The evaluation and treatment of syncope : a handbook for clinical practice / edited by David G. Benditt ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Benditt, David G.

European Society of Cardiology.

Series:

ESC education series

The ESC education series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Syncope (Pathology)--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Syncope (Pathology).

Syncope--therapy.

Syncope--diagnosis.

Syncope--physiopathology.

Medical Subjects:

Syncope--therapy.

Syncope--diagnosis.

Syncope--physiopathology.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

xv, 301 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub., [2006]

Summary:

The management of non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTE-ACS) has rapidly evolved over the last few years and many guidelines have been provided and already updated. This book is based on the latest ESC Guidelines and reports the current knowledge in NSTE-ACS, together with the most recent therapeutic options and the different strategies that can be applied according to the clinical status of patients.

Contents:

Syncope: definition, classification, and multiple potential causes / Jean-Jacques Blanc, David G. Benditt

What is syncope and what is not syncope: the importance of definitions / J. Gert van Dijk, Adam Fitzpatrick

Pathophysiology and clinical presentation / Wouter Wieling ... [et al.]

Maintaining blood pressure whilst upright: physiology and potential for disturbances to cause syncope / Christopher Mathias

Epidemiology and social costs of syncope / Rose Anne Kenny, Wishwa Kapoor

Overview of recommended diagnostic strategies / Richard Sutton, Michele Brignole

Initial evaluation of the syncope patient / Antonio Raviele, Paolo Alboni

The role of the prepared questionnaire in initial evaluation of transient losses of consciousness / Anna Serletis, Robert Sheldon

Who should be evaluated and treated in hospital, and who can be managed as an outpatient? / David G. Benditt

Organizing management of syncope in the hospital and clinic (the syncope unit) / Rose Anne Kenny, Michele Brignole

Impact of syncope guidelines on clinical care / Michele Brignole

Ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring for evaluation of syncope / Adam Fitzpatrick, David G. Benditt

Hemodynamic sensors: the future evaluation of syncope / David G. Benditt

The basic autonomic assessment / Richard Sutton, David G. Benditt

Electrophysiological testing / Fei Lu, Lennart Bergfeldt

Miscellaneous diagnostic procedures: when are they indicated? / Lennart Bergfeldt, Piotr Kulakowski

Neurologic diagnostic procedures in syncope / J. Gert van Dijk

Contribution of psychiatric disorders to apparent syncope / George Theodorakis

Who to treat / Michele Brignole, Rose Anne Kenny

Specific causes of syncope and their evaluation and treatment strategies / David G. Benditt ... [et al.]

Syncope and other causes of transient loss of consciousness in children, teenagers and adolescent / Wouter Wieling, Karin S. Ganzeboom, Jan Janousek

Syncope in the older adult (including driving implications) / Rose Anne Kenny, David G. Benditt

Conditions that mimic syncope / J. Gert Van Dijk.

Notes:

"A publication based on the Guidelines on management (diagnosis and treatment) of syncope by the European Society of Cardiology (www.escardio.org/knowledge.guidelines)."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-289) and index.

ISBN:

1405140305

1405135018

OCLC:

61167802

Publisher Number:

9781405140300

9781405135016