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The Cardiac Recovery Handbook
The Complete Guide to Life After Heart Attack or Heart Surgery
Paul Kligfield, M.D.
16 CPEU or CE hours
Course: $98
Includes book & CE exam
CE exam only: $78
"Download on demand" available
The Complete Guide to Life After Heart Attack or Heart Surgery
Paul Kligfield, M.D.
16 CPEU or CE hours
Course: $98
Includes book & CE exam
CE exam only: $78
"Download on demand" available
Description
The first publication to cover all aspects of cardiac recovery! Heart surgery or heart attack can be the most frightening experience of your patient's life.
The Cardiac Recovery Handbook answers all of these questions and many more providing a reassuring and easy-to-understand resource through the complexities and confusion surrounding heart disease. Packed with vital and authoritative information that is invaluable for anyone who has just been diagnosed with heart disease,
The Cardiac Recovery Handbook is your step-by-step guide to help your patients get back their lives, healthier than ever.
Level: Intermediate
ISBN: 1578262062
ISBN-13: 9781578262069
Format: Paperback, 296pp
Publisher: Hatherleigh Press
Pub date: 2006
Content
Introduction
Part I: Understanding Heart Disease
Chapter 1. The Diagnosis Is Heart Disease
What Happened in the Hospital
Chapter 2. First Steps in Your Cardiac Recovery
What Happens When You Get Home
Chapter 3. The Miracle of Modern Recovery
Advances in Treating Heart Disease
Chapter 4. What Is Heart Disease?
An Overview of the Current Understanding of Atherosclerosis
Part II: Commonly Prescribed Medications for Heart Disease
Chapter 6. Aspirin and Other Anti-Clotting Medications
An Important Step to Prevent a Heart Attack
Chapter 7. The Protective Effects of Beta-Blockers
Reducing the Heart’s Workload
Chapter 8. ACE Inhibitors and ARBs
Reducing Blood Pressure and Improving Blood Flow
Chapter 9. Statins and Other Lipid-Lowering Medications
Combating Atherosclerosis
Part III: What You Can Do to Reduce Your Risk Factors
Chapter 10. Cardiac Rehabilitation
The Benefits of a Specially Designed Exercise Program
Chapter 11. Cholesterol Lowering
Cholesterol through Diet and Exercise
Chapter 12. Hypertension
Keeping Your Blood Pressure Under Control
Chapter 13. The Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes
The Dangers of Insulin Resistance and High Blood Sugar
Chapter 14. The Importance of Getting to a Healthy Weight
How Obesity Affects the Course of Heart Disease
Chapter 15. Choosing Life over Smoking
How Smoking Hurts Your Heart
Chapter 16. Emotional Risk Factors
The Effects of Stress, Depression, and Anger
Afterword by Frederic Flach, M.D., K.C.H.S.
Appendix I. Commonly Used Cardiovascular Medications
Appendix II. Glossary
Appendix III. Resources
Appendix IV. Selected
Bibliography
Index
Book author
Paul Kligfield, M.D., is Professor of Medicine at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University and Director of the Cardiac Health Center in New York City. He is a graduate of Harvard Medical School.
Dietetic professionals
CPE Level: 2
Suggested Commission on Dietetic Registration Learning Need Codes: It is the sole responsibility of the dietetic professional to determine the learning need code met by a course. numedix.com provides the following "suggested" codes, but the professional can deviate from them if they feel another need is met.
2100 Nutritional biochemistry
3000 Nutrition assessment & Diagnosis
3005 Nutrition Diagnosis
3060 Laboratory tests
4000 Wellness and public health
4010 Community intervention, monitoring, and evaluation
4030 Dietary guidelines, DRIs, Food Guide Pyramid, food labeling
4040 Disease prevention
4050 Epidemiology
5160 Cardiovascular disease
5260 Hypertension
The first publication to cover all aspects of cardiac recovery! Heart surgery or heart attack can be the most frightening experience of your patient's life.
The Cardiac Recovery Handbook answers all of these questions and many more providing a reassuring and easy-to-understand resource through the complexities and confusion surrounding heart disease. Packed with vital and authoritative information that is invaluable for anyone who has just been diagnosed with heart disease,
The Cardiac Recovery Handbook is your step-by-step guide to help your patients get back their lives, healthier than ever.
Level: Intermediate
ISBN: 1578262062
ISBN-13: 9781578262069
Format: Paperback, 296pp
Publisher: Hatherleigh Press
Pub date: 2006
Content
Introduction
Part I: Understanding Heart Disease
Chapter 1. The Diagnosis Is Heart Disease
What Happened in the Hospital
Chapter 2. First Steps in Your Cardiac Recovery
What Happens When You Get Home
Chapter 3. The Miracle of Modern Recovery
Advances in Treating Heart Disease
Chapter 4. What Is Heart Disease?
An Overview of the Current Understanding of Atherosclerosis
Part II: Commonly Prescribed Medications for Heart Disease
Chapter 6. Aspirin and Other Anti-Clotting Medications
An Important Step to Prevent a Heart Attack
Chapter 7. The Protective Effects of Beta-Blockers
Reducing the Heart’s Workload
Chapter 8. ACE Inhibitors and ARBs
Reducing Blood Pressure and Improving Blood Flow
Chapter 9. Statins and Other Lipid-Lowering Medications
Combating Atherosclerosis
Part III: What You Can Do to Reduce Your Risk Factors
Chapter 10. Cardiac Rehabilitation
The Benefits of a Specially Designed Exercise Program
Chapter 11. Cholesterol Lowering
Cholesterol through Diet and Exercise
Chapter 12. Hypertension
Keeping Your Blood Pressure Under Control
Chapter 13. The Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes
The Dangers of Insulin Resistance and High Blood Sugar
Chapter 14. The Importance of Getting to a Healthy Weight
How Obesity Affects the Course of Heart Disease
Chapter 15. Choosing Life over Smoking
How Smoking Hurts Your Heart
Chapter 16. Emotional Risk Factors
The Effects of Stress, Depression, and Anger
Afterword by Frederic Flach, M.D., K.C.H.S.
Appendix I. Commonly Used Cardiovascular Medications
Appendix II. Glossary
Appendix III. Resources
Appendix IV. Selected
Bibliography
Index
Book author
Paul Kligfield, M.D., is Professor of Medicine at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University and Director of the Cardiac Health Center in New York City. He is a graduate of Harvard Medical School.
Dietetic professionals
CPE Level: 2
Suggested Commission on Dietetic Registration Learning Need Codes: It is the sole responsibility of the dietetic professional to determine the learning need code met by a course. numedix.com provides the following "suggested" codes, but the professional can deviate from them if they feel another need is met.
2100 Nutritional biochemistry
3000 Nutrition assessment & Diagnosis
3005 Nutrition Diagnosis
3060 Laboratory tests
4000 Wellness and public health
4010 Community intervention, monitoring, and evaluation
4030 Dietary guidelines, DRIs, Food Guide Pyramid, food labeling
4040 Disease prevention
4050 Epidemiology
5160 Cardiovascular disease
5260 Hypertension
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