The White Book - 25th edition - MGH Department of Medicine Housestaff Manual

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MGH Department of Medicine Housestaff Manual “The White Book” presents clinical experience documentation and an annual literature review for medical residents and clinicians at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. The 25th edition highlights the collective work of resident contributors across core specialties and acknowledges updates and newly added articles spanning cardiology, infectious disease, geriatrics and palliative care, endocrinology, allergy and immunology, and psychiatry. It also includes procedural and outpatient decision support, with guidance to consult professional clinical judgment and report errors to future editors.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryHealthcare

FormatPDF

Pages256

Reading Time10 h 45 min

AccessFree to download

Housestaff Manual

Cardiology

Pulmonology & Critical Care

Gastroenterology

Nephrology

Infectious Disease

Hematology

Oncology

Geriatrics & Palliative Care

Endocrinology

Allergy & Immunology

Neurology

Psychiatry

Primary Care

Consultants

TOC Housestaff Manual July 2019-June 2020 Department of Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School Boston, MA Editors Melissa Lumish, MD Shilpa Sharma, MD TOC It is an honor to present the 25th edition of the MGH Department of Medicine Housestaff Manual.“The White Book” is a trusted resource for medical residents and other clinicians at MGH and a great tradition of the Department of Medicine Residency Program. It exemplifies the rigor, autonomy, and pride with which MGH medical residents approach their work and their training. The White Book is comprised of a collective of clinical experiences on the medical services as well as an annual review of the literature. This book is a product of diligent work of many resident contributors (listed on the bottom of each page) as well as past generations of authors and editors. We extend our sincere gratitude to those junior and senior residents who contributed significant time and energy in editing entire sections of this manual: Cardiology: Rachel Frank, Avanthi Raghavan, Samuel Slavin Pulmonology & Critical Care: Shelsey Johnson, Sneha Kannan Gastroenterology: Raaj Mehta, Eric Przybyszewski Nephrology: Dana Larsen, Kate Takvorian Infectious Disease: Ali Castle, Christian Larsen Hematology: Jackie Henson, Vinayak Venkataraman Oncology: Lauren Banks, David Qualls Geriatrics & Palliative Care: Patrick Malecha, Jay Miller Endocrinology: Alexandra Wick Allergy & Immunology: Tiara Forsyth Neurology: Jeffrey Gluckstein, Meabh O’Hare, Pavan Vaswani Psychiatry: Fiona Gispen, John Weems Primary Care: Andrew Hoekzema, Margaret Threadgill Consultants: Melissa Lumish Radiology: Craig Audin, Reece Goiffon Procedures: Chris Kearney, Paige McLean Rheumatology: Louise Xu In addition, we would like to thank the many faculty who assisted with this book. Multiple sections have had significant updates and there are many new articles including: Cardiology – Mechanical Support & Transplant, Peripheral Artery Disease, Cardio-Oncology; Infectious Disease – Head & Neck Infections, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Travel Medicine; Geriatrics & Palliative Care – Non Pain Symptom Management, Advanced Care Planning; Endocrinology – Osteoporosis; Allergy & Immunology – Common Allergic Disorders; Psychiatry – Agitation, Psychosis; Primary Care – Decision Aids. Our work would not be possible without the countless hours of work by the previous editors of the MGH Department of Medicine Housestaff Manual. We hope we have lived up to their example: 1994 Albert Shaw & Ravi Thadhani 1995 Barry Kitch 1996 Sam Hahn 1998 Marc Sabatine 2000 Sherri-Ann Burnett & Bill Lester 2001 Jose Florez 2003 Andrew Yee 2004 Ishir Bhan 2005 Aaron Baggish & Yi-Bin Chen 2006 Bobby Yeh & Eugene Rhee 2007 Rajeev Malhotra 2008 Maha Farhat & W. Steve Sigler 2009 David Dudzinski & Elizabeth Guancial 2010 Roby Bhattacharya & Paul Cremer 2011 Kerry Massman & Vilas Patwardhan 2012 Michelle Long & Mihir Parikh 2013 Molly Paras & David Sallman 2014 Zaven Sargsyan & George Anesi 2015 Ang Li & Jehan Alladina 2016 Nino Mihatov & Tessa Steel 2017 Michael Abers & C. Charles Jain 2018 Kelsey Lau-Min & Jonathan Salik And of course, none of this would be possible without the guidance and support of so many amazing people that make up the Department of Medicine. In particular, we extend special thanks to Gabby Mills, Libby Cunningham, and Paula Prout for supporting this project. In addition, we would like to thank our Chief Residents – Emily Walsh, Daniel Restrepo, Nino Mihatov, and Nancy Haff for their undying support and sage wisdom. Finally, we are very grateful to Jay Vyas, Hasan Bazari, and Katrina Armstrong for their endless devotion to housestaff education. It has been an incredible honor to edit The White Book. We look forward to the contributions of future generations of authors and editors in the years to come. Melissa Lumish, MD & Shilpa Sharma, MD Dep

FAQs

What is “The White Book” in the MGH Department of Medicine Housestaff Manual?

“The White Book” is a trusted reference for MGH medical residents and clinicians, combining collective clinical experiences with an annual review of the literature.

What does the manual’s content focus on?

It covers medical services experiences and provides specialty-focused articles and updates, including cardiology, infectious disease, geriatrics and palliative care, endocrinology, allergy and immunology, and psychiatry.

How should readers handle clinical decisions and potential errors in the manual?

Clinical care decisions must be made using professional judgment for the individual patient, and readers are asked to inform next year’s editors if errors are found so they can be corrected.

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