Acute Coronary Syndrome (eBook, PDF)

Multidisciplinary and Pathway-Based Approach
Redaktion: Hong, Mun K.; Herzog, Eyal

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) affects millions of patients annually and requires immediate diagnosis and therapy. Critically, given the aging global population, ACS is set to become an even greater medical problem, not only for the emergency room and cardiology physicians, but for all specialists treating the older population at risk of ACS. Advances in the treatment of ACS can justifiably be considered one of the great achievements of modern medicine. The evolution of treatment strategies represents a remarkable achievement, but there is an urgent need to educate those specialists treating the high-risk population. This practical algorithm-based handbook addresses the diagnosis and treatment of these patients and is designed for the medical personnel involved in the triage and management of ACS patients.

Acute Coronary Syndrome: Multidisciplinary and Pathway-Based Approach offers clinical assistance to all trainees and non-medical specialists and provides a framework for more experienced staff to manage ACS patients effectively. The authors have compiled a wealth of clinically useful tools and information drawn from their experience at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York, making this book a comprehensive evidence-based resource that allows readers to expand their knowledge and enables rapid diagnosis and treatment of patients with ACS.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
• Seitenzahl: 326
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781846288692
• Artikelnr.: 37359248

Autorenporträt

Mun K. Hong, St. Luke?s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY, USA / Eyal Herzog, St. Luke?s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY, USA

Inhaltsangabe

ACS.- The PAIN Pathway for Management of ACS.- Translation of Critical Pathways for ACS into Admission Notes and Discharge Planning.- Epidemiology and Pathophysiology of ACS.- Evaluation in the Emergency Department and Cardiac Biomarkers.- STEMI.- Non STEMI.- Unstable Angina.- Stress Testing for Risk Stratification of Patients at Low to Intermediate Event Risk According to the "PAIN Pathway" Algorithm.- Echocardiography.- Mechanical Complications of AMI.- Congestive Heart Failure.- Cardiogenic Shock.- Pericardial Disease.- Surgical Intervention.- Arrhythmias Complicating AMI-Bradyarrhythmias.- Arrhythmias Complicating AMI.- Ventricular Arrhythmias in Patients Post MI.- Cocaine-Induced Chest Pain.- Women and the Elderly.- African Americans and Hispanics.- Coronary Artery Spasm and Chest Pain with Normal Coronary Arteries.- Antihypertensive Therapy.- Hyperglycemia Complicating ACS: Algorithm for Hyperglycemia Management During ACS.- Transition from Acute Phase to Chronic Phase: Secondary Prevention for Patients with Cardiovascular Disease.- Smoking Cessation.- Future Developments.