Critical pathways in cardiovascular medicine

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Critical pathways in cardiovascular medicine

edited by Christopher P. Cannon and Patrick T. O'Gara

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2007

2nd ed

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Critical Pathways in Cardiovascular Medicine, Second Edition presents evidence-based, cost-effective critical pathways for diagnosis and management of cardiovascular disorders in the pre-hospital setting, emergency department, inpatient setting, and outpatient setting. All pathways in this edition have been updated to reflect the latest findings regarding best practices in all areas of cardiovascular care. Coverage includes new pathways for pre-hospital care, public access defibrillation for cardiac arrest, emergency department management of heart failure and atrial fibrillation, aortic aneurysm, hyperglycemia, peripheral artery disease and claudication, implantable cardioverter defibrillator treatment for ventricular tachycardia, and long-term management of diabetes and the metabolic syndrome.

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OVERVIEW Goals, Design, and Implementation of Critical Pathways in Cardiovascular Medicine Christopher P. Cannon and Patrick O'Gara PRE-HOSPITAL CRITICAL PATHWAYS Pre-Hospital Fibrinolysis Freek W.A. Verheught Regional Transfer Programs for Primary PCI David M. Larson and Timothy D. Henry Public Access Defibrillation Joseph P. Ornato CRITICAL PATHWAYS IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT Non-ST Elevation ACS in the Emergency Department Richard J. Ryan, Christopher P. Cannon, and W. Brian Gibler Thrombolysis for ST-Elevation MI in the Emergency Department Joshua M. Kosowsky Heart Failure in the Emergency Department Frank Peacock Atrial Fibrillation in the Emergency Department Ray Bahr Stroke and TIA Lee Schwaam The Role of Exercise Testing in Chest Pain Units: Evolution, Application, Results Ezra A. Amsterdam, Deborah B. Diercks, and Samuel Turnipseed CRITICAL PATHWAYS IN THE HOSPITAL Critical Pathway for Non-ST Elevation ACS Christopher P. Cannon and Patrick T. O'Gara Primary PCI Amr Abbas and Cindy L. Grines Primary PCI at Community Hospitals Without On-Site Cardiac Surgery Nancy Sinclair and Thomas P. Wharton, Jr. Approach to the Patient with Complicated Myocardial Infarction Richard C. Becker Cardiac Catheterization and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Jeffrey J. Popma Pathways for Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Rashid M. Ahmad, Frances Wadlington, Tiffany Street, James P. Greelish, Jorge Balaguer, and John G. Byrne Acute Aortic Syndromes Piotr Sobieszcyk and Patrick O'Gara Intensive Management of Hyperglycemia in ACS Vera T. Fajtova Management of Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter Eyal Herzog and Joshua S. Steinberg Heart Failure Greg Fonarow Device Therapy in Patients with Heart Failure: ICD, CRT Peter J. Zimetbaum and Eli V. Gelfand Venous Thromboembolism Samuel Z. Goldhaber CRITICAL PATHWAYS IN THE OUTPATIENT SETTING Hyperlipidemia Frederick F. Samaha and Daniel J. Rader Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome Emily Deborah Szmuilowicz and Merri Pendergrass Hypertension Michael Weber Smoking Cessation Beth C. Bock Secondary Prevention Overview Sidney Smith Overview of the AHA Get With The Guidelines Programs Yuling Hong and Ken Labresh Cardiac Rehabilitation in the Post Myocardial Infarction Patient Dan Forman

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