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Chest pain [electronic resource] : advanced assessment and management skills / edited by John W. Albarran and Jenny Tagney.

Contributor(s): Albarran, John W | Tagney, Jenny | ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Oxford, UK ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2007Description: ix, 264 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.Subject(s): Chest pain | Coronary heart disease -- Diagnosis | Diagnosis, DifferentialGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 616.1/23075 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Background to the assessment and management of patients with chest pain / J.W. Albarran and J. Tagney -- Coronary heart disease healthcare policy and evolution of chest pain assessment and management in the UK / T. Quinn -- History taking / J. Tagney -- Clinical examination skills for assessing the patient with chest pain / J. Younker -- Assessment and differential diagnoses in the patient with chest pain / J. Benger -- Assessing and managing the patient with chest pain due to an acute coronary syndrome / S. Green and J. Tagney -- Analysing the presentation of women with chest pain and other symptoms associated with coronary heart disease and myocardial infarction / J.W. Albarran -- Assessing and managing the patient with chest pain due to either acute pericarditis or myocarditis / J.W. Albarran -- Assessing and managing the patient with chest pain due to an aortic dissection / H. Cox -- Assessing and managing the patient with chest pain due to pulmonary embolism / J. Keenan -- Assessing and managing the patient with chest pain due to trauma / S. Binks and J. Benger -- Assessing and managing the patient with chest pain due to oesophago-gastric disorders / T. Finlay and J. Keenan -- Assessing and managing the patient with musculoskeletal chest pain / R. Hoskins -- Assessing and managing the patient with pulmonary chest pain / J. Tagney and S. Green -- Assessing and managing the patient with chest pain due to cardiac syndrome X, cocaine misuse, and herpes zoster / J.W. Albarran and H. Cox.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Background to the assessment and management of patients with chest pain / J.W. Albarran and J. Tagney -- Coronary heart disease healthcare policy and evolution of chest pain assessment and management in the UK / T. Quinn -- History taking / J. Tagney -- Clinical examination skills for assessing the patient with chest pain / J. Younker -- Assessment and differential diagnoses in the patient with chest pain / J. Benger -- Assessing and managing the patient with chest pain due to an acute coronary syndrome / S. Green and J. Tagney -- Analysing the presentation of women with chest pain and other symptoms associated with coronary heart disease and myocardial infarction / J.W. Albarran -- Assessing and managing the patient with chest pain due to either acute pericarditis or myocarditis / J.W. Albarran -- Assessing and managing the patient with chest pain due to an aortic dissection / H. Cox -- Assessing and managing the patient with chest pain due to pulmonary embolism / J. Keenan -- Assessing and managing the patient with chest pain due to trauma / S. Binks and J. Benger -- Assessing and managing the patient with chest pain due to oesophago-gastric disorders / T. Finlay and J. Keenan -- Assessing and managing the patient with musculoskeletal chest pain / R. Hoskins -- Assessing and managing the patient with pulmonary chest pain / J. Tagney and S. Green -- Assessing and managing the patient with chest pain due to cardiac syndrome X, cocaine misuse, and herpes zoster / J.W. Albarran and H. Cox.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.