Cardiovascular Emergencies, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America
- 1st Edition, Volume 33-3 - August 6, 2015
- Author: Semhar Z. Tewelde
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 3 9 3 3 0 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 3 9 3 3 1 - 7
Drs. Tewelde and Reynolds have put together an excellent issue on Cardiovascular Emergencies. Articles include: Pregnancy Related Coronary Artery Disease, Decompensated Cyanotic… Read more
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Request a sales quoteDrs. Tewelde and Reynolds have put together an excellent issue on Cardiovascular Emergencies. Articles include: Pregnancy Related Coronary Artery Disease, Decompensated Cyanotic Heart Disease, Blunt Cardiac Injury, Blunt Cardiac Injury, STEMI Chameleons, Hypertensive Emergency, Troubleshooting the Pacer/ICD, Cardiogenic Shock, Cardiac Arrest, and more!
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Consulting Editor
- Editors
- Authors
- Forthcoming Issues
- Forthcoming Issues
- Recent Issues
- CME Accreditation Page
- Learning Objectives
- Accreditation
- Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest
- Unapproved/Off-Label Use Disclosure
- To Enroll
- Method of Participation
- CME Inquiries/Special Needs
- Foreword: Matters of the Heart
- Preface: Matters of the Heart
- Cardiovascular Catastrophes in the Obstetric Population
- Key points
- Introduction
- Hypertensive emergencies
- Acute coronary syndrome
- Cardiomyopathy
- Dysrhythmias
- Thromboembolism
- Cardiac arrest
- Summary
- The Critically Ill Infant with Congenital Heart Disease
- Key points
- Introduction
- Diagnosis
- Emergency department evaluation
- Special considerations
- Summary
- Blunt Cardiac Injury
- Key points
- Epidemiology
- Mechanisms and injury patterns
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Summary
- Chameleons
- Key points
- Introduction
- Left ventricular hypertrophy
- Early repolarization
- Left bundle branch block
- Myopericarditis
- Brugada syndrome
- Prominent T waves
- Takotsubo or stress-related ST-segment elevation
- Ventricular aneurysm
- Summary
- Hypertensive Emergencies in the Emergency Department
- Key points
- Introduction
- Definition
- Evaluation
- Management of hypertensive emergencies
- Summary
- Congestive Heart Failure
- Key points
- Introduction
- Pathophysiology
- Classification
- Causes
- Symptoms and signs
- Diagnostic testing
- Emergency department treatment
- Summary
- Cardiotoxicodynamics
- Key points
- Basic cardiac electrophysiology
- Antidysrhythmics
- β-blockers and calcium channel blockers
- Cardioactive steroids
- β-agonists and methylxanthines
- Central α2-agonists
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Key points
- Overview
- Causes
- Diagnosis
- Management
- Atrial flutter
- Summary
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection–Related Heart Disease
- Key points
- Introduction
- Definitions
- Coronary artery disease and acute coronary syndrome
- Arrhythmias
- Myocarditis and cardiomyopathy
- Pericardial effusion
- Valvular disease
- Summary
- Management of Crashing Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension
- Key points
- Introduction
- Classification
- Right ventricular dysfunction
- Emergency department presentation
- Diagnostic studies
- Initial management
- Additional considerations
- Summary
- Cardiogenic Shock
- Key points
- Introduction
- Pathophysiology
- Treatment strategies
- Medical management
- Mechanical support
- Summary
- Emergency Care of Patients with Pacemakers and Defibrillators
- Key points
- Introduction
- Permanent pacemakers
- Indications for pacemaker placement
- Pacemaker malfunction
- Components of the pacemaker
- Emergency department approach to pacemaker malfunction
- Pacemaker-induced dysrhythmias and syndromes
- Advanced cardiac life support
- Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators
- Indications for implantable cardioverter-defibrillators
- Approach to the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator that has fired a single time
- Approach to the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator that has fired multiple times
- Checking cardiac biomarkers after defibrillation
- Cardiac arrest in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators
- Complications associated with device insertion: pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators
- Summary
- Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation
- Key points
- Introduction
- General management considerations
- Circulatory support
- Defibrillation
- Airway
- Oxygenation
- Ventilation
- Pharmacotherapy
- Devices
- A universal termination of resuscitation rule
- Novel future directions
- Appendix
- Postcardiac Arrest Management
- Key points
- Overview and goals of care
- Determining the cause and extent of injury after cardiac arrest
- Management of the postarrest patient
- Regionalization of care
- Summary
- Appendix
- Index
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 33-3
- Published: August 6, 2015
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardback ISBN: 9780323393300
- eBook ISBN: 9780323393317
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Semhar Z. Tewelde
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Maryland Medical System
Baltimore
MD