Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine, Second Edition Copyright © 2017 by McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a data base or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Previous edition copyright © 2012 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DOW 21 20 19 18 17 16
ISBN 978-0-07-184313-3
MHID 0-07-184313-2
This book was set in Myriad pro by Cenveo® Publisher Services.
The editors were Amanda Fielding and Kim J. Davis.
The production supervisor was Richard Ruzycka.
Project management was provided by Vastavikta Sharma, Cenveo Publisher Services.
The designer was Alan Barnett; the cover designer was Dreamit, Inc.
RR Donnelley was printer and binder.