Preface, viiContributors, ixSection One: General Aspects of Acute Medicine, 11 Introduction to Acute Medicine, 3Glenn Matfin and Nick Murch2 Clinical reasoning in Acute Medicine, 12Glenn Matfin3 Generic capabilities relevant to Acute Medicine, 22Glenn Matfin4 Safe prescribing in Acute Medicine, 40Glenn Matfin5 The acutely unwell patient, 50Glenn Matfin6 Resuscitation, 65James Piper and Glenn Matfin7 Enhanced and critical care Acute Medicine, 86Glenn Matfin8 Acute medicine in the ambulatory care setting, 100Glenn Matfin9 Acute medicine in the home, 104Daniel Lasserson10 Effective discharge planning, 107Glenn Matfin11 Point-of-care ultrasound in Acute Medicine, 113Rasha Buhumaid12 Putting it all together -- managing the acute medical take, 138James PiperSection Two: Acute Medicine in Special Populations, 14513 Older persons, 147Glenn Matfin and Howell Jones14 Perioperative medicine, 160Robert Grange, Joshua Griffiths and David Shipway15 The obstetric woman in the acute setting, 176Siara Teelucksingh, Emma Page and Anita Banerjee16 Adolescents and young adults, 194Glenn Matfin17 People with learning disabilities, 197Glenn Matfin18 Inclusion health, 201Glenn Matfin19 Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, and others (LGBTQ+), 209Howell Jones and Glenn Matfin20 People living with HIV, 215Nadia Ahmed and Robert Miller21 The poisoned patient, 221Glenn Matfin22 Alcohol, drugs and substance abuse, 230Nick Murch23 People with diabetes and other hormonal disorders, 245Glenn Matfin24 People with neurological disorders, 299Hani Ben Amer25 People with mental health issues, 335James Bolton26 Acute oncology, 351Glenn MatfinSection Three: Common Presentations in Acute Medicine, 36527 Common presentations in Acute Medicine, 367Glenn Matfin and Aya AkhrasIndex, 432
Glenn Matfin, MSc (Oxon), MB ChB, FRCPE, is former Chief of Medicine at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Fresno, and Valley Medical Foundation Endowed Chair in Medicine, Fresno, CA, USA. He was also Vice-Chair of Medicine at UCSF and Professor of Clinical Medicine at UCSF. He was previously Consultant Physician and Honorary Professor of Medicine in AIM, Diabetes and Endocrinology in the UK NHS.