Critical Decisions in Emergency and Acute Care Electrocardiography

This textbook is built around urgent questions that arise in emergency, acute and critical care, with the electrocardiogram at the centre of patient management. Each chapter is framed as a question and illustrated through several clinical cases that show the dilemma. A focused, structured discussion then works through the problem and gives the answer.

Chapters are arranged by traditional topics such as acute coronary syndromes and dysrhythmias, so readers can find material in familiar areas. The clinical scenarios cover how to detect and manage major cardiovascular conditions, and the discussion is written to be clinically relevant and quick to read.

It is aimed at practising critical care and emergency physicians, specialist nurses and cardiologists, and at students and trainees who want to focus on the ECG.

Edition note: standard edition published by Wiley-Blackwell in 2009, ISBN-13 9781405159067.