All junior doctors and in particular trainee cardiologists will at some point in their training be involved in managing acute coronary syndromes and other cardiac emergencies. This handbook sets out the recognized clinical steps to take and backs them up with an analysis of the evidence supporting these decisions. Evidence-Based Coronary Care willprovide junior doctors with the answers they seek when dealing with difficult clinical situations. Evidence-Based medicine is still very topical, and this book will adopt a similar style to James: Evidence-Based Obstetrics in setting out the clinical management plan on the verso page and the evidence supporting that plan on the recto page.Two page spread design showing management plan on verso page and supporting evidence on the recto page All forms of cardiac emergencies are coveredIncludes inpatient and outpatient scenarios Complete coverage of different drugs in use for MI and unstable anginaIncludes cost/benefits analyses Didactic approachBased on up-to-date literature survey

Book Information
ISBN 9780443064159
Author Mark Connaughton
Format Paperback
Page Count 216
Imprint Churchill Livingstone
Publisher Elsevier Health Sciences