Cardiac Arrest
Cardiac Arrest
Henry R. Halperin, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Karl B. Kern, University of Arizona
Volker Wenzel, Medizinische Universität Innsbruck, Austria
Douglas A. Chamberlain, Cardiff University
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GBPCardiac Arrest is the definitive and most comprehensive reference in advanced life support and resuscitation medicine. This new edition brings the reader completely up-to-date with developments in the field, focusing on practical issues of decision making, clinical management and prevention, as well as providing clear explanations of the science informing the practice. The coverage includes information on the latest pharmacotherapeutic options, the latest chest compression techniques and airway management protocols, all backed by clearly explained, evidence-based scientific research. The content is consistent with the latest guidelines for practice in this area, as detailed by the major international governing organisations. This volume is essential reading for all those working in the hospital environments of emergency medicine, critical care, cardiology and anesthesia, as well as those providing care in the pre-hospital setting, including paramedics and other staff from the emergency services.
- Provides comprehensive coverage of a condition which takes more lives than any other single medical disease
- Reviews both the underlying science and clinical management of sudden death, and is written to cover the latest treatment protocols and guidelines
- With an international team of editors and contributors
Reviews & endorsements
'… It is a tribute to the editors of this book, and the contributors they have selected, that they have managed to produce a book of enormous quality on the science of resuscitation medicine.' The Lancet
'This excellent book, the first of its kind in the field of cardiac arrest, provides a balance of theoretical and clinical information. It achieves a level of authority and sophistication well beyond that of the advanced cardiac life support guidelines and will be of considerable use to all those practicing or teaching clinical resuscitation.' The New England Journal of Medicine
'The book has virtually everything one would ever want to know about the causes of cardiac arrest, the applied physiology, and its treatment. Physicians and nurses involved in the management of critically ill or injured patients should have Cardiac Arrest in their personal libraries for ready reference.' Resuscitation
'This is an extremely comprehensive text, covering all aspects of the current knowledge of resuscitation medicine. … I would recommend this book to anyone with a major interest in resuscitation.' British Journal of Anaesthesia
'The first gut feeling on opening this book is the sheer wealth of expertise and knowledge that the authors are sharing with us. … It achieves what it sets out to do in impressive style and can truly claim to be a comprehensive reference in advanced life support and resuscitation medicine.' Emergency Medicine Journal
Product details
October 2007Hardback
9780521847001
1374 pages
284 × 230 × 71 mm
4.51kg
351 b/w illus. 1 colour illus.
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Table of Contents
- Part I. Introduction
- Part II. Basic Science
- Part IV. The Pathophysiology of Global Ischemia and Reperfusion
- Part V. Perfusion Pressures
- Part VI. Therapy of Sudden Death
- Part VII. External Chest Compression
- Part VIII. Vasopressor Therapy During Cardiac Arrest
- Part IX. Postresuscitation Disease and its Care
- Part X. Special Resuscitation Circumstances
- Part XI. Special Issues in Resuscitation.
