The second edition of this book provides scientific and clinical insights on the management of patients who arrive at the hospital with a presentation consistent with a potential acute coronary syndrome. Focusing on the cardiology aspects of chest pain, it presents the science and methodology that has allowed the remarkable improvements in diagnostic accuracy and improved patient outcomes for the evaluation of patients presenting with suspected acute coronary syndromes. Chapters address key issues of the implementation of high sensitivity troponin and the use of contemporary non-invasive myocardial perfusion evaluation technologies (e.g., coronary artery computed tomography). It also addresses the cutting edge application of new technologies that promise to effect the early identification of coronary vascular disease. This new edition offers updated chapters as well as brand new chapters.

Short Stay Management of Chest Pain is a valuable tool for acute care physicians, nurses, and hospital administrators devoted to caring for this population.

Outlines the rationale for the establishment of a chest pain unit (CPU) Covers all medical aspects of CPU use and management Explains treatment suitable to administer during the risk stratification process

Autorentext

Margarita E. Pena, MD FACEP is the Medical Director of the Clinical Decision Unit and Associate Program Director at Ascension St. John Hospital, and a professor of Emergency Medicine at the Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan. She has published manuscripts and book chapters in Observation and Emergency Medicine, is co-director of the Observation Medicine - Science and Solutions conference, and recipient of the 2010 Emergency Physician of the Year Award by the Michigan College of Emergency Physicians. Anwar Osbourne MD MPM FACEP is an Assistant Program Director for Emergency Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine, Observation Medicine Rotation director, and Director of Resident Research Contributions. As an Associate Professor of both Emergency Medicine and Emergency Medicine, he has worked extensively with national cardiac quality initiatives with both the American College of Cardiology and the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care. He is a past chair of the Observation Medicine Section of ACEP and is a co-director of the Observation Medicine Science and Solutions conference. >600 publications, he is a two-time winner of the Best Research Paper of the Year Award from the American College of Emergency Physicians, and the 2019 Ray Bahr Award for Excellence from the American College of Cardiology. Finally, he is the founder of Comprehensive Research Associates, LLC, and Emergencies in Medicine, LLC.

Inhalt
Chapter 1. Epidemiology and Demographics of Coronary Artery Disease.- Chapter 2. Financial Impact of Acute Coronary Syndromes.- Chapter 3. Billing for Short Stay Chest Pain Services.- Chapter 4. Why have Chest Pain Patients in a Short Stay Unit?.- Chapter 5. What is the Value of Accreditation in Cardiology?.- Chapter 6. Pathophysiology and Definition of Acute Coronary Syndromes.- Chapter 7. Emergency Department Presentation of Chest Pain.- Chapter 8. Chest Pain Risk Stratification by History, Physical, and EKG.- Chapter 9. The Role of Biomarkers Chest Pain Evaluation.- Chapter 10. Are Risk Scoring Systems Necessary?.- Chapter 11. Emergency Department Disposition of Patients Presenting with Chest Pain.- Chapter 12. Short Stay Unit Requirements.- Chapter 13. Medical Therapy of Chest Pain Patients Managed in a Short Stay Unit.- Chapter 14. Provocative Testing for the Evaluation of Patients with Chest Pain.- Chapter 15. Use of Multi-slice CT for the Evaluation of Patients with Chest Pain.- Chapter 16. Use of MRI for the Evaluation of Patients with Chest Pain.- Chapter 17. New Technologies for the Evaluation of Acute Coronary Syndromes: Magnetocardiography.- Chapter 18. Disposition from the Short Stay Unit.- 19. Examples of Short Stay Chest Pain Protocols, Order Sheets and Discharge Instructions.