Electrocardiography - Milhorn, H. Thomas

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Résumé :
Primary care providers are often the first, and sometimes the only, point of contact for many patients within the healthcare system. The standard 12-lead electrocardiogram is one of the most common tests obtained and interpreted by primary care providers, with most reading their own recordings and basing clinical decisions on their findings. Primary care providers can achieve proficiency in the interpretation of over 95 percent of all electrocardiogram findings seen in the primary care setting.Although computerized interpretation is widely available, it is considered unreliable in up to 20 percent of the cases, making interpretation by primary care providers an essential skill. This book provides the necessary skills for primary care providers to use in interpreting electrocardiograms, both in their offices and in the emergency departments of their hospitals. This book is an outgrowth of a previous book, Electrocardiography for the Family Physician.

Biographie:
H. Thomas Milhorn graduated from Lincoln Memorial University with majors in mathematics and physics. This was followed by a PhD in Physiology and Biophysics from the University of Mississippi Medical Center and a postdoctoral fellowship in biomathematics at North Carolina State University. He subsequently received an MD and completed a family medicine residency program at the University of Mississippi School of Medicine. He is the author of 13 books, 12 chapters in books, and over 150 research and medical education publications. He is Director of Education for the EC Healthnet Family Medicine Residency Program. Formerly he was Professor of Family Medicine, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the University of Mississippi School of Medicine. He has over 36 years' experience teaching medical students and family medicine residents. He has also taught nursing students, physician assistant students, fellows in addiction medicine, and PhD candidates in physiology and in biomedical engineering....

Sommaire:
Primary care providers are often the first, and sometimes the only, point of contact for many patients within the healthcare system. The standard 12-lead electrocardiogram is one of the most common tests obtained and interpreted by primary care providers, with most reading their own recordings and basing clinical decisions on their findings. Primary care providers can achieve proficiency in the interpretation of over 95 percent of all electrocardiogram findings seen in the primary care setting.Although computerized interpretation is widely available, it is considered unreliable in up to 20 percent of the cases, making interpretation by primary care providers an essential skill. This book provides the necessary skills for primary care providers to use in interpreting electrocardiograms, both in their offices and in the emergency departments of their hospitals. This book is an outgrowth of a previous book, Electrocardiography for the Family Physician....