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12-Lead EKG Confidence : a Step-By-Step Guide.
Praise for the Second Edition:. ""This is an excellent workbook for students or healthcare professionals who are just beginning to interpret 12-lead EKGs. The book covers what is expected, but the manner in which it presents the material brings much clarity to the topic.""--Doody...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Springer Publishing Company,
2014.
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| Edición: | 3rd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Need and Use; 12 Critical Concepts; Share 12-Lead EKG Confidence: A Step-by-Step Guide, Third Edition; Section I: Overview of Heart Function and the EKG; Chapter 1: Anatomy Review of the Human Heart; Anatomy of the Heart: Overview; The Pericardium; Layers of the Heart; Heart Chambers; The Circulation; The Heart Valves; The Coronary Circulation; The Right Coronary Artery; The Left Coronary Artery; The Left Anterior Descending Artery; The Circumflex Artery; Coronary Arteries as End Arteries.
- Chapter 2: Physiology Review of the Heart's Conduction SystemThe 12 EKG Leads; EKG Paper and Time Lines; The Baseline; How to Measure Waves on the EKG; Standardization; Chapter 3: Basics of the 12-Lead EKG; The Heart's Electrical System; Creation of the Rhythm: The Sinus Node; Identifying the P Wave on the EKG; Communication With the Ventricles: The Atrioventricular Node and the Bundle Branches; Depolarization of the Ventricles: The QRS Complex; Repolarization of the Ventricles: The T Wave; Section II: Methodology: Measurements and Their Clinical Significance; Chapter 4: Heart Rate.
- The Heart Rate: A Mandatory Part of an EKG InterpretationMeasurement of the Heart Rate; The Sinus Rhythms; The Sinus Node: Master and Servant; Sinus Tachycardia: Pathophysiology (Critical Concept!); Sinus Bradycardia: Pathophysiology; The Heart Rate Reference Table; Clinical Significance of Heart Rates: Summary to Memorize!; Worksheets; Chapter 5: The PR, QRS, and QT Intervals; The PR, QRS, and QT Intervals; Location of PR, QRS, and QT Measurements; The Sequence of Events; The PR Interval: An Intentional Delay; How to Measure the PR Interval; Long PR Intervals: 1° Atrioventricular Block.
- Short PR Interval: WPW SyndromeThe QRS Interval; Long QRS Intervals: Intraventricular Conduction Delay and Bundle Branch Block; The QT Interval; The QTc: QT Interval Corrected for Heart Rate; Short QTc Syndrome (SQTS); The Long QTc Interval; The Indeterminate QT Interval; Worksheets; Chapter 6: Axis-The Science of Direction; Beginning Simply: If Only We Could See Electricity; The 12 Separate EKG Leads Equal One Arrow Visually; Begin to Visualize: Draw the Direction Diagram (Memorize!); Add Degrees to the Frontal Plane Direction Diagram; Diagram Leads as One-Dimensional Sensors or Observers.
- The Frontal Plane Leads: Visualizing Right From Left-Lead IThe Frontal Plane Leads: Visualizing Up and Down-Lead AVF; The View From the Top: The Horizontal Plane; Draw the Horizontal Plane Diagram; Horizontal Plane Diagram: Labeling the Degree Increments; The P Wave Direction: Normally Inferiorly and to the Left; The P Wave Direction: Step by Step to Diagnosis; Worksheets; SECTION II: Review Worksheets; Section III: Common Clinical Arrhythmias; Chapter 7: Atrial Arrhythmias; Sinus Rhythm; Sinus Tachycardia; Sinus Arrhythmia; Sinus Bradycardia; Atrial Tachycardia; Atrial Flutter.