Main description:

Addressing the changing needs of clinicians in today's CCU, ICU and CICU, Manual of Cardiac Intensive Care is an easy-to-use, point-of-care reference for cardiologists, intensivists, physicians, trainees, and other health care professionals who care for critically ill patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD). This clinically-focused manual offers practical guidance from leading cardiac intensive care experts on the specialized and highly technological care of patients with severe CVD-myocardial infarction, heart failure, cardiogenic shock, and their complications, including respiratory failure and renal failure. The portable, paperback format makes it an excellent resource for day-to-day practice or as an exam or recertification study tool.

Provides the information you need in the CCU, ICU or CICU to deliver high-quality care to increasingly complex and critically ill patients with CVD.

Covers important and emerging topics such as COVID-19, fulminant myocarditis, cardiogenic shock, cardiorenal syndrome, cardiac tamponade, acute aortic dissection, takotsubo cardiomyopathy, and much more.

Describes key procedures including arterial and radial central vascular access, temporary cardiac pacing, invasive hemodynamic monitoring, pericardiocentesis, and more.

Covers a range of topics for effective practice including common misconceptions, clinical presentations, pathophysiology, management, and imaging.

Includes more than 100 radiographic images, echocardiograms, ECGs, anatomic illustrations, and algorithms throughout.

Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

Contents:

Section I. Introduction/Foundation of Cardiac Intensive Care

Physical Examination

Section II. Coronary Artery Disease

2. Acute Myocardial Infarction: Diagnosis, Electrocardiography, and Reperfusion Therapies

3. Acute Myocardial Infarction: Adjunctive Pharmacologic Therapies

4. Post-Myocardial Infarction Cardiogenic Shock

5. Right Ventricular Infarction

6. Mechanical Complications of Acute Myocardial Infarction

Section III. Noncoronary Diseases: Diagnosis and Management

7. Acute Heart Failure and Pulmonary Edema

8. Acute Fulminant Myocarditis

9. Stress (Takotsubo) Cardiomyopathy

10. Distributive Shock

11. Cardiorenal Syndrome

12. Sudden Cardiac Death

13. Diagnosis and Treatment of Ventricular Tachycardia

14. Diagnosis and Treatment of Unstable Supraventricular Tachycardia

15. Acute Presentations of Valvular Heart Disease

16. Hypertensive Emergencies

17. Acute Aortic Syndromes: Diagnosis and Management

18. Acute Respiratory Failure

19. Massive Acute Pulmonary Embolism

20. Overdose of Cardiotoxic Drugs

Section IV. Pharmacologic Agents in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit

21. Inotropic and Vasoactive Agents

22. Intensive Diuresis and Ultrafiltration

23. Antiarrhythmic Electrophysiology and Pharmacotherapy

Section V. Advanced Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques: Indications and Technical Considerations

24. Central Venous Access Procedures

25. Temporary Pacing

26. Pericardiocentesis

27. Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring

28. Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices

29. Ventricular Assist Device Therapy in Advanced Heart Failure

30. Emergency Airway Management

31. Mechanical Ventilation

32. Palliative Care