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1 online resource (1048 pages) |
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Cardiac Nursing; Table of Contents; PART I Anatomy and Physiology; 1 Cardiac Anatomy and Physiology; GENERAL ANATOMIC DESCRIPTION; CARDIAC STRUCTURES; CARDIAC TISSUE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CARDIAC INNERVATION; MYOCARDIAL CELL STRUCTURE; MYOCARDIAL CELL ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS; CARDIAC ACTION POTENTIAL; SARCOLEMMAL IONIC CURRENTS; FACTORS MODIFYING ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC FUNCTION; PROPAGATION OF THE CARDIAC IMPULSE; MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CARDIAC CELLS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MYOCARDIUM; MYOCARDIAL METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY OF THE CORONARY CIRCULATION; THE CARDIAC CYCLE |
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2 Systemic CirculationSTRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE VASCULATURE AND LYMPHATICS; LOCAL REGULATION; NEUROHUMORAL STIMULATION; CALCIUM; VOLUME AND FLOW DISTRIBUTION; THE ARTERIAL SYSTEM; THE VENOUS SYSTEM; MICROCIRCULATORY EXCHANGE; THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; 3 Pulmonary Circulation and Gas Transport; STRUCTURAL/ANATOMIC; PHYSIOLOGY; GAS TRANSPORT; OXYGEN DELIVERY, CONSUMPTION, EXTRACTION AND CARDIAC OUTPUT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTIONDELIVERY RELATIONSHIP; MONITORING OXYGENATION Arterial Blood Gas; 4 Regulation of Cardiac Output and Blood Pressure; AFFERENT INPUT AND RECEPTOR |
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CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM REGULATIONAUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM REGULATION; SYSTEMIC HORMONES; HEART RATE; INTRINSIC CARDIAC CONTROL; EXTRINSIC CONTROL: PERICARDIAL LIMITATION; LONG-TERM CONTROL OF BLOOD PRESSURE; LOCAL REGULATION OF SYSTEMIC MICROVASCULAR BEDS; VENOUS SYSTEM; MODELS OF CARDIAC PERFORMANCE; ADDITIONAL EFFECTS OF RESPIRATION; OVERALL CONTROL; PART II Physiologic and Pathologic Responses; 5 Genetics; DNA; DNA AND HUMAN DIVERSITY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENE TESTING; THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; PHARMACOGENOMICS; BIOCHEMICAL BASIS OF GENETIC DISEASE; OVERVIEW: HEART DISEASE |
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THE GENETICS OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASEEVIDENCE FOR A GENETIC BASIS OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS AND RISK ASSESSMENT: APPLICATION OF GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY INFORMATION IN THE PREVENTION OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS; SUMMARY; 6 INFLAMMATION; INTRODUCTION; OVERVIEW OF THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CIRCULATING ADHESION MOLECULES; FIBRINOGEN; HIGH SENSITIVITY C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; SERUM AMYLOID A; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR; CONCLUSION; 7 Atherosclerosis |
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AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION LESION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMCELLS AND EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX OF LESIONS; VASCULAR SURFACE DEFECTS AND HEMATOMA; LESION TYPES AND MORPHOLOGY: CORRELATION WITH CLINICAL SYNDROMES; CONCLUSION; 8 Hematopoiesis, Coagulation, and Bleeding; HEMATOPOIETIC CELLS; HEMOSTASIS; COAGULATION-INFLAMMATION LINK; BLEEDING DISORDERS; CLOTTING DISORDERS; 9 Fluid and Electrolyte Balance and Imbalances; PRINCIPLES OF FLUID BALANCE; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID VOLUME BALANCE; OSMOLALITY BALANCE; PRINCIPLES OF ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCES; SUMMARY; 10 Acid-Base Balance and Imbalances |
| Summary |
Now thoroughly updated with current, evidence-based material, Cardiac Nursing is recognized as ""The Red Reference Book"" for nurses caring for patients who have, or are at risk for developing, cardiac diseases. Organized within the framework of the nursing process, this comprehensive clinical reference provides complete information on the assessment, pathophysiology, management, and prevention of heart diseases and details the rationale and evidence for interventions. This edition has seven brand-new chapters on inflammation, atherosclerosis, genetics, heart rate variability, complementary an |
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Principles of acid-base balance |
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Print version record |
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Heart -- Diseases -- Nursing.
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Heart -- Diseases -- Nursing.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Froelicher, Erica S. Sivarajan
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Motzer, Sandra Adams
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| ISBN |
9781451165487 |
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145116548X |
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