Understanding ECGs has never been easier than with ECGs Made Easy, 6th Edition! In compliance with the American Heart Association’s 2015 ECC resuscitation guidelines, Barbara Aehlert’s new edition offers clear explanations, a conversational tone, and a wealth of practice exercises to help students and professionals from a variety of medical fields learn how to accurately recognize and interpret basic dysrhythmias. Each heart rhythm covered in the book includes a sample ECG rhythm strip and a discussion of possible patient symptoms and general treatment guidelines. Other user-friendly features include: ECG Pearls with insights based on real-world experience, Drug Pearls highlighting the medications used to treat dysrhythmias, Clinical Correlation call-outs, Lead In applicatinos, Stop&Review questions, a comprehensive post-test with answers, and more. It’s everything you need to master ECG interpretation with ease!
Clear ECG discussions highlight what you need to know about ECG mechanisms, rhythms, and heart blocks, such as: How Do I Recognize It? What Causes It? What Do I Do About It?
Introduction to the 12-Lead ECG chapter provides all the basics for this advanced skill, including determining electrical axis, ECG changes associated with myocardial ischemia and infarction, bundle branch block, and other conditions.
A comprehensive post-test with answers at the end of the book measures your understanding.
ECG Pearl boxes offer useful hints for interpreting ECGs, such as the importance of the escape pacemaker.
Drug Pearl boxes highlight various medications used to treat dysrhythmias.
Chapter key terms focus your attention on the most important information.
Chapter objectives tied to chapter text enable you to quickly review content that satisfies specific learning objectives.
NEW! 38 New cardiac rhythm strips have been added to the book for a total of 260 practice strips.
NEW! AHA compliance ensures the book reflects the American Heart Association’s 2015 ECC resuscitation guidelines.
NEW! Lead In boxes cover ECG principles, practical applications, indications, techniques, and interpretation.
NEW! Expanded coverage of ambulatory monitoring provides more in-depth guidance in this critical area.
Author(s): ECGs Made Easy
Series: Eğitim Tanrısı
Edition: 6th Edition
Publisher: Elsevier
Year: 2017
Language: English
Pages: 338
Tags: ECG
COVER......Page 1
ECGs Made Easy......Page 3
COPYRIGHT......Page 4
Preface to the 6th edition......Page 5
Acknowledgments......Page 6
Contents......Page 10
1 ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY......Page 13
COVERINGS OF THE HEART......Page 14
STRUCTURE OF THE HEART......Page 17
THE HEART AS A PUMP......Page 31
2 BASIC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY......Page 40
CARDIAC ACTION POTENTIAL......Page 42
CONDUCTION SYSTEM......Page 47
CAUSES OF DYSRHYTHMIAS......Page 51
THE ELECTROCARDIOGRAM......Page 53
ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY PAPER......Page 59
SYSTEMATIC RHYTHM INTERPRETATION......Page 69
INTRODUCTION......Page 88
SINUS RHYTHM......Page 89
SINUS BRADYCARDIA......Page 90
SINUS TACHYCARDIA......Page 92
SINUS ARRHYTHMIA......Page 93
SINOATRIAL BLOCK......Page 94
SINUS ARREST......Page 95
4 ATRIAL RHYTHMS......Page 114
ATRIAL DYSRHYTHMIAS: MECHANISMS......Page 115
PREMATURE ATRIAL COMPLEXES......Page 116
WANDERING ATRIAL PACEMAKER......Page 119
SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA......Page 120
ATRIAL FLUTTER......Page 129
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION......Page 131
INTRODUCTION......Page 153
PREMATURE JUNCTIONAL COMPLEXES......Page 154
JUNCTIONAL ESCAPE BEATS OR RHYTHM......Page 156
JUNCTIONAL TACHYCARDIA......Page 158
6 VENTRICULAR RHYTHMS......Page 177
PREMATURE VENTRICULAR COMPLEXES......Page 178
VENTRICULAR ESCAPE BEATS OR RHYTHM......Page 182
ACCELERATED IDIOVENTRICULAR RHYTHM......Page 184
VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA......Page 185
VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION......Page 188
ASYSTOLE (CARDIAC STANDSTILL)......Page 189
INTRODUCTION......Page 206
FIRST-DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK......Page 207
SECOND-DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULARBLOCK TYPE I......Page 209
SECOND-DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCKTYPE II......Page 211
2:1 ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK......Page 212
ADVANCED SECOND-DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK......Page 213
THIRD-DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK......Page 214
B PACEMAKER RHYTHMS......Page 234
PACEMAKER SYSTEMS......Page 235
PACING CHAMBERS AND MODES......Page 238
PACEMAKER MALFUNCTION......Page 240
ANALYZING PACEMAKER FUNCTION ON THE ECG......Page 242
INTRODUCTION......Page 253
VECTORS......Page 254
ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES......Page 256
INTRAVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION DELAYS......Page 266
CHAMBER ENLARGEMENT......Page 269
ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCES......Page 272
ANALYZING THE 12-LEAD ELECTROCARDIOGRAM......Page 275
10 POSlTEST......Page 290
INDEX......Page 333
