£210.00
Publication Date:
29 Jun 1999
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis Inc
For delivery:
Temporarily unavailable
Description
This detailed reference provides practical strategies and a scientific foundation for designing and implementing cardiac rehabilitation services to relieve the symptoms of cardiovascular disease patients through exercise training and risk reduction and secondary prevention, improve quality of life, and decrease mortality.
Emphasizes multidisciplinary care that includes exercise training, behavioral interventions, and education and counseling regarding lifestyle changes and other aspects of secondary prevention!
Written by world-renowned physicians, nurses, exercise physiologists, psychologists, dietitians, educators, and counselors in the field, Cardiac Rehabilitation
presents evidence-based medicine as the cornerstone of clinical cardiology practice
discusses interventions that limit the physiological and psychological effects of cardiac illness
offers guidelines that enable elderly patients to maintain self-sufficiency and functional independence
describes means of social and workplace reintegration
evaluates policies for maintaining high-quality care, efficacy, and safety in an atmosphere of diminishing resources
explains the role of managed care in moving rehabilitative care into the home, workplace, and other nontraditional sites
assesses new interactive technologies that aid in tracking patient data
gives pragmatic recommendations for the delivery of cardiac rehabilitative care in the next millenium
and more!
Advocating integrated, high-quality, consistent cardiac rehabilitation services for the well-being of patients recovering from a variety of cardiovascular problems and procedures, Cardiac Rehabilitation is ideally suited for cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons, primary care physicians, cardiac rehabilitation professionals, cardiac care nurses, dietitians, physical and occupational therapists, exercise physiologists, psychologists, behavioral counselors, hospital managers, health plan designers, and upper-level undergraduate, graduate, and medical school students in these disciplines.
Contents
Overview: Charting the Course for Cardiac Rehabilitation into the 21st Century, Nanette K. Wenger
Exercise Training
Benefits of Exercise Training L. Kent Smith and Nanette K. Wenger
The National Institute of Health's Consensus Conference Statement on Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Health, Arthur S. Leon
Rehabilitation Considerations in Exercise Testing, Barry A. Franklin, Amy L. Fowler, and Ken Tobin
Exercise Prescription, Michael L. Pollock and Paulo Sergio Gomes
Assessment for Exercise Training: Contraindications, Risk Stratification, and Safety Issues, Neil F. Gordon
Components of Exercise Training, Ray W. Squires
Life-Long Exercise: Counseling for Exercise Maintenance, Linda K. Hall
Supervised Versus Unsupervised Exercise Training: Risks and Benefits, Robert F. DeBusk
Exercise Training in Special Populations: The Elderly, Philip A. Ades
Exercise Training in Special Populations: Women, Lauralyn B. Cannistra and Gary J. Balady
Exercise Training in Special Populations: Heart Failure and Post-Transplantation Patients, Ileana L. Piņa
Exercise Training in Special Populations: Diabetes, Donald A. Smith and Jill Crandall
Exercise Training in Special Populations: Obesity, Carl J. Lavie and Richard V. Milani
Exercise Training in Special Populations: Valvular Heart Disease, Henry S. Miller
Exercise Training in Special Populations: Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators, Robert A. Schweikert and Fredric J. Pashkow
Peripheral Arterial Disease, Mitzi A. Ekers
Associated Noncardiac Morbidities, Barbara J. Fletcher and Gerald F. Fletcher
Education, Counseling, and Behavioral Interventions
Multifactorial Cardiac Rehabilitation: Education, Counseling, and Behavioral Interventions, Erika Sivarajan Froelicher
Matching the Intensity of Risk Factor Modification with the Hazard for Coronary Disease Events, Valentin Fuster and Thomas A. Pearson
Scientific Basis for Multifactorial Risk Reduction: Overview with Emphasis on National Guidelines, Sanuj K. Ravindran and Philip Greenland
Smoking Cessation and Relapse Prevention: Case Management Approaches, Nancy Houston-Miller
Lipid-Lowering for Coronary Risk Reduction, Joan M. Fair
Management of Hypertension, Martha N. Hill
Weight Management and Exercise in the Treatment of Obesity, Anne M. Dattilo
Psychosocial Risk Factors: Overview Assessment, and Intervention for Anger and Hostility, Wayne M. Sotile
Assessment and Intervention for Depression, C. Barr Taylor and Rebecca P. Cameron
Assessment and Intervention for Social Isolation, Carol Rogers Pitula, Matthew M. Burg, and Erika Sivarajan Froelicher
Stress Management, Eileen M. Stuart-Shor
Return to Work: Variables and Issues of Vocational Counseling, Diane Shea Pravikoff
Education for Special Populations, Alan Goble
Quality-of-Life Assessment in Secondary Prevention, Laura L. Kee
Moving Cardiac Rehabilitation into the Next Century: Contemporary Challenges and Implementation Issues
The New Infrastructure for Cardiac Rehabilitation Practice, Patricia McCall Comoss
Case Management in Cardiac Rehabilitation, Barbara Tate Unger and Deidre A. Warren
Home-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation: Variations on a Theme, Susan Rogutski, Kathy Berra, and William Haskell
Behavioral Change-Getting Started and Being Successful, James Prochaska and Karen Congdon
Motivating and Empowering Patients for Self-Learning, Susan Herr Swails and Barbara H. Southard
Adherence to a Heart-Healthy Lifestyle-What Makes the Difference?, Lora E. Burke
Measuring Program Quality-Applying Standards and Guidelines, Dwight Davis, William G. Herbert, and Carl N. King
Streamlining and Computerizing Cardiac Rehabilitation Charting, Patricia McCall Comoss and Jody Heggestad
Patient Outcomes in Cardiac Rehabilitation: What, Why, and When to Measure, Peg Pashkow and Cynthia L. MacDonald
Medicolegal Issues: Practice Guidelines-Friend or Foe?, Sue Dill
Measuring Cost-Effectiveness: Promoting Cost Saving, Martha Livingston and Charles Dennis
Needs and Directions for Research, Nanette K. Wenger, L. Kent Smith, Erika Sivarajan Froelicher, and Patricia McCall Comoss
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