Short Stay Management of Atrial Fibrillation (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783319313849)

Part 1: IMPACT OF THE DISEASE.- Chapter 1: Atrial fibrillation: epidemiology and demographics.- Chapter 2: Pathophysiology Of Atrial Fibrillation And Clinical Correlations.- Chapter 3: The Economic Impact of Atrial Fibrillation in the US.- Part 2: PRESENTATION AND MANAGEMENT.- Chapter 4: Emergency Medical Services and Atrial Fibrillation.- Chapter 5: Symptoms in Atrial Fibrillation.- Chapter 6: Stroke and Other Complications of Atrial Fibrillation.- Chapter 7: Rate Control in Atrial Fibrillation.- Chapter 8: Diagnostic Testing in the Emergency Department of Atrial Fibrillation.- Chapter 9: Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation in the Emergency Department Observation Unit.- Chapter 10: Cardioversion and Acute Atrial Fibrillation Management.- Chapter 11: Procedural Sedation For Atrial Fibrillation Patients.- Chapter 12: Risk Stratification in Atrial Fibrillation and Observation Unit Entry.- Chapter 13: Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices in the Short Stay Management of Atrial Fibrillation.- Chapter 14: Pitfalls in the Acute Management of Atrial Fibrillation.- Part 3: TRANSITION TO THE OUTPATIENT ENVIRONMENT.- Chapter 15: Education of the Atrial Fibrillation Patient in the Observation Unit.- Chapter 16: Discharge criteria.- Chapter 17: AF Discharge Planning.- Chapter 18: Outpatient Medications in Atrial Fibrillation.- Part 4 - SYSTEM MANAGEMENT.- Chapter 19: Atrial Fibrillation Accreditation.- Chapter 20: Quality Metrics in Atrial Fibrillation.- Chapter 21: Atrial Fibrillation Research in the Observation Unit and the Emergency Department.- Chapter 22: Atrial Fibrillation Protocols.


Author: W. Frank Peacock
ISBN-10: 3319313843
ISBN-13: 9783319313849
Publisher: Humana
Language: English
Published: 08/03/2016
Pages: 289
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.33lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d