Cardiovascular Critical Care

Eds.: Griffiths, Mark, Cordingley, Jeremy, Price, Susanna et al.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Remarkable improvements in cardiac survival rates have madecardiovascular critical care much more common, but no lesschallenging for the practitioner. This important volume draws onthe skills of an expert team of editors and contributors to presenta timely overview of clinical practice.
The book covers the full range of the field, from pre-operativeassessment and the haematological complications of cardiovascularsurgery and critical care to the care of patients with:

- Arrhythmias

- HeartFailure

- AdultCongenital Heart Disease

- MitralValve Disease

- AorticValve Disease

- InfectiveEndocarditis

- Vasculitis

The authors also address the special problems associated withthe management of conditions consequent upon pregnancy, eclampsia,and the hypertensive crisis.

With high-quality illustrations and a helpful index, Cardiovascular Critical Care gives you access to informationthat helps you provide the best possible care to your patients.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons / Wiley-Blackwell
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 1A405148570
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 168mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 1075g
• ISBN-13: 9781405148573
• ISBN-10: 1405148578
• Artikelnr.: 22955577

Autorenporträt

Chief editorMark Griffiths Consultant Physician, Adult Intensive Care Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital Hon Senior Lecturer Imperial College, University of LondonEditors:Jeremy Cordingley, Cardiothoracic Anaesthetist and Intensivist, Intensive Care Unit, Royal Brompton HospitalNick Curzen, Consultant Cardiologist, Wessex Cardiac Unit, Southampton University Hospitals Trust Mario Petrou, Cardiothoracic and Transplant Surgeon, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals Susanna Price, BHF Intermediate Fellow in Echocardiography, Cardiologist and Intensivist

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword. Introduction. PART 1 GENERAL APPROACH. 1 History of
cardiovascular monitoring. 2 Shock. 3 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation. 4
Cardiovascular monitoring in critical care. 5 Cardiovascular investigation
of the critically ill. 6 Haematological aspects of cardiovascular intensive
care. 7 Cardiovascular support: pharmacological. 8 Management of
dysrhythmia complicating critical illness. 9 Cardiovascular support:
mechanical, including cardio-pulmonary bypass. 10 Care of the high risk
patient undergoing surgery - Preop assessment, optimisation, respiratory
failure, renal replacement therapy. 11 Heart and lung transplant
peri-operative care. 12 Adult congenital heart disease: principles of
management in critical care. 13 Common complications of cardiovascular
critical illness. PART 2 CARDIOVASCULAR CONDITIONS INCLUDING ILLUSRTATED
CASES. 14 Haemodynamic management of severe sepsis. 15 Acute coronary
syndromes. 16 The management of acute cardiogenic shock. 17 Adult
congenital heart disease - specific lesions. 18 Management of arrhythmias
in patients with repaired congenital heart disease. 19 Mitral valve
disease. 20 Aortic valve disease. 21 Aortic dissection. 22 Endocarditis and
blood borne infections. 23 Thrombo-embolic disease & PHT. 24 Cardiovascular
trauma. 25 Cardiovascular complications of systemic disease - hypertensive
crisis/ eclampsia, thyroid storm, vasculitis