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Cardiovascular pharmacotherapy : a point-of-care guide / [edited by] Michael A. Crouch.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Point-of-Care Guides
- Point-of-Care Guides ; v.1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Heart--Diseases--Chemotherapy--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Heart.
- Cardiovascular agents--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Cardiovascular agents.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (487 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bethesda, Md. : American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Every year, more Americans fall victim to cardiovascular disease, and more drug therapies become available. Which drugs are right for your patients? Where will you turn for guidance when creating a therapeutic plan? Optimize care and find life-saving solutions quickly with Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy: A Point-of-Care Guide, by Michael Crouch. This concise reference is designed with the busy practitioner, resident, and student in mind. It provides a quick way to access necessary clinical and therapeutic information that has the potential to improve the lives of patients suffering from cardiovascular disease. Features include: * visually scannable elements such as tables and flow figures * pathophysiological reasons for selecting specific pharmacotherapies * selected guideline statements from leading organizations * evidence-based treatment algorithms * recent clinical controversies * frequently asked questions. In addition, the book features a point of care drug table with essential details for clinic or bedside reference, such as monitoring parameters, known interactions, and common adverse drug events.
- Contents:
- Cardiovascular testing / by Michael A. Crouch
- Drug-induced cardiac disease / by Kelly M. Summers and Kristin Watson
- Hypertension / by Joseph J. Saseen
- Hypertensive crisis / by Kimberly L. Tackett and Michael A. Crouch
- Dyslipidemia / by Barbara S. Wiggins
- Chronic stable angina / by Robert J. DiDomenico and Larisa H. Cavallari
- Acute coronary syndrome / by Paul P. Dobesh
- Chronic heart failure / by Michael A. Crouch
- Acute decompensated heart failure / by Jo E. Rodgers
- Cardiac transplantation / by Robert Lee Page II
- Atrial arrhythmias / by Amy Seybert and James C. Coons
- Ventricular arrhythmias and related emergency cardiovascular care / by Cynthia A. Sanoski
- Ischemic stroke / by Stacy A. Voils
- Peripheral arterial disease / by Zachary A. Stacy
- Venous thromboembolism / by Toby C. Trujillo
- Valvular heart disease / by Angie Veverka
- Pericarditis / by Tien M.H. Ng
- Pulmonary arterial hypertension / by William D. Cahoon, Jr.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 1-58528-320-7
- OCLC:
- 794112797
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