Foreword Nicholas Jouriles; Preface; Prologue; Section I. Administration: 1. Key concepts of observation medicine: How to start (and maintain) an observation unit - What you need to know: Clinical issues Sharon E. Mace; 2. Key concepts of observation medicine: How to start (and maintain) an observation unit: What you need to know: Administrative issues Sharon E. Mace and Michael A. Granovsky; 3. Development of observation medicine over time Louis G.
Graff; 4. Principles of observation medicine Louis G. Graff; 5. Design: Features common to successful observation units David J. Robinson; 6. Staffing considerations David A. Meguerdichian and Christopher W. Baugh; 7.
Nursing Sharon E. Mace; 8. Risk management Howard Blumstein and Bret A. Nicks; 9. Metrics and performance improvement: Patient quality, safety, and experience Sharon E. Mace and Elaine Thallner; Section II. Clinical Setting and Education: 10. The community hospital perspective in a suburban/rural setting Ryan Prudoff and Stephen F.
Sayles III; 11. Observation medicine and the urban community hospital Robert S. Bennett; 12. The tertiary care hospital and academic setting Anwar Osborne; 13. Rural observation medicine J. Lane Schnell; 14. Observation medicine and the critical access hospital Jeffrey E. Goode and Justin Rodgers; 15.
Observation medicine and the hospitalist David G. Paje;16. Observation medicine and advanced practice providers Stephanie M. Figueroa and Dean T. Harrison; 17. Observation medicine training and education - Residents Pawan Suri; 18. Observation medicine training and education - medical students/fellows Bradley D.Lepore and Margarita E.
Pena; Section III. New Developments: 19. Simple, complex, and extended observation Pawan Suri; 20. Complex and extended observation Ramupriya Vaithi and Bret A. Nicks; 21. Hospital readmissions Sharon E. Mace and Elaine Thallner; 22. Level of care determination: Medical necessity risk stratification Louis G.
Graff; 23. Acute medicine in the United Kingdom Louella Vaughan; 24. Point-of-Care ultrasound in the observation unit Courtney M. Smalley and Matthew Kostura; 25. Telehealth use in observation medicine George B. Hughes; Section IV. Clinical: Subsection 4A clinical - Cardiac; 26. Chest pain Stephen Boone and W.
Frank Peacock; 27. Acute heart failure Edgar Ordonez and W. Frank Peacock; 28. Atrial fibrillation Catherine T. Puetz; 29. Syncope T. Andrew Windsor, Zachary Rogers, and Amal Mattu; 30. Cardiac stress testing; Akilesh Honasoge, Kami M.
Hu, and Amal Mattu Subsection 4B clinical - Respiratory; 31. Asthma Eric Anderson; 32. Acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bronchitis Eric Anderson; 33. Community acquired pneumonia Eric Anderson; 34. Primary spontaneous pneumothorax Chai Chew Yian Subsection 4C clinical - Vascular; 35. Venous thromboembolism Carol L. Clark and Hamzeh W. Omar; 36.
Acute pulmonary embolism David G. Paje; 37. Anticoagulants David G. Paje; Subsection 4D clinical - neurologic; 38. Transient ischemic attack Jill A. Mohr and Jonathan Glauser; 39. Headaches Sharon E. Mace and Lucy Franjic; 40.
Seizures Sharon E. Mace and Lucy Franjic; 41. Dizziness and vertigo Saurin Bhatt; 42. Central nervous system Shunts David A. Meguerdichian Subsection 4E clinical - Metabolic, endocrine; 43. Hyperglycemia Pawan Suri and Taruna K. Aurora; 44. Hypoglycemia Pawan Suri and Taruna K.
Aurora; 45. Electrolyte abnormalities Grace Lambert and Jonathan Glauser Subsection 4F Clinical - Hematologic; 46. Sickle cell disease Matthew Lyon, Ann Marie Kuchinski, and Robert W. Gibson; 47. Blood product transfusions Ryan Yavorsky and Jonathan Glauser Subsection 4G clinical - Oncologic; 48. Oncology Adam Klotzb Subsection 4H clinical - Infections; 49. Skin and soft tissue infections Robert S. Bennett Subsection 4I clinical - Gastrointestinal; 50.
Abdominal pain Louis G. Graff; 51. Upper gast.