ECG Diagnosis in Clinical Practice

by Vecht, Romeo; Gatzoulis, Michael A.; Peters, Nicholas S.

• ISBN13: 9781848003118
• ISBN10: 1848003110
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-30
• Publisher: Springer Nature

Summary

Over the last century the ECG has been used by clinicians to make major clinical decisions with regard to electric pacing, the use of thrombolytic drugs in acute myocardial infarction and the timing of surgery. In conjunction with a chest X-ray and the echocardiogram it is a fundamental part of the initial investigation of a patient with suspected heart disease. These electrical squiggles have always been difficult for students to understand. In part the problem has been that the formatting of the ECG has only become standard in the last two decades. Some important books have not provided the full twelve-lead ECG. On occasion the interpretation of the ECG has been related to complex explanations of the shapes of the electrical signals. For the practising physician much of the interpretation is a matter of pattern recognition.

Table of Contents

Surgical History of Hemorrhoids

Anatomy and Development of Hemorrhoids

Pathophysiology of Hemorrhoids and the Consequences for Surgical Treatment

Diagnosis

Indications for Intervention

Non-Invasive Therapy

Anal Dilation Treatment

Sclerotherapy

Rubber Band Ligation

Treatment by Infrared Thermocoagulation

Open Hemorrhoidectomy (St Marks Milligan-Morgan Technique)

Closed Hemorrhoidectomy (Ferguson Technique)

The Treatment by Submucosal Hemorrhoidectomy (Parks Method)

Circular Stapler Anopexy for Prolapsing Hemorrhoids

G++TotalG++ Hemorrhoidectomy

Pre-, Peri- and Post-operative Management

The Operative Treatment by, and Results of, Diathermy Hemorrhoidectomy

Laser Hemorrhoidectomy

Cryotherapy

Complications of Surgical Hemorrhoidectomy

Contraindications to Hemorrhoidectomy

Management of Hemorrhoid Complications. Thrombosis, Fissure-in-ano, Recurrence

Treatment of Hemorrhoids Complicated by Co-morbidity

Day Case Hemorrhoidectomy

Landmarks in the History of Hemorrhoids

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