Mistake-Based Learning in Cardiology
Avoiding Medical Errors
- 1st Edition - January 15, 2024
- Author: Bliss J. Chang
- Editor: Bliss J. Chang
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 3 1 5 7 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 3 1 9 5 - 3
Medical errors are one of the leading causes of death. Deliver the highest quality care to your patients by recognizing and minimizing common mistakes. Providing quality care fr… Read more
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Request a sales quoteMedical errors are one of the leading causes of death.
Deliver the highest quality care to your patients by recognizing and minimizing common mistakes.
Providing quality care free of clinical errors isn’t just a matter of knowing what to do in any given situation—it’s about actively knowing what not to do. Mistake-Based Learning in Cardiology: Avoiding Medical Errors provides healthcare professionals with a summary of the common ways to inadvertently cause medical errors for each major clinical action. This resource also provides valuable information on why the mistake may be made and openly discusses medical errors to facilitate growth, learning, and psychological safety in today’s workplace.
Deliver the highest quality care to your patients by recognizing and minimizing common mistakes.
Providing quality care free of clinical errors isn’t just a matter of knowing what to do in any given situation—it’s about actively knowing what not to do. Mistake-Based Learning in Cardiology: Avoiding Medical Errors provides healthcare professionals with a summary of the common ways to inadvertently cause medical errors for each major clinical action. This resource also provides valuable information on why the mistake may be made and openly discusses medical errors to facilitate growth, learning, and psychological safety in today’s workplace.
- Identifies the most common errors associated with each disease and clinical action.
- Dissects each mistake into potential reasoning errors and pinpoints the major clinical principles related to the error.
- Helps you understand why the mistake was made and how to avoid similar mistakes, empowering you with pre-emptive thoughts that act as an excellent first-line defense against medical mistakes.
- Supports you with timely, point-of-care solutions if the medical error were to occur.
- Uses a concise, templated format for quick reference and review.
- Helps prepare you for clinical rotations and future practice, as well as for the medicine and cardiology board exams.
- An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud.
3rd and 4th year medical students; year 1 residents
- Cover image
- Title page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contributors
- Faculty Reviewers
- Preface
- About the Author
- Contents
- CHAPTER 1 Mistake-Based Learning
- What Is Mistake-Based Learning?
- What Is the Best Way to Use This Book?
- Keeping Your Own Mistake Diary
- A Final Word on Clinical Errors
- CHAPTER 2 Fundamentals of Clinical Decision-Making
- General
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- CHAPTER 3 Electrocardiogram Interpretation
- General Principles
- ECG Components: Rate
- ECG Components: Rhythm
- ECG Components: QRS
- ECG Components: ST Segment
- ECG Components: T Wave
- Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
- Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Wide-Complex Tachycardia
- CHAPTER 4 Cardiac Imaging
- Echocardiography: Quality
- Echocardiography: Left Ventricular Structure
- Echocardiography: Ejection Fraction
- Echocardiography: Diastology
- Echocardiography: Right Heart Disease
- Echocardiography: Aortic Stenosis
- Echocardiography: Valvular Regurgitation
- Echocardiography: Pericardial Disease
- Echocardiography: Mass Mimics
- Cardiac Computed Tomography: Quality
- CHAPTER 5 Devices
- RIGHT HEART CATHETERIZATION
- CHAPTER 6 Coronary Artery Disease
- General Principles
- Lipid Management
- Evaluation of Coronary Artery Disease: Exercise Stress Testing
- Evaluation of Coronary Artery Disease: Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
- Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease: Pharmacologic
- Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease: Revascularization
- Chapter 7 Acute Coronary Syndromes
- Diagnostics: History
- Diagnostics: Physical Exam
- Diagnostics: ECG (refer to Chapter 3)
- Diagnostics: Laboratory Workup
- Diagnostics: Stress Testing (refer to Chapter 6)
- Therapeutics: Medical Management
- Therapeutics: Reperfusion Strategies
- Therapeutics: Revascularization Strategies
- Post-ACS Care: Complications
- Post–Acute Coronary Syndromes Care: Secondary Prevention and Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy
- Chapter 8 Heart Failure
- Diagnosis: Symptoms
- Diagnosis: Physical Exam
- Diagnosis: Laboratory Testing
- Diagnosis: Swan-Ganz Catheter
- Diagnosis: Imaging
- Treatment: General
- Treatment: Diuresis
- Treatment: Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy
- Treatment: Vasopressors and Inotropes
- CHAPTER 9 Arrhythmias
- Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter: General
- Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter: Anticoagulation
- Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter: Rate Control
- Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter: Rhythm Control
- Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Ventricular Tachycardia
- Miscellaneous
- CHAPTER 10 Valvular Disease
- Aortic Stenosis
- Aortic Insufficiency
- Mitral Regurgitation
- Mitral Stenosis
- Infective Endocarditis
- CHAPTER 11 Pulmonary Hypertension
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- CHAPTER 12 Pericardial Disease
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- CHAPTER 13 Vascular Cardiology
- Peripheral Artery Disease: Diagnosis
- Peripheral Artery Disease: Treatment
- Aortic Disease: Aortic Dissection
- Aortic Disease: Aortic Aneurysm
- CHAPTER 14 Venous Thromboembolism
- Anticoagulation
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Deep Vein Thrombosis
- CHAPTER 15 Hypertension
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Index
- No. of pages: 336
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 15, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323931571
- eBook ISBN: 9780323931953
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Bliss J. Chang
Affiliations and expertise
Resident, Internal Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University, New York, NYBC
Bliss J. Chang
Affiliations and expertise
Resident, Internal Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University, New York, NY