Full Description
This book provides clinical tips on the management of common emergencies that are regularly faced by critical care and acute care cardiologists in resource-limited settings. Based on the current guidelines, it explores the evaluation of the patient, followed by its treatment methodology. It highlights the beneficial effects of the use of cardiac drugs during an emergency. There is also a special section on preoperative evaluation and postoperative management of cardiac patients of different subsets. Medicolegal/documentation points are also discussed where relevant. It is useful as a ready reference for physicians, anaesthetists and cardiologists.
Key Features
• Reinforces certain teachings and recalls certain overlooked clinical points to address emergency situations in a busy, resource limited setting
• Explains lucidly what the acute cardiac care/anaesthesia registrar or cardiology fellows ought to do in the intensive care and postoperative wards
• Emphasizes the importance of clinical acumen and observation
Contents
1. Evaluation in Acute Cardiac Care
2. The ECG in Cardiac Critical Care and Anesthesia
3. Echocardiography in critical care
4. Assessment Of Volume Status In CCU
5. Thoracic Ultrasound
6. Arterial Blood Gas
7. Approach to Electrolyte abnormalities in CCU
8. Haemodynamics
9. Role and Interpretation of Biomarkers
10. Acute Chest Pain
11. Acute Coronary Syndrome
12. ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction
13. Post-Procedure management of CCU
14. Cardiogenic Shock and Management of Hypotension
15. Inotropes and Vasopressors
16. Antiplatelets and Anticoagulants: Perioperative issues
17. Non Vitamin K Oral Anticoagulants
18. Acute Aortic Syndromes
19. Refractory Hypertension in Critical care
20. Pulmonary Embolism
21. Pulmonary Hypertension
22. Narrow QRS Tachycardias
23. Atrial Fibrillation: the CCU perspective
24. Wide QRS Tachycardia
25. Pre-operative and peri-operative and CCU care in primary electrical disorders of the heart
26. Electrical Storm
27. Permanent Pacemakers and Defibrillators: From basics to troubleshooting
28. Cardiomyopathies
29. Myocarditis
30. Stress Cardiomyopathy
31. Acute Decompensated Heart Failure
32. Valvular Heart Disease and Infective Endocarditis
33. Pericarditis and Pericardial effusion
34. Acute Limb Ischemia
35. Use of Sedation, Analgesia and Anaesthesia in CCU
36 A. Preoperative Assessment of Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease
36 B. Perioperative assessment and management of patients with valvular heart disease for non cardiac surgery
37. Mechanical ventilation: Basics for CCU clinicians
38. Basics of Non Invasive Ventilation
39. Nutrition in Cardiac Intensive Care
40. Cardiac aspects of Diabetes
41. Cardiac Arrest: Resuscitation and after
42. Cardiac Assist Devices
43. Cardiorenal Syndrome and Acute Kidney Injury
44. Cardiac Drugs : Uses and Precautions
