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Title:

Acute cardiac care : a practical guide for nurses / edited by Angela M. Kucia, Tom Quinn.

Publisher:

Wiley-Blackwell,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

viii, 308 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Heart--Nursing.--Nursing.

Other Authors:

Kucia, Angela M.
Quinn, Tom, 1961-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Mechanics of the cardiovascular system -- Regulation of cardiac and vascular function -- Cardiac electrophysiology -- The coronary circulation -- Risk factors for cardiovascular disease -- Populations at risk -- Evidence-based practice -- Ethics of research in acute cardiac care -- Cardiovascular assessment -- Electrocardiogram interpretation -- Cardiac monitoring -- Laboratory tests -- Diagnostic procedures -- Sudden cardiac death -- Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and automated external defibrillation -- Ethical issues in resuscitation -- Pathogenesis of acute coronary syndromes -- Presentations of acute coronary syndromes -- risk stratification in acute coronary syndromes -- Reducing time to treatment -- Reperfusion strategies -- Adjunct pharmacological agents in acute coronary syndromes -- Arrhythmias -- In-hospital resuscitation -- Acute heart failure -- Convalescence -- Discharge planning and secondary prevention.

ISBN:

1405163615 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781405163613 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)310075893

LCCN:

2009006627

Locations:

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)