| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 279 pages) : illustrations, portraits. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Series on bioengineering and biomedical engineering ; v. 6
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Series on bioengineering and biomedical engineering ; v. 6.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-267) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Fibrillation. 1.1. Definition. 1.2. Mechanisms. 1.3. Causes. 1.4. Types of fibrillation. 1.5. Clinical and surgical significance. 1.6. Fibrillation variables. 1.7. Electrical Fibrillation Thresholds (EFTs). 1.8. Conclusions and review questions -- 2. Defibrillation. 2.1. Definition and early developments. 2.2. Chemical defibrillation. 2.3. Electrical defibrillation. 2.4. Defibrillation variables, thresholds, and concept of dose. 2.5. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). 2.6. Cardioversion or atrial defibrillation. 2.7. Are there other methods? Ablation. 2.8. Conclusions and review questions -- 3. Defibrillators. 3.1. Introduction. 3.2. Characterization. 3.3. Pacemakers. 3.4. Defibrillator analyzers. 3.5. Conclusions and review questions -- 4. Ventricular fibrillation detection. 4.1. Introduction. 4.2. Algorithms for the detection of Ventricular Fibrillation (VF). 4.3. Discussion. 4.4. Conclusions and review questions -- 5. Electrodes and pastes. 5.1. Introduction. 5.2. Electrode/tissue impedance and the biological load impedance. 5.3. Electrode types. 5.4. Pastes. 5.5. Failures. 5.6. Conclusions and review questions -- 6. Safety and efficacy. 6.1. Introduction. 6.2. Safety levels : Patient, operator, and equipment. 6.3. Isolation. 6.4. Electromagnetic Interference (EMI). 6.5. Standards. 6.6. Pain. 6.7. Efficacy. 6.8. Conclusions and review questions -- 7. Theoretical models. 7.1. Introduction. 7.2. Non-linear microscopic models of cardiac dynamics. 7.3. Non-linear dynamics and the onset of fibrillation. 7.4. Extended models and connection with sustained fibrillation. 7.5. Statistical analysis. 7.6. Discussion. 7.7. Conclusions and review questions -- 8. Final discussion, overall conclusions, and looking ahead. |
| Summary |
This compendium gives a comprehensive overview of the advances in fibrillation-defibrillation knowledge - recognition of fibrillation as a unique life threatening cardiac arrhythmia; discovery of the electric discharge in its double role of culprit and savior; and technological improved contributions. The book stands on the well-known philosophy of Education-Based on Problems (or EBP), that is, take fibrillation as a medical daily problem and search for that knowledge, technique or principle trying to solve it. The book is interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary. It addresses undergraduate and graduate biomedical engineering students, physicians going into cardiology, clinical engineers and clinical engineering technicians, nurses, paramedics and emergency medical personnel. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ventricular fibrillation.
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Ventricular fibrillation. |
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Ventricular fibrillation -- Treatment.
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Ventricular fibrillation -- Treatment. |
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Defibrillators.
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Defibrillators. |
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Electric countershock.
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Electric countershock. |
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Biomedical engineering.
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Biomedical engineering. |
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Ventricular Fibrillation -- therapy. |
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Biomedical Engineering. |
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Defibrillators. |
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Electric Countershock -- instrumentation. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Valentinuzzi, Max E., 1932- Cardiac fibrillation-defibrillation. New Jersey : World Scientific, ©2011 9789814293631 (OCoLC)707617835 |
| ISBN |
9789814293648 (electronic book) |
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9814293644 (electronic book) |
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9789814293631 |
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9814293636 |
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