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The advanced practice nurse cardiovascular clinician /

"Focusing on the interdisciplinary team, this cardiovascular resource provides evidence-based knowledge and guidance for advanced practice nurses in a variety of care settings. Its clinically relevant and directly applicable information is presented in an accessible and well-organized format. T...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Anderson, Kelley M. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer Publishing Company, LLC, [2016]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Section I: Overview of cardiovascular care. The interprofessional team: focus on quality
  • The cardiovascular history
  • The comprehensive cardiovascular physical examination
  • Preoperative cardiovascular risk assessment and evaluation for noncardiac surgery
  • Section II: Chronic cardiovascular conditions. Hypertension
  • Lipid metabolism disorders
  • Diabetes and the metabolic syndrome
  • Chest pain
  • Stable ischemic heart disease
  • Valvular heart disease
  • Chronic heart failure
  • Section III: cardiac electrophysiology
  • Common electrophysiology presentations
  • Common conditions for electrophysiology referral
  • Electrophysiology diagnostic studies and cardiovascular implanted electronic devices
  • Section IV: Vascular disorders. Peripheral arterial disease
  • Abdominal aortic aneurysm
  • Section V: Acute cardiovascular conditions. Hypertensive emergencies
  • Acute coronary syndrome
  • Acute decompensated heart failure
  • Shock states: cardiogenic and obstructive
  • Aortic dissection
  • Pericarditis and infective endocarditis
  • Syncope
  • Sudden cardiac death and cardiac arrest
  • Section VI: Cardiovascular diagnostics. Diagnostic laboratory evaluations
  • Noninvasive diagnostic testing: electrocardiograph and ultrasound
  • Noninvasive diagnostic testing: radiographic and nuclear imaging
  • Section VII: Cardiovascular therapeutics and interventions. Integration of therapeutic lifestyle interventions
  • Pharmacotherapeutics of hypertension and hypertensive emergencies
  • Pharmacotherapeutics of hyperlipidemia
  • Antithrombotic therapy and pharmacotherapeutics of thrombotic disease states
  • Pharmacotherapeutics of ischemic heart disease
  • Pharmacotherapeutics of heart failure and acute decompensated heart failure
  • Pharmacotherapeutics of cardiac arrhythmias
  • Pharmacotherapeutics of cardiac emergencies
  • Diagnostic and therapeutic catheterization procedures
  • Appendix: Tables of cardiovascular guidelines.