VCU Internal Medicine Training Program
Consultation in General Internal Medicine: A Guide for Housestaff
Introduction | Pre-Operative Consultation
Consultations for Medical Management | Important Issues
Introduction
- Medical Consultation (pdf)
Steven Freer, MD & Mary Nettleman, MD, MS - Introduction and Historical Background to Medical Consultation (pdf)
John M. Witherspoon, MD, MPH - Clinical Service Standards (pdf)
Ralph R. Clark, MD & Sheldon M. Retchin, MD, MSPH
Pre-Operative Consultation
- Perioperative Management of Diabetes (pdf)
Ranjodh Gill, MD - Perioperative Evaluation and Management of the Patient with Pulmonary Disease (pdf)
Cesar Kanamori, MD - Pre-Operative Cardiac Evaluation (pdf)
Kalpana Jain, MD - Pre-Operative Evaluation and Management of the Patient with High Blood Pressure (pdf)
Joyce Beltran-Keeling MD - Pre-Operative Assessment Of The Patient With Renal Insufficiency (pdf)
Patricia Zuniga, MD - Pre-Operative Evaluation of the Patient on Steroids (pdf)
Rita M. Willett, MD - Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis (pdf)
Joy P. Rowe, MD - Management of Warfarin Therapy Perioperatively (pdf)
Betty Anne Johnson, MD, PhD - Special Considerations in Obese Patients (pdf)
Paulina A. Essah, MD
Consultations for Medical Management
- Sodium Disorders (pdf)
Stephen Sigworth, MD, MSHA - Hyperkalemia (pdf)
Margaret Roberson, MD - Post-Operative Management of Hypertension (pdf)
Vibha Thakral, MD - Renal Insufficiency in Hospitalized Patients (pdf)
Andy Pinson, MD - Chest Pain in the Hospitalized Patient (pdf)
F. Lynne Clemo, MD & Vikash Khurana, MD - Evaluation of Bradyarrhythymias (pdf)
Vikash Khurana, MD - Hypoxia (pdf)
Sashidhar Reddy, MD - Systematic Approach to the Diagnosis & Management of Venous Thromboembolism (pdf)
Seema Gadiwalla, MD - Evaluation of Nosocomial Fever (pdf)
Alfred Rogers, MD - Delirium (pdf)
Rachel Selby-Penczak, MD & Catherine M. Kelso, MD - Diabetes Management in the Hospitalized Patient (pdf)
Helen Kuno, MD - How to Evaluate Weight Loss (pdf)
Ranjodh Gill, MD - Withdrawal from Alcohol, Cocaine, and Heroin (pdf)
Michael Weaver, MD
Important Issues
- Nutrition in the Hospitalized Patient (pdf)
Elizabeth O’Keefe, MD - Pain Management (pdf)
Michael Weaver, MD - Herbal Medicines and the Surgical Patient
Felice M. Archuleta, MD & Jo Lynne W. Robins, PhD, RN, ANP - Osteoporosis in the Hospitalized Patient (pdf)
Wendy S. Klein, MD & Kelsey Swanson Salley, MD - Protean Presentations of Pregnancy (pdf)
Ruma Adams, MD & Lisa Ellis, MD - Courtesy and Conflict in General Medical Consultation (pdf)
Clay Beveridge, MD - Home Care (pdf)
Linda Abbey, MD - Medical Consult Billing, Coding, and Converting ‘Curbsides’ into Billed Services (pdf)
Bruce E. Hillner, MD
