Manual of Cardiac Intensive Care: A Comprehensive Guide for Clinicians

By David L. Brown MD FACC, David Warriner Bsc MBChB MRCPMSc PhD, this manual addresses the changing needs of clinicians in today’s CCU, ICU, and CICU, providing an easy-to-use, point-of-care reference for cardiologists, intensivists, physicians, trainees, and other healthcare professionals who care for critically ill patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD).

Practical Guidance for Complex Care

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, including myocardial infarction, heart failure, cardiogenic shock, and their complications, such as 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, providing the information you need to deliver high-quality care to increasingly complex and critically ill patients with CVD.

Emerging Topics and Key Procedures

The manual covers important and emerging topics, including:

• COVID-19
• Fulminant myocarditis
• Cardiogenic shock
• Cardiorenal syndrome
• Cardiac tamponade
• Acute aortic dissection
• Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Additionally, it describes key procedures, including:

• Arterial and radial central vascular access
• Temporary cardiac pacing
• Invasive hemodynamic monitoring
• Pericardiocentesis

Comprehensive Coverage for Effective Practice

The manual covers a range of topics for effective practice, including:

• Clinical presentations
• Pathophysiology
• Management
• Imaging

With over 100 radiographic images, echocardiograms, ECGs, anatomic illustrations, and algorithms throughout, this manual provides a comprehensive guide for clinicians.

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

Product Details:

Publisher: Elsevier

1st edition (May 23, 2022)

Language: English

Paperback: 336 pages

ISBN-10: 0323825524

ISBN-13: 978-0323825528

eText ISBN: 9780323825535