Internal Medicine Residency Readings: Wards/NF

Saag, H. S., Chen, J., Denson, J. L., Jones, S., Horwitz, L., & Cocks, P. M. (2017). Warm Handoffs: a Novel Strategy to Improve End-of-Rotation Care Transitions. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1-4.

Denson, J. L., Jensen, A., Saag, H. S., Wang, B., Fang, Y., Horwitz, L. I., ... & Sherman, S. E. (2016). Association between end-of-rotation resident transition in care and mortality among hospitalized patients. Jama, 316(21), 2204-2213.

Liamis G, Filippatos TD, Elisaf MS. Evaluation and treatment of hypernatremia: a practical guide for physicians. Postgrad Med. 2016;128(3):299-306. doi:10.1080/00325481.2016.1147322

Adrogué HJ, Tucker BM, Madias NE. Diagnosis and Management of Hyponatremia: A Review. JAMA. 2022;328(3):280-291. doi:10.1001/jama.2022.11176

Achanti A, Szerlip HM. Acid-Base Disorders in the Critically Ill Patient. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2023;18(1):102-112. doi:10.2215/CJN.04500422

Duffett, L., Castellucci, L. A., & Forgie, M. A. (2020). Pulmonary embolism: update on management and controversies. BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 370, m2177. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m2177

Labaki, W. W., & Rosenberg, S. R. (2020). Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Annals of internal medicine, 173(3), ITC17–ITC32. https://doi.org/10.7326/AITC202008040

Jolly, H., Freel, E. M., & Isles, C. (2023). Management of hypertensive emergencies and urgencies: narrative review. Postgraduate medical journal, 99(1169), 119–126. https://doi.org/10.1136/postgradmedj-2021-140899

Mahtani, A. U., & Nair, D. G. (2019). Supraventricular Tachycardia. The Medical clinics of North America, 103(5), 863–879. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcna.2019.05.007

Mattison MLP. Delirium. Ann Intern Med. 2020 Oct 6;173(7):ITC49-ITC64. doi: 10.7326/AITC202010060. PMID: 33017552.

Heidenreich, P. A., Bozkurt, B., Aguilar, D.,et al. (2022). 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Circulation, 145(18), e895–e1032. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001063

Barstow, C., Shahan, B., & Roberts, M. (2018). Evaluating Medical Decision-Making Capacity in Practice. American family physician, 98(1), 40–46.

Ostermann, M., Shaw, A. D., & Joannidis, M. (2023). Management of oliguria. Intensive care medicine, 49(1), 103–106. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-022-06909-5

Day, E., & Daly, C. (2022). Clinical management of the alcohol withdrawal syndrome. Addiction (Abingdon, England), 117(3), 804–814. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15647

Fergeson, J. E., Patel, S. S., & Lockey, R. F. (2017). Acute asthma, prognosis, and treatment. The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, 139(2), 438–447. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2016.06.054

Gulati, M., Levy, P. D., Mukherjee, D., et al. (2021). 2021 AHA/ACC/ASE/CHEST/SAEM/SCCT/SCMR Guideline for the Evaluation and Diagnosis of Chest Pain: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Circulation, 144(22), e368–e454. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001029

Yasmeen, I., Krewulak, K. D., Zhang, C., Stelfox, H. T., & Fiest, K. M. (2020). The Effect of Caregiver-Facilitated Pain Management Interventions in Hospitalized Patients on Patient, Caregiver, Provider, and Health System Outcomes: A Systematic Review. Journal of pain and symptom management, 60(5), 1034–1046.e47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.06.030

Wung, S. (2016). Bradyarrhythmias Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis, and Management. Critical Care Nursing Clinics Of North America, 28(3), 297–+. doi:10.1016/j.cnc.2016.04.003

Tokar, J. L., & Higa, J. T. (2022). Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding. Annals of internal medicine, 175(2), ITC17–ITC32. https://doi.org/10.7326/AITC202202150

Mandell, L. A., & Niederman, M. S. (2019). Aspiration Pneumonia. The New England journal of medicine, 380(7), 651–663. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMra1714562

(2021). Chest x-ray: overview of high-yield topics in chest x-ray. Kaufman M.S., & Ganti L, & Chang D, & Lora A(Eds.), First Aid for the® Medicine Clerkship, 4th Edition. McGraw Hill. https://accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=3493§ionid=287805261

Barsky, M., Olson, A. P. J., & Astik, G. J. (2022). Classifying and Disclosing Medical Errors. The Medical clinics of North America, 106(4), 675–687. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcna.2022.02.007

Brateanu, A., Russo-Alvarez, G., & Nielsen, C. (2015). Starting insulin in patients with type 2 diabetes: an individualized approach. Cleve Clin J Med, 82, 513-519.

