer, diabetes, and obesity, all of which appear to be…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The study of human sleep is a remarkably young field. Until the 1930s, sleep was viewed as a passive state during which the brain was “turned…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen This book has focused upon the prevalent and important interface of depression and medical illness. The clinical, personal, familial, societal, and financial impacts of this interaction…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Screening, comprehensive assessment, and effective treatments are necessary but not sufficient to adequately treat individuals with depression. They must be paired with effective and efficient systems…
