Authors: Washington University School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Christopher Kwoh, Eric Buch, Jennifer Quartarolo, Thomas M DeFer
Prepared by residents, fellows, and attending physicians, this handbook is a practical guide to the general
internal medicine consult. It is ideally suited for residents called on to do an inpatient consult, for students working on an
inpatient medicine service, and for specialists seeking information on general internal medicine management. The content is based on the top 25 most common general internal
medicine consults requested of the hospitalist service at the Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University. Coverage includes clinical presentations, perioperative management as it relates to a clinical consult, guidelines on the appropriate conduct and approach of a medical consultant…
