Rehabilitation of Patients After CABG/Sternotomy
Load max 194 Watt VO2 max 20 ml/min/kg 78 % pred HR max 102 bpm 62 % pred RER max 1.21 VE max 94 L/min 110 % pred VE/VCO2 slope…
Cardiac Rehabilitation After Acute Myocardial Infarction: The Influence of Psychosocial Disorders
Fig. 7.1 ECG tele-transmission showed posterior wall STEMI Did the emergency logistics care of this case meet the current guidelines? The 2012 ESC guidelines for the management of acute myocardial…
Case-Based Learning Cardiac Rehabilitation Pacemaker Implantation
Fig. 14.1 Transthoracic echocardiography. Left: parasternal long axis view (1, IVSd; 2, LVEDD; 3, PWd). Right: apical four-chamber view The diagnosis of heart failure with preserved systolic function was made,…
Psychological Care of Cardiac Patients
© Springer International Publishing AG 2017Josef Niebauer (ed.)Cardiac Rehabilitation Manual10.1007/978-3-319-47738-1_3 3. Psychological Care of Cardiac Patients Paul Bennett1 (1) Department of Psychology, University of Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK Paul Bennett Email:…
Diagnostic Utility of the Physical Examination and Ancillary Tests
Number of patients with disease Number of patients without disease Total Test positive a (10) b (1000) a + b (1010) Test negative c (0) d (998,990) c + d (998,990) Total a + c…
Intuitive Versus Analytic Clinical Reasoning
25. Crandall B, Getchell-Reiter K. Critical decision method: a technique for eliciting concrete assessment indicators from the “intuition” of NICU nurses. Adv Nurs Sci. 1993;16:42–51.CrossRef 26. Tversky A, Kahneman D….
Recording the Patient’s History
Step Topic Objective of the recorded history I Patient’s profile Identify and report the relevant aspects of a patient’s personal and psychosocial history, in addition to risk indicators of disease…
Recording a Patient’s Personal/Psychosocial History and Examination of Asymptomatic Persons
Risk indicators of disease Age Gender Ethnic group Family history (health and age of parents, history of hereditary disorders in relatives) Occupation (exposure to occupational hazards) Living conditions (number of…
Recording the Clinical Data Base
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Jochanan BenbassatTeaching Professional Attitudes and Basic Clinical Skills to Medical Students10.1007/978-3-319-20089-7_11 11. Recording the Clinical Data Base Jochanan Benbassat1 (1) Smokler Center for Health Policy Research, Mayers-JDC-Brookdale Institute, Jerusalem, Israel…
Overcoming Difficulties in Teaching Patient Interviewing
Poor patient–doctor communication: The doctor… … was in a hurry “kept looking at his watch” and “interrupted me repeatedly” … did not listen “appeared distracted,” “did not look at me,”“kept…
