Consult Curriculum
Internal Medicine Consult Syllabus 2016 | Consult Curriculum Topics
Cardiac
- Prevention of Infective Endocarditis: Guidelines From the American Heart Association: A Guideline From the American Heart Association
- 2016 ACC/AHA Guideline Focused Update on Duration of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease
- 2019 AHA/ACC/HRS Focused Update of the 2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
- Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiac Risk Assessment and Management for Patients Who Undergo Noncardiac Surgery
- Preoperative N-Terminal Pro–B-Type Natriuretic Peptide and Cardiovascular Events After Noncardiac Surgery
- Exercise Stress Testing: Indications and Common Questions
- Dabigatran in patients with myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery (MANAGE): an international, randomised, placebo-controlled trial
- Assessment of functional capacity before major non-cardiac surgery: an international, prospective cohort study
- Association of Postoperative High-Sensitivity Troponin Levels With Myocardial Injury and 30-Day Mortality Among Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery
- Aspirin in Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery
- Effects of extended-release metoprolol succinate in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery (POISE trial): a randomised controlled trial
- Aspirin in Patients With Previous Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery
- 2014 ACC/AHA Guideline on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Management of Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery
Endocrine
- Perioperative corticosteroid administration: a systematic review and descriptive
- Perioperative Glucose Control in PatientsWith Diabetes Undergoing Elective Surgery
- Debate on Insulin vs Non-insulin Use in the Hospital Setting—Is It Time to Revise the Guidelines for the Management of Inpatient Diabetes?
- 13. Diabetes Care in the Hospital
- Nonobstetric Surgery During Pregnancy
- Randomized Study of Basal-Bolus Insulin Therapy in the Inpatient Management of PatientsWith Type 2 Diabetes Undergoing General Surgery (RABBIT 2 Surgery)
- Perioperative glucocorticoid coverage. A reassessment 42 years after emergence of a problem
Frailty
- Association of Preoperative Patient Frailty and Operative Stress With Postoperative Mortality
- Development and Initial Validation of the Risk Analysis Index for Measuring Frailty in Surgical Populations
- Recalibration and External Validation of the Risk Analysis Index: A Surgical Frailty Assessment Tool
General
- Routine preoperative tests for elective surgery
- Withholding versus Continuing Angiotensin-converting Enzyme Inhibitors or Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers before Noncardiac Surgery
- Practice Guidelines for Preoperative Fasting and the Use of Pharmacologic Agents to Reduce the Risk of Pulmonary Aspiration: Application to Healthy Patients Undergoing Elective Procedures
- Examining Risk: A Systematic Review of Perioperative Cardiac Risk Prediction Indices
- Avoiding Unnecessary Preoperative Testing
Hematology
- Patient Blood Management Recommendations From the 2018 Frankfurt Consensus Conference
- Six-Month Outcomes after Restrictive or Liberal Transfusion for Cardiac Surgery
- An Algorithmic Approach to Coagulation Testing
- Transfusion and Management of Surgical Patients with Hematologic Disorders
- Perioperative Bridging Anticoagulation in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
- Liberal versus restrictive blood transfusion strategy: 3-year survival and cause of death results from the FOCUS randomised controlled trial
Psychiatry
- Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, gitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in the ICU
- Guidelines for the peri-operative care of people with dementia
- Postoperative Delirium in Older Adults: Best Practice Statement from the American Geriatrics Society
Pulmonary
- Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine Guidelines on Preoperative Screening and Assessment of Adult Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- Preoperative Pulmonary Evaluation
- Risk Factors for Postoperative Pulmonary Complications: An Update of the Literature
- Practice Guidelines for the Perioperative Management of Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- Physiologic Evaluation of the Patient With Lung Cancer Being Considered for Resectional Surgery
Surgical Proceedures and Diseases
- Cardiac Arrest in the Operating Room: Part 2—Special Situations in the Perioperative Period
- Laparoscopic cholecystectomy versus percutaneous catheter drainage for acute cholecystitis in high risk patients (CHOCOLATE): multicentre randomised clinical trial
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Pituitary Adenomas
- Management of Acute Hip Fracture
- American Society for Enhanced Recovery and Perioperative Quality Initiative Joint Consensus Statement on Perioperative Management of Patients on Preoperative Opioid Therapy
- Description and Impact of a Comprehensive Multispecialty Multidisciplinary Intervention to Decrease Opioid Prescribing in Surgery