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Meltzer's intensive coronary care : a manual for nurses.
- Title
- Meltzer's intensive coronary care : a manual for nurses.
- Author
- Dracup, Kathleen.
- Publication
- Norwalk, Conn. : Appleton & Lange, [1995], ©1995.
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- Additional Authors
- Meltzer, Lawrence E.
- Description
- xi, 356 pages : illustrations; 28 cm
- Summary
- This manual provides a nursing framework for the practice of coronary intensive care. Thoroughly revised, the fifth edition reflects changes in intensive coronary care and features the latest treatments of cardiac disease. Comprehensive, easy to use, and easy to read, Meltzer's Intensive Coronary Care, 5/e, continues its step-by-step approach to mastering coronary care nursing.
- Alternative Title
- Intensive coronary care
- Subjects
- Myocardial Infarction > nursing
- Coronary Disease > nursing
- Coronary Care Units
- Nurses Instruction
- Cardiovascular system > Diseases > Nursing > Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Cardiac intensive care > Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Arrhythmias, Cardiac > nursing
- Coronary heart disease > Nursing > Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Coronary care units > Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Genre/Form
- Nurses Instruction.
- Note
- Rev. ed. of: Intensive coronary care / Lawrence E. Meltzer, Rose Pinneo, J. Roderick Kitchell. 4th ed. c1983.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-308) and index.
- Contents
- 1. The Coronary Care Unit: Philosophy, Design, Equipment, and Nursing Staff -- 2. Coronary Care Nursing -- 3. Monitoring in the Coronary Care Unit -- 4. Coronary Heart Disease -- 5. Acute Myocardial Infarction -- 6. Medical and Surgical Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction -- 7. Heart Failure -- 8. Electrocardiographic Interpretation of Arrhythmias -- 9. Arrhythmias Originating in the Sinoatrial Node -- 10. Arrhythmias Originating in the Atria -- 11. Arrhythmias Originating in the AV Junction -- 12. Arrhythmias Originating in the Ventricles -- 13. Disorders of Conduction and Ventricular Asystole -- 14. Electrocardiographic Diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction, Injury, and Ischemia -- 15. Cardiac Pacemakers -- 16. Treatment of Life-Threatening Arrhythmias: Implantable Defibrillators, Radiofrequency Ablation, and Precordial Shock -- Appendix A. Commonly Used Medications in Intensive Coronary Care -- Appendix B. Exercises in the Interpretation of Arrhythmias.
- Appendix C. Guidelines for Advanced Cardiac Life Support.
- ISBN
- 083854276X (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 95005351
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries