Chapter 4 Central Venous Catheters: Materials, Designs, and Selection Matthew A. Mauro Currently, a wide array of central venous access devices is available, for a variety of indications, and in…
Chapter 15 Catheter and Port Removal: Techniques and Follow-Up Care Janice Newsome Jaime Tisnado The use of central venous catheters has increased dramatically over the past 20 years. These devices…
Chapter 14 Central Venous Access Catheter Infections: An Overview Robert D. Lyon Allen Meglin Long-term central venous access devices represent a major advance in medical care, allowing continuous access to…
Chapter 12 Catheter Care Philip C. Pieters Melinda Pyle Jaime Tisnado This chapter discusses primarily the nursing tasks that need to be carried out long after the physician has placed…
Chapter 9 Placement of Central Catheters in Specific Circumstances Philip C. Pieters Jaime Tisnado Several specific entities, some of which do not appear to be related to each other, are…
Chapter 1 Establishing (and Maintaining) a Venous Access Service Philip C. Pieters William J. Miller A more appropriate title of this chapter might have been Maintaining (and Establishing) a Venous…
3 The Rhythm of the Heart The intrinsic rhythmicity of the heart Abnormal rhythms The bradycardias – the slow rhythms Extrasystoles The tachycardias – the fast rhythms Fibrillation The Wolff-Parkinson-White…
1 What the ECG is about What to expect from the ECG The electricity of the heart The different parts of the ECG The ECG – electrical pictures The shape…
2 Conduction and its problems Conduction problems in the AV node and His bundle Conduction problems in the right and left bundle branches – bundle branch block Conduction problems in…
8 Now Test Yourself ECGs with clinical scenarios ECG descriptions and interpretations You should now be able to recognize the common ECG patterns, and this final chapter contains ten 12-lead…
