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"This book delivers a clear, concise, and sensible approach to ECG interpretation. It is an excellent and invaluable pocket-sozed resource for medical professionals who require basic ECG interpretation skills in the management of their patients."
"If you're going to buy an ECG book, I would make it this one."
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Electrocardiography is one of the most common investigations performed by physicians, surgeons, general practitioners, nursing staff and paramedics. For cardiologists or those who read ECGs every day, pattern recognition in ECGs can become fairly straightforward; for most others even basic ECGs can present problems. If you are a non-expert, a trainee, or simply lack confidence in reliably interpreting ECGs, Making Sense of the ECG is designed for you.
Find answers to the following important questions:
* How do I interpret this ECG?
* Are these abnormalities significant?
* How do I distinguish between VT and SVT?
* Has this patient had a myocardial infarction?
* How do I measure a QT interval?
* Should I refer this patient to a cardiologist?
Or, simply, what should I do next?
Find answers to the following important questions:
* How do I interpret this ECG?
* Are these abnormalities significant?
* How do I distinguish between VT and SVT?
* Has this patient had a myocardial infarction?
* How do I measure a QT interval?
* Should I refer this patient to a cardiologist?
Or, simply, what should I do next?
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Format:Paperback
Really well written and easy to follow. I would recommend this package to anyone who needs to get to grips with ECGs quickly. There is a lot of information in the "making sense" book and the "self assessment" book really helps you to revise and consolidate the knowledge you gain from reading it.
I am glad I got both books rather than just the theory one (decisions around cost etc) because the "self assessment" book reinforces the systematic approach to analysis and is cross referenced to the "making sense" book wich saves load of time when you need to look something up. Also the example ECGs in the "making sense" book are limited. Really good clinical warnings in the "making sense" book, too.
OK so these two books will not make you an expert but they do provide a good foundation. I preferred the "making sense" book to the "ECG made easy" by Prof Hampton because I found it told me more about what I needed to know and (for me) was written in a way that was easier to understand.
So any potential purchasers know where I am coming from: nuclear med technician moving into cardiac stressing.
I am glad I got both books rather than just the theory one (decisions around cost etc) because the "self assessment" book reinforces the systematic approach to analysis and is cross referenced to the "making sense" book wich saves load of time when you need to look something up. Also the example ECGs in the "making sense" book are limited. Really good clinical warnings in the "making sense" book, too.
OK so these two books will not make you an expert but they do provide a good foundation. I preferred the "making sense" book to the "ECG made easy" by Prof Hampton because I found it told me more about what I needed to know and (for me) was written in a way that was easier to understand.
So any potential purchasers know where I am coming from: nuclear med technician moving into cardiac stressing.
Format:Paperback
Compared to Prof Hamptons ECG books this one is perhaps easier to read than the ecg made easy. And possibly more practical than the ecg made easy. However, the ECG made easy gave more detail about understanding the electrics underpinning ECGs whereas this book skips over it pretty quickly in the initial chapter. Which is probably fine clinically, as the former information isn't that useful. However, this book is limited by a lack of example ECGs. Although there is usually one example of each issue e.g. tall T waves i often feel that more examples are required to account for the diversity of ECGs. Also the examples are not like real ECGs in the sense of a standard 12 lead with a rhythm strip. Although they show 12 leads they just show one spike in each lead. I also feel the captions to the sample ECGs are not detailed enough.
Having said all that, i've been reading ECGs for years and i still picked up a few things from this just because the text is so lucid. To go the extra mile you still need to read prof Hampton's book the ECG in practice which is the most detailed i have seen. There is a practice question book in the 'making sense' of series but it only has about 70 records compared to 150 in the Prof Hampton book so value for money is self-evident, given that the texts are broadly similar, although the clinical spiel in making sense often makes it blatantly obvious what the ecg will show.
Other concerns about this book is that in the pericarditis section there is no mention of the importance of PR segment depression in making the diagnosis. Whereas many cardiologists i know put a lot of weight on PR depression and rather interestingly it is present on the example ECG in this book!
Overall its a quick, sensible, high yield book which i enjoyed reading and was a very useful revision. I think as medical Fy1,SHO,SpR,Cons you have to read an ecg book every couple of years to stay fresh...along with other core skills which benefit from practice like CXRs. Other things you can't really read in books...renal biopsies...and other books just contain widely available regurgitated unreferenced information...the multitude of oxford handbooks.
Having said all that, i've been reading ECGs for years and i still picked up a few things from this just because the text is so lucid. To go the extra mile you still need to read prof Hampton's book the ECG in practice which is the most detailed i have seen. There is a practice question book in the 'making sense' of series but it only has about 70 records compared to 150 in the Prof Hampton book so value for money is self-evident, given that the texts are broadly similar, although the clinical spiel in making sense often makes it blatantly obvious what the ecg will show.
Other concerns about this book is that in the pericarditis section there is no mention of the importance of PR segment depression in making the diagnosis. Whereas many cardiologists i know put a lot of weight on PR depression and rather interestingly it is present on the example ECG in this book!
Overall its a quick, sensible, high yield book which i enjoyed reading and was a very useful revision. I think as medical Fy1,SHO,SpR,Cons you have to read an ecg book every couple of years to stay fresh...along with other core skills which benefit from practice like CXRs. Other things you can't really read in books...renal biopsies...and other books just contain widely available regurgitated unreferenced information...the multitude of oxford handbooks.
Format:Paperback
This book is very ideal for easily understanding the interpretations of ECGs. It is concise and a very easy read (you can read the whole book in a few hours and be rest assured that you can tackle ECGs). Excellent for revision period!
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