Product Description

Chest Pain: Advanced Assessment and Management promotes a systematic approach to the assessment and management of patients presenting with chest pain and related undifferentiated symptoms. Specifically, it equips practitioners with the knowledge and clinical skills needed to effectively differentiate and respond to clinical presentations where the primary symptom for seeking healthcare advice involves chest pain.

Introductory chapters in section one explore the principles of physical assessment, history taking and differential diagnosis to provide the framework for subsequent chapters, which explore cardiac and non–cardiac causes of chest pain.

Section two examines the advanced assessment and overall management of patients with pain in the chest. A range of clinical conditions that trigger chest pain and other related symptoms are covered, including: angina, acute coronary syndromes, pericarditis and myocarditis, aortic dissection, pulmonary embolism, oesophago–gastric disorders, musculoskeletal causes, pulmonary and respiratory causes, coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction, chest pain caused by trauma or cardiac syndrome X, cocaine misuse and Herpes zoster.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #413307 in Books
• Published on: 2007-01-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 280 pages

Review
"This new textbook nicely fills a gap left by many cardiology texts and provides a useful reference for healthcare professional working in a wide range of settings both in primary healthcare and acute care. It will be invaluable to nurses undertaking courses or education in physical assessments and history taking...[it is] a well balanced, credible and very useful textbook for clinicians."
Mike Hayward, Royal College of Nursing Professional Nurse Advisor

"A comprehensive text on a very relavant subject." British Journal of Cardiac Nursing

"[This book] would be useful to doctors, nurses and paramedics working in a variety of areas." British Journal of Cardiac Nursing

"An invaluable resource for nurses working in advanced nursing practice roles or those developing their knowledge and skills in this area." British Journal of Cardiac Nursing

"Relevant for those using advanced assessment skills in any urgent care setting or students undertaking advanced assessment study."
Science Direct

"The writing is clear and concise, hence it is both easy and enjoyable to read. The book is also beautifully referenced... A refreshing change... Rating 4/5." Pulse

British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, December 2007
"..invaluable resource for nurses working in advanced nursing practice roles or those developing their knowledge and skills in this area"

From the Back Cover
Chest Pain: Advanced Assessment and Management promotes a systematic approach to the assessment and management of patients presenting with chest pain and related undifferentiated symptoms. Specifically, it equips practitioners with the knowledge and clinical skills needed to effectively differentiate and respond to clinical presentations where the primary symptom for seeking healthcare advice involves chest pain.

Introductory chapters in section one explore the principles of physical assessment, history taking and differential diagnosis to provide the framework for subsequent chapters, which explore cardiac and non–cardiac causes of chest pain.

Section two examines the advanced assessment and overall management of patients with pain in the chest. A range of clinical conditions that trigger chest pain and other related symptoms are covered, including: angina, acute coronary syndromes, pericarditis and myocarditis, aortic dissection, pulmonary embolism, oesophago–gastric disorders, musculoskeletal causes, pulmonary and respiratory causes, coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction, chest pain caused by trauma or cardiac syndrome X, cocaine misuse and Herpes zoster.