Title: The cardiac care unit survival guide /
Authors: Herzog, Eyal.
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Heart Diseases therapy; Coronary Care Units; Acute Coronary Syndrome therapy; Coronary care units.; Heart Diseases Treatment; Heart Diseases Nursing
Abstract: This book is geared toward cardiologists, trainees, and housestaff --anyone who rotates or practices in the CCU--who must grasp the subtleties when treating patients in a cardiac care unit. It is organized in a way to help you understand the simplified pathophysiology of the disease, the diagnosis modalities, the initial critical care management in the CCU, the clinical care in a step down unit and plan for discharge therapy. Dr. Herzog has developed unified pathways for the management of patients presenting with acute chest pain or its equivalent, acute heart failure, atrial fibrillation and flutter, syncope, cardiac arrest, hypertension and hyperglycemia. Algorithms and pathways for management are provided in each chapter for easy implementation in any health care system. In addition, because specialized units are frightening to the patients and their families, there is a section in each chapter on what the patient and family need to know, that encompasses a capsulated explanation of the condition and treatment management.
Contents: Pathway for the management of acute coronary syndrome -- ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction -- Non-ST elevation myocardial infarction and unstable angina -- Coronary angiography and coronary angioplasty -- Echocardiography in acute coronary syndrome -- Use of radionuclide imaging in acute coronary syndrome -- Medications used in the management of acute coronary syndrome -- Coronary artery bypass surgery -- Pathway for the management of acute heart failure -- Mechanical complications of myocardial infarction -- Cardiogenic shock complicating acute myocardial infarction -- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy -- Mechanical circulatory support -- Medications used in the management of heart failure -- Bradyarrhythmia including heart block -- Supraventricular arrhythmias and atrial fibrillation -- Ventricular arrhythmias -- The approach to the patient with syncope -- Strategies for the prevention of sudden cardiac death -- Pathway for the management of survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, including therapeutic hypothermia -- Procedures to treat arrhythmias in the cardiac care unit -- Commonly used medications for the treatment of arrhythmias -- Acute aortic syndromes -- Pericardial effusion and tamponade -- Decompensated valvular disease in the cardiac care unit -- Infective endocarditis -- Mechanical ventilation in the cardiac care unit -- Pulmonary embolism -- Sedation and analgesia in the cardiac care unit -- Renal failure in the cardiac care unit -- End-of-life care in the cardiac care unit -- Diabetes Mellitus in the cardiac care unit -- Hypertension in the cardiac care unit -- Lipid management in the cardiac care unit -- Diet, nutrition, obesity, and weidht loss in cardiac care unit patients -- Exercise and physical activity -- Smoking cessation in the cardiac patient -- An integrative behavioral approach for adopting a healthy lifestyle after the diagnosis of heart disease.