Core competencies in hospital medicine: Links to resources

In 2006 the Society of Hospital Medicine published the core competencies in hospital medicine (Dressler et al (2006), Journal of Hospital Medicine, 1: 48–56. doi: 10.1002/jhm.6) which included the list of topics below. Associated with each topic are on-line resources for guidelines and learning more about each topic. In general, the links are directed to the resource header since they are frequently changing directly linking the resource would cause frequent link disruption.

Acute Coronary Syndrome

• • ABCDs of Chest Pain (a presentation I created)

• ICSI - ACS: Chest Pain and Acute Coronary Syndrome, Diagnosis and Treatment of (Guideline)

• CardioSource - Practice Guidelines & Quality Standards

Acute Renal Failure

• Acute Kidney Injury

• Chronic Kidney Disease

  • Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative (ADQI) Fall Newsletter (RIFLE criteria)

Alcohol and Drug Withdrawal

• Treatment of Alcohol Withdrawal

• Alcohol withdrawal Guidelines - Epocrates Online

• Management of Drug and Alcohol Withdrawal — NEJM

Asthma

• Expert Panel Report 3 (EPR3): Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma

Cardiac Arrhythmia

• Six Second ECG Simulator

  • When it is about the heart, it is all about relationships (a "story" about heart rhythms)

• Amazon.com: Rapid Interpretation of EKG's, Sixth Edition (9780912912066): Dale Dubin: Books

• CardioSource - Practice Guidelines & Quality Standards

Cellulitis

• IDSA : Infections by Organ System

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

• GOLD - the Global initiative for chronic Obstructive Lung Disease

Community-Acquired Pneumonia

• IDSA : Infections by Organ System

• Amazon.com: Felson's Principles of Chest Roentgenology Text with CD-ROM (Goodman, Felson's Principles of Chest Roentgenology) (9781416029236): Lawrence R. Goodman MD: Books

Congestive Heart Failure

• CardioSource - Practice Guidelines & Quality Standards

• Heart Failure Guidelines - Heart Failure Society of America

Delirium and Dementia

• • Delirium and Dementia from NICE

• American Psychiatric Association Practice Guidelines for Treatment of Patients with Delirium

Diabetes Mellitus

• American College of Endocrinology Position Statement on Inpatient Diabetes and Metabolic Control

• American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists Inpatient Glycemic Control Resource Center

• Hyperglycemic Crises in Adult Patients With Diabetes

Gastrointestinal Bleed

• Guideline 105: Management of acute upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding

• International Consensus Recommendations on the Management of Patients With Nonvariceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

• Prevention and Management of Gastroesophageal Varices and Variceal Hemorrhage in Cirrhosis

Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia

• IDSA : Infections by Organ System

Pain Management

• WHO's pain ladder

Perioperative Medicine

• Amazon.com: Medical Management of the Surgical Patient: A Textbook of Perioperative Medicine (9780521180115): Michael F. Lubin, Robert B. Smith III, Thomas F. Dodson, Nathan O. Spell, H. Kenneth Walker: Books

Sepsis Syndrome

• Surviving Sepsis Campaign

Stroke

• Stroke Guidelines & Consensus Statements | Internet Stroke Center

• NIHSS: English: NINDS : Home

Urinary Tract Infection

• IDSA : Infections by Organ System

Venous Thromboembolism

• • How to rule out pulmonary embolism (another presentation I created)

• ESC | Guidelines & Surveys | Acute Pulmonary Embolism (Diagnosis and Management of)

• Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy, 8th Ed: ACCP Guidelines