عنوان

Crash Course Cardiology.

(Number (ISBN

072343803X

(Number (ISBN

9780723438038

Number

b562616

Title Proper

Crash Course Cardiology.

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Antonia Churchhouse

Edition Statement

4th ed

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

London

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Elsevier Health Sciences UK

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2013

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(245 pages).

Series Title

Crash course.

Text of Note

Electrocardiography.

Text of Note

Front Cover; Crash Course: Cardiology; Copyright; Series editor foreword; Prefaces; Authors; Faculty Advisor; Contents; Chapter 1: History; Aim of history taking; Presenting complaint; Chest pain; Dyspnoea; Syncope; Palpitations; Ankle swelling; Systems review; Respiratory system; Cough; Sputum; Haemoptysis; Wheeze; Gastrointestinal system; Appetite; Weight loss or gain; Nausea and vomiting; Indigestion; Diarrhoea and constipation; Central nervous system; Headache; Weakness, sensory loss, visual or speech disturbance; Skin and joints; Rashes; Joint pain; Genitourinary system; Proteinuria. HaematuriaFrequency, hesitancy, nocturia and terminal dribbling; Impotence and failure of ejaculation; Past medical history; Family history; Social history; Drug history; Allergies; Presenting history findings; Chapter 2: Examination; How to begin the examination; Observation; Examination of the hands; Examination of the pulse; Taking the blood pressure; Examination of the face; Examination of the jugular venous pressure; Kussmaul sign; Examination of the praecordium; Inspection; Palpation; Auscultation; Finishing off the examination; Presenting your findings. Chapter 3: How to write a clerkingDocumentation of the history; Systems review; Risk calculation; Documentation of the examination findings; At the end of the clerking; Further reading; Sample medical clerking; Chapter 4: Common investigations; Electrocardiography; Lead placement; Limb leads; Chest leads; 12-lead electrocardiogram; Leads I, II and III; AVR, AVL and AVF; Chest leads; QRS axis; Paper speed; P wave; QRS complex; ST segment; T wave; QT interval; Q waves; U wave; Reporting an electrocardiogram; Exercise electrocardiography; Indications for exercise testing; Methods of exercise. Patient preparationVariables measured; 12-lead electrocardiogram; Blood pressure; Heart rate response; Test end-points; Positive exercise test; Contraindications to exercise testing; Echocardiography; M mode echocardiography; Two-dimensional echocardiography; Doppler echocardiography; Other echocardiography modalities; Transoesophageal echocardiography; Stress echocardiography; Myocardial perfusion imaging; Methods of stressing the heart; Multigated acquisition scanning; Cardiac magnetic resonance; Positron emission tomography; Cardiac catheterization; Technique. Left heart catheterization and coronary angiographyIndications; Patient preparation; Left ventriculography; Coronary angiography; Complications of coronary angiography; Cardiac computed tomography; Chapter 5: Chest pain; Differential diagnosis of chest pain; History to focus on the differential diagnosis of chest pain; Presenting complaint; Past medical history; Drug history, family history and social history; Examination of patients who have chest pain; Inspection; Cardiovascular system; Respiratory system; Gastrointestinal system; Investigation of patients who have chest pain; Blood tests.

Text of Note

The new series of Crash Course continues to provide readers with complete coverage of the MBBS curriculum in an easy-to-read, user-friendly manner. Building on the success of previous editions, the new Crash Courses retain the popular and unique features that so characterised the earlier volumes and are fully updated throughout. More than 220 tables and illustrations present clinical, diagnostic and practical information in an easy-to-follow manner Friendly and accessible approach to the subject makes learning especially easy Written by junior doctors for.

Cardiology -- Examinations, questions, etc.

Cardiology -- Outlines, syllabi, etc.

Heart -- Diseases -- Diagnosis.

Antonia Churchhouse

Antonia Churchhouse

Daniel Horton-Szar

Julian O M Ormerod

Michael Frenneaux

Electronic name

[Book]

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