Cardiology. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Antonia Churchhouse, Julian Ormerod.
• Authors: Churchhouse, Antonia; Ormerod, Julian
• Contents: Front Cover; Crash Course: Cardiology; Copyright; Series editor foreword; Prefaces; 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; Haematuria Frequency, hesitancy, nocturia and terminal dribblingImpotence 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 clerking Documentation of the historySystems 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 preparation Variables measured12-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
• Edition: 4th edition
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh : Mosby/ Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 616.12; Cardiology -- Examinations, questions, etc; Cardiology -- Outlines, syllabi, etc; Heart -- Diseases; HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General; MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL / Diseases; MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL / Internal Medicine; Cardiology; Heart -- Diseases; Electronic books; Examinations; Outlines and syllabi; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780723439226; 0723439222
• Related ISBNs: 9780723438625
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 20, 2016)
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