A Medication Guide to Internal Medicine Tests and Procedures
- 1st Edition - July 8, 2021
- Latest edition
- Author: Gregory J. Hughes
- Language: English
Offering a unified resource for both clinicians and pharmacists, A Medication Guide to Internal Medicine Tests and Procedures provides concise, focused answers to common medicat… Read more
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Description
Description
Key features
Key features
Addresses the many medication questions surrounding 54 of the most commonly used tests and procedures.
Ensures proper peri-procedural management by addressing what medications need to be administered or held ahead of a specific test.
Provides foundational guidance on the diagnostic process, anticoagulation and glycemic management in the periprocedural period, and anesthesia, followed by highly templated chapters arranged alphabetically by procedure name.
Includes brief descriptions of tests, how they are performed, and common findings.
Helps readers avoid interference with tests and unnecessary adverse effects, optimizing patient outcomes.
Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
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Readership
Table of contents
Table of contents
1 Introduction
2 The process of diagnosing
3 Nuances and characteristics of tests
4 Anticoagulation Management in the Periprocedural Period
5 Glycemic considerations for tests and procedures
6 Introduction to anesthesia
7 Abdominal ultrasound
8 Adrenocorticotropic hormone stimulation test
9 Ankle-brachial index test
10 Atrial fibrillation ablation
11 Bariatric surgery
12 Bladder scan
13 Bronchoscopy
14 Carotid endarterectomy
15 Chest tube
16 Chest X-ray
17 Computed tomography scan
18 Continuous glucose monitoring
19 Continuous renal replacement therapy
20 Coronary artery bypass grafting
21 Culture - blood
22 Culture - Sputum
23 Culture - Urine (UCx)
24 Dexamethasone suppression test
25 Echocardiography
26 Electrocardiography (EKG, ECG)
27 Electroencephalography (EEG)
28 Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
29 Gastric emptying study
30 Gastrointestinal endoscopy - capsule
31 Gastrointestinal endoscopy - lower
32 Gastrointestinal endoscopy - upper
33 Hemodialysis (HD)
34 Hemodialysis access
35 Hepatobiliary Scintigraphy (HIDA Scan)
36 Implantable electronic cardiac devices
37 Intravenous access
38 Lower extremity venous duplex ultrasound
39 Lumbar puncture (LP)
40 Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography
41 Magnetic resonance imaging
42 Nasogastric tubes
43 Nephrostomy tubes
44 Oxygen supplementation
45 Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA)
46 Percutaneous coronary intervention
47 Gastrostomy Tubes
48 Peritoneal dialysis (PD)
49 Positron emission tomography (PET)
50 Renal ultrasound
51 Sleep study
52 Speech-language and swallow evaluations
53 Stress tests
54 Thyroid ablation
55 Thyroid uptake and scan
56 Transcatheter aortic valve replacement
57 Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS)
58 Urinalysis (UA)
59 Urinary catheters
60 Ventilation-perfusion scan
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Product details
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- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: October 6, 2021
- Language: English
About the author
About the author
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Gregory J. Hughes
Gregory J. Hughes, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP, is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at St. John's University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences where he has held academic leadership positions. He is also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Dr. Hughes serves as a Clinical Pharmacy Preceptor in the Department of General Internal Medicine at North Shore University Hospital, where he provides pharmacotherapy expertise to the inpatient internal medicine service and has precepted more than 300 pharmacy students and dozens of pharmacy residents. He is author of numerous peer-review articles, book chapters, and is the creator and editor of the textbook A Medication Guide to Internal Medicine Tests and Procedures and an Assistant Editor for The Senior Care Pharmacist journal. His professional expertise and research focus on internal medicine, geriatrics, pedagogy, and assessment. Dr. Hughes completed a post-graduate Pharmacy Practice Residency at the St. Louis VA Medical Center and served as a Clinical Instructor at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy during that time.”