Short stay management of chest pain
By: William Franklin Peacock, Christopher P. Cannon, editors
Series: Contemporary cardiology; Contemporary cardiology (Totowa, N.J. : Unnumbered)
Publisher: Humana Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9781603279475; 9781603279482
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Epidemiology and demography of coronary artery disease / S. Dadkhah and K. Sharain; title: Financial impact of acute coronary syndromes: The need for new care delivery models / S. Sieck; title: Why have a chest pain unit? / A. Annathurai and M.A. Ross; title: Pathophysiology and definition of the acute coronary syndromes / E.A. Amsterdam, D. Diercks and J.D. Kirk; title: Emergency department presentation / J.A. Holmes and S. Collins; title: Risk stratification: History, physical, and EKG / A.B. Storrow, I. McClure and E. Harbison; title: Cardiac markers: A chest pain center focus / R.H. Christenson; title: Risk stratification using scoring systems / J.E. Hollander and A.M. Chang; title: Emergency department disposition of patients presenting with chest pain / K. Owen and D.B. Diercks; title: Short-stay unit requirements / L. Graff and iv; title: Medical therapy in patients managed in a chest pain observation unit / J. McCord; title: Provocative testing / J.D. Kirk, M.C. Kontos and E.A. Amsterdam; title: Use of multislice CT and MRI for the evaluation of patients with chest pain / B. O'Neil, M.J. Gallagher and G.L. Raff; title: Disposition from the short stay unit / C.A. Ghaemmaghami and W.J. Brady; title: Examples of patient discharge instructions, ACS rule out protocols, and order sheets / K.S. Holmes.