Download or read book Volume 1, Issue 3, an issue of Hospital Medicine Clinics - E-Book written by Jeffrey L. Greenwald and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2012-07-28 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new online Clinics series, Hospital Medicine Clinics, provides evidence-based answers to clinical questions the practicing hospitalist faces daily. This third issue in our growing online database covers essential updates in the following topics: B-type natriuretic peptide; procalcitonin; erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein; urine lytes; rational testing in patients with gastrointestinal bleeding; antinuclear antibody testing; serum protein electrophoresis, urine protein electrophoresis, and immunoelectrophoresis; patient-controlled analgesia; total parenteral nutrition and peripheral parenteral nutrition; and rational lab testing.