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Vascular diseases for the non-specialist : an evidence-based guide /
This book aims to provide non-specialist healthcare practitioners with current, focused and objective information on the most common vascular diseases encountered in daily clinical practice. In day-to-day clinical practice many healthcare practitioners do not have a working knowledge of the most com...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cham, Switzerland :
Springer,
2017.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Contributors; 1: How to Make Decisions in Healthcare?; Clinical Question and Study Design; Evidence-Based Healthcare and Systematic Reviews; Harms, Not Just Efficacy; How to Make Decisions in Healthcare; References; 2: Anatomical Principles of the Circulatory System; Introduction; The Cardiovascular System; The Heart; Vessels' Wall: The Endothelium; Coronary Irrigation; The Arterial System; Aorta and Its Branches; Cervical and Intracranial Irrigation; Thorax and Upper Limb; Lower Limb; The Venous System; Cervical and Intracranial.
- Thorax and Upper Limb Lower Limb; The Lymphatic System; Lymphatic Vessels; Lymphoid Organs; References; 3: Atherosclerosis; Introduction; Epidemiology; Pathophysiology; Cerebrovascular Disease; Coronary Artery Disease; Peripheral Artery Disease; Reno-Vascular Atherosclerosis; Diagnosis; Determining the Presence of Significant Atherosclerotic Disease or Its Equivalent; Ankle-Brachial Index; Carotid Ultrasonography; Femoral Ultrasonography; Electron-Beam Computed Tomography; Pressures and Pulse-Volume Recordings; Others Cardiovascular Methods of Evaluation.
- Utilization of Risk Stratification Scores Treatment; General Practitioner's Role; Medical Specialist Evaluation; References; 4: Hemostasis and Anticoagulation Therapy; Introduction; Primary Hemostasis; Endothelium; Platelets; Platelet Adhesion; Platelet Activation; Platelet Aggregation; Secondary Hemostasis; Coagulation; The Initiation Phase; The Amplification Phase; The Propagation Phase; Fibrinolysis; Anticoagulant Treatment; Parenteral Anticoagulants; Unfractionated Heparin; Low Molecular Weight Heparins; Fondaparinux; Direct Thrombin Inhibitors; Oral Anticoagulants.
- Vitamin K Antagonists Warfarin; Acenocoumarol; New Oral Anticoagulants; Dabigatran; Rivaroxaban; Apixaban; Edoxaban; References; 5: Peripheral Artery Disease; Introduction; Epidemiology; Natural History and Clinical Presentation; Asymptomatic; Intermittent Claudication; Critical Limb Ischemia; Diagnosis; Treatment; Risk Factors Control; Treatment of Intermittent Claudication; Treatment of Critical Limb Ischemia; References; 6: Acute Limb Ischemia; Introduction; Arterial Thrombosis; Arterial Embolism; Epidemiology; Clinical Presentation; Diagnosis.
- Differential Diagnosis Treatment; Endovasculartherapy; Conventional Open Surgery; Complications; Syndrome of Reperfusion; References; 7: Cerebrovascular Disease; Concept; Epidemiology; Clinical Presentation; Natural History; Diagnosis; Treatment; Medical Treatment; Surgical Treatment; What Generalist Doctor Can Do for This Patient?; When Is the Time to Refer to Specialist?; References; 8: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms; Concept; Epidemiology; Clinical Presentation; Image Exams; Abdominal Ultrasonography; Angiotomography; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Screening Program.