Title Cardiac Fibrillation-Defibrillation : Clinical and Engineering Aspects / Max E. Valentinuzzi

Published New Jersey : World Scientific, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 279 pages) : illustrations, portraits Series Series on bioengineering and biomedical engineering ; v. 6 Series on bioengineering and biomedical engineering ; v. 6. 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-267) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Ventricular fibrillation. Ventricular fibrillation -- Treatment Defibrillators. Electric countershock. Biomedical engineering. Engineering. Heart -- Diseases. Electrotherapeutics. Therapeutics. Cardiovascular system -- Diseases. Diseases. Medical personnel. Arrhythmia. Electric Countershock Ventricular Fibrillation Defibrillators Engineering Electric Countershock -- instrumentation Heart Diseases Ventricular Fibrillation -- therapy Electrodes Electric Stimulation Therapy Pathologic Processes Disciplines and Occupations Therapeutics Electrical Equipment and Supplies Technology, Industry, and Agriculture Equipment and Supplies Technology, Industry, Agriculture Cardiovascular Diseases Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment Disease Health Occupations Arrhythmias, Cardiac Biomedical Engineering Biomedical Technology Health Personnel Health Workforce biomedical engineering. engineering. illness. disease. treating (health care function) HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Heart. MEDICAL -- Cardiology. Therapeutics Medical personnel Heart -- Diseases Engineering Electrotherapeutics Diseases Cardiovascular system -- Diseases Arrhythmia Biomedical engineering Defibrillators Electric countershock Ventricular fibrillation Ventricular fibrillation -- Treatment Form Electronic book ISBN 9789814293648 9814293644 1283144212 9781283144216 9786613144218 6613144215

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