Duffett L. (2022). Deep Venous Thrombosis. Annals of internal medicine, 175(9), ITC129–ITC144. https://doi.org/10.7326/AITC202209200

Dugar S, Choudhary C, Duggal A. Sepsis and septic shock: Guideline-based management. Cleve Clin J Med. 2020;87(1):53–64. doi:10.3949/ccjm.87a.18143

Walker, M. D., & Shane, E. (2022). Hypercalcemia: A Review. JAMA, 328(16), 1624–1636. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2022.18331

Dhatariya, K. K., Glaser, N. S., Codner, E., & Umpierrez, G. E. (2020). Diabetic ketoacidosis. Nature reviews. Disease primers, 6(1), 40. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41572-020-0165-1

Warren, A. M., Grossmann, M., Christ-Crain, M., & Russell, N. (2023). Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuresis: From Pathophysiology to Management. Endocrine reviews, 44(5), 819–861. https://doi.org/10.1210/endrev/bnad010

Agrawal S, Dhiman RK, Limdi JK. Evaluation of abnormal liver function tests. Postgrad Med J. 2016 Apr;92(1086):223-34. doi: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2015-133715. Review. PubMed PMID: 26842972.

Mederos MA, Reber HA, Girgis MD. Acute Pancreatitis: A Review. JAMA. 2021 Jan 26;325(4):382-390. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.20317. PMID: 33496779.

Beyer, G., Habtezion, A., Werner, J., Lerch, M. M., & Mayerle, J. (2020). Chronic pancreatitis. Lancet (London, England), 396(10249), 499–512. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31318-0

Tapper, E. B., & Parikh, N. D. (2023). Diagnosis and Management of Cirrhosis and Its Complications: A Review. JAMA, 329(18), 1589–1602. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2023.5997

Trivella, J., John, B. V., & Levy, C. (2023). Primary biliary cholangitis: Epidemiology, prognosis, and treatment. Hepatology communications, 7(6), e0179. https://doi.org/10.1097/HC9.0000000000000179

Ginès, P., Krag, A., Abraldes, J. G., Solà, E., Fabrellas, N., & Kamath, P. S. (2021). Liver cirrhosis. Lancet (London, England), 398(10308), 1359–1376. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01374-X

Yew, K. S., George, M. K., & Allred, H. B. (2023). Acute Abdominal Pain in Adults: Evaluation and Diagnosis. American family physician, 107(6), 585–596.

Santus, P., Radovanovic, D., Saad, M., Zilianti, C., Coppola, S., Chiumello, D. A., & Pecchiari, M. (2023). Acute dyspnea in the emergency department: a clinical review. Internal and emergency medicine, 18(5), 1491–1507. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-023-03322-8

Budhwar, N., & Syed, Z. (2020). Chronic Dyspnea: Diagnosis and Evaluation. American family physician, 101(9), 542–548.

Bellomo R. Acute renal failure. Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2011 Oct;32(5):639-50. doi: 10.1055/s-0031-1287872. Epub 2011 Oct 11. Review. PubMed PMID: 21989699.

Kumar, A., Sharma, E., Marley, A., Samaan, M. A., & Brookes, M. J. (2022). Iron deficiency anaemia: pathophysiology, assessment, practical management. BMJ open gastroenterology, 9(1), e000759. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgast-2021-000759

Kalantar-Zadeh K, Jafar TH, Nitsch D, Neuen BL, Perkovic V. Chronic kidney disease. Lancet. 2021 Aug 28;398(10302):786-802. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00519-5. Epub 2021 Jun 24. PMID: 34175022.

Davidson, H., & Houston, A. (2021). Fever in the returning traveller. Medicine (Abingdon, England : UK ed.), 10.1016/j.mpmed.2021.08.005. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mpmed.2021.08.005

Palmer, B. F., Carrero, J. J., Clegg, D. J., Colbert, G. B., Emmett, M., Fishbane, S., Hain, D. J., Lerma, E., Onuigbo, M., Rastogi, A., Roger, S. D., Spinowitz, B. S., & Weir, M. R. (2021). Clinical Management of Hyperkalemia. Mayo Clinic proceedings, 96(3), 744–762. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocp.2020.06.014

Cornish W. Safe and appropriate use of insulin and other antihyperglycemic agents in hospital. Can J Diabetes. 2014 Apr;38(2):94-100. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2014.01.002. Review. PubMed PMID: 24690504.

Ely JW, Seabury Stone M. The generalized rash: part I. Differential diagnosis. Am Fam Physician. 2010 Mar 15;81(6):726-34. Review. PubMed PMID: 20229971.

Ely JW, Seabury Stone M. The generalized rash: part II. Diagnostic approach. Am Fam Physician. 2010 Mar 15;81(6):735-9. Review. PubMed PMID: 20229972.

Swisher, J., Sitton, Z., Burbank, K., & Nelson, C. (2025). Acute Monoarthritis: Diagnosis in Adults. American family physician, 111(6), 497–506.

Wemple M, & Swenson E (2023). Oxygen therapy and toxicity. Grippi M.A., & Antin-Ozerkis D.E., & Dela Cruz C.S., & Kotloff R.M., & Kotton C, & Pack A.I.(Eds.), Fishman’s Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders, 6e. McGraw-Hill Education.
Recommended: "Techniques of Oxygen Administration" section

Frost P. Intravenous fluid therapy in adult inpatients. BMJ. 2015 Jan 6;350:g7620. doi: 10.1136/bmj.g7620. PubMed PMID: 25569336.

Modi AR, Kovacs CS. Hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia: Diagnosis, management, and prevention. Cleve Clin J Med. 2020;87(10):633-639. Published 2020 Oct 1. doi:10.3949/ccjm.87a.19117