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Contents
- Front Matter
- Chapter 1 Intensive and acute cardiac care: an introduction
- Section I Prehospital phase
- Section II Emergency department
- Section III The intensive cardiac care unit
- Chapter 9 Recommendations for the structure, organization, and operation of intensive cardiac care units
- Chapter 10 The intensive cardiac care unit team
- Chapter 11 Clinical competence and accreditation in intensive and acute cardiac care
- Chapter 12 Databases, registries, and quality of care
- Chapter 13 Ethical issues in cardiac arrest and acute cardiac care: a European perspective
- Section IV Monitoring and investigations in the intensive cardiac care unit
- Chapter 14 Pathophysiology and clinical assessment of the cardiovascular system (including pulmonary artery catheter)
- Chapter 15 The respiratory system
- Chapter 16 Monitoring of the neurological condition of the acute cardiac care patient
- Chapter 17 Monitoring of kidney, liver, and other vital organs
- Chapter 18 Blood gas analysis: acid–base and fluid–electrolyte disorders
- Chapter 19 Clinical assessment and monitoring with chest radiographs
- Chapter 20 Echocardiography in cardiac intensive care
- Chapter 21 Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
- Chapter 22 CT angiography and other applications of CT
- Section V Procedures in the intensive cardiac care unit
- Chapter 23 Noninvasive ventilation
- Chapter 24 Mechanical ventilation
- Chapter 25 Temporary pacing
- Chapter 26 Pericardiocentesis
- Chapter 27 Chest tubes
- Chapter 28 Renal support therapy
- Chapter 29 The intra-aortic balloon pump
- Chapter 30 Left ventricular assist devices in acute heart failure
- Chapter 31 Nutrition support in acute cardiac care
- Chapter 32 Physiotherapy in critically ill patients
- Section VI The laboratory in intensive and acute cardiac care
- Section VII Acute coronary syndrome
- Chapter 38 Atherosclerosis and thrombosis
- Chapter 39 The universal definition of myocardial infarction
- Chapter 40 Systems of care for patients with acute coronary syndrome
- Chapter 41 ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
- Chapter 42 Fibrinolytic, antithrombotic, and antiplatelet drugs in acute coronary syndrome
- Chapter 43 Mechanical complications of myocardial infarction
- Chapter 44 Non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes
- Chapter 45 Percutaneous coronary interventions in patients with acute coronary syndromes
- Chapter 46 Coronary artery bypass graft surgery
- Chapter 47 Cardiogenic shock in patients with acute coronary syndromes
- Chapter 48 Gender considerations in acute coronary syndromes
- Section VIII Acute heart failure
- Chapter 49 Acute heart failure: epidemiology, classification, and pathophysiology
- Chapter 50 Acute heart failure: early pharmacological treatment
- Chapter 51 Non-pharmacologic therapy of acute heart failure: when drugs alone are not enough
- Chapter 52 Cardiac surgery and transplantation in acute heart failure
- Section IX Arrhythmias
- Section X Other acute cardiovascular conditions
- Section XI Concomitant acute conditions
- Chapter 62 Acute respiratory failure and acute respiratory distress syndrome
- Chapter 63 Pulmonary hypertension
- Chapter 64 Pulmonary embolism
- Chapter 65 Stroke
- Chapter 66 Acute kidney injury
- Chapter 67 Hyperglycaemia and diabetes
- Chapter 68 Endocrine emergencies
- Chapter 69 Bleeding and haemostasis disorders
- Chapter 70 Anaemia and transfusion
- Chapter 71 Infection, sepsis, and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome
- Chapter 72 Acute pain in the intensive cardiac care unit
- Chapter 73 Acute cognitive disorders: recognition and management of delirium in the intensive cardiac care unit
- Chapter 74 Special considerations in immunosuppressed patients
- Chapter 75 Perioperative management of the high-risk noncardiac surgical patient
- Chapter 76 Perioperative management of the high-risk cardiac surgery patient
- End Matter


