Assessing and Understanding ECGs: The ECG 10+ tool

This new title is ideal for clinicians working in out-of-hospital settings who need to interpret electrocardiography safely and understand when to consult a cardiologist. The book presents a new method, ECG10+, for assessing ECGs without missing relevant pathology. The method enables readers systematically and safely to read ECGs by addressing 10 ECG findings and linking them to the clinical presentation. The book covers indications and quality of assessment, how to undertake ECGs, explanations of equipment and assessment of the various types of ECG waves. Assessing and Understanding ECGs is ideal for GPs, nurses and other healthcare workers who may need to make or interpret ECGs, as well as residents and clinicians working in hospital settings both in and outside cardiology. INDICE: Section One (Textbook content) Part 1 ECGs in primary care / outside the hospital setting - Indications and quality of assessment 1.1 ECGs outside the hospital setting 1.2 Patients with cardiac symptoms 1.2.1 Irregular heartbeat 1.2.2 Palpitations and tachycardia 1.2.3 Bradycardia 1.2.4 Chest pain 1.2.5 Suspected heart failure 1.2.6 A patient in the emergency room 1.2.7 ECGs in childhood 1.3 Screening in patients without complaints 1.3.1 Increased cardiovascular risk 1.3.2 Screening for atrial fibrillation 1.3.3 Screening after syncope 1.3.4 Screening upon starting QT-elongating medication 1.3.5 Pre-operative screening 1.3.6 Screening in sportspeople 1.3.7 Screening in family members of patients with sudden cardiac death 1.4 Quality of ECG assessment by non-cardiologists 1.5 Summary: indications of ECGs by non-cardiologists Part 2 Making and understanding ECGs - basic electrophysiology and electrocardiography 2.1 Instructions for making ECGs 2.1.1 Electrodes and leads 2.1.2 Tips and tricks for high quality ECGs 2.1.3 ECG interpretation software 2.2 Explaing the ECG-waves 2.2.1 ECG-registration of heart activity 2.2.2 ECG-leads explained 2.2.3 ECG-paper: settings and definitions 2.2.4 Explaining P-, Q-, R-, S- and T-waves Part 3 Assessing and understanding ECGs - systematic assessment using the ECG10+ method 3.1 Introduction ECG10+ checklist 3.2 ECG10+ checklist: systematics and explanation 3.2.1 ECG10+ point 1: frequency, regularity (and rhythm) 3.2.2 ECG10+ point 2: heart axis 3.2.3 ECG10+ point 3: P-wave 3.2.4 ECG10+ point 4: PQ-interval 3.2.5 ECG10+ point 5: Q-wave 3.2.5 ECG10+ point 6: QRS-complex (R-progression, height, width) 3.2.6 ECG10+ point 7: ST-interval 3.2.7 ECG10+ point 8: T-wave 3.2.8 ECG10+ point 9: QT-interval 3.2.10 ECG10+ point 10: Rhythm 3.2.11 ECG10+ point +: Diagnosis and plan 3.3 Keep it simple! Part 4 Reference 4.1 Summary 4.2 Main illustrations in overview Section Two Case studies: 31 cases (to be expanded to 50) No complaints 1 Hypertension 2 Examination 3 Safely exercising 4 Sudden cardiac death in the family 5 Routine ECG 6 'Fun' ECG Slow 7 Woman of high age 8 Unwell while swimming 9 Progressive exercise intolerancy 10 Fatigue Fast 11 Palpitaions 12 Dizziness upon bending over 13 Dyspnea upon exercise 14 Agoraphobia 15 Working 80 hours a week 16 Chest pain upon exercise Fast-summary Palpitations 17 Missing beats 18 Frightened 19 Heart in the throat 20 Brady-tachy Pain 21 Blessing in disguise 22 Sick 23 Irradiating pain 24 Oppressive pain 25 112-call 26 Coronary artery disease? Chronic 27 Heart failure 28 Unknown history 29 Progressive complaints 30 Shortness of breath and ankle edema 31 A psychiatric patient Appendices Abbreviations Literature Index

• ISBN: 978-0-323-88080-0
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2023
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés