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Guías de práctica clínica de la Sociedad Española de Cardiología sobre requerimientos y equipamiento de la unidad coronaria

Los autores plantean el cambio conceptual y en la dinamica asistencial ocurridos en los ultimos anos en la unidad coronaria. Se exponen los criterios de planificacion y organizacion funcional y jerarquica, asi como los argumentos asistenciales basicos para su desarrollo. Las unidades coronarias no deben constituirse de manera aislada sino integradas en el servicio de cardiologia, y siempre deben estar dirigidas por un cardiologo. La unidad coronaria se concibe cada vez mas como una unidad de cuidados intensivos para pacientes con cardiopatias agudas o cronicas agudizadas. Se indican las caracteristicas de su estructura fisica y equipamiento, asi como las del area de cuidados intermedios y de las recientemente creadas camas de dolor toracico. Por ultimo, se comentan los recursos humanos y los criterios de admision y alta en la unidad coronaria.

Marco ético de la Sociedad Española de Cardiología (versión resumida)

La Sociedad Espanola de Cardiologia (SEC) ha elaborado su «marco etico». Este documento se estructura en 2 partes diferenciadas que tratan sobre la responsabilidad de la SEC como organizacion y de los profesionales en tanto que socios. La SEC propone a sus miembros unas pautas de actuacion en su practica diaria, establece un horizonte de compromiso civico como asociacion cientifica, y desea que las reflexiones, las recomendaciones y los consejos reflejados sirvan para debatir responsablemente sobre los problemas eticos de nuestro quehacer.

The Scope of Cardiological Competence in New Clinical Settings. Spanish Society of Cardiology Consensus Document

Cardiology is the medical discipline or specialty responsible for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cardiovascular disease. As this is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in Spain and the European Union,1 cardiology professionals have, with respect to other medical specialists, an additional moral authority and responsibility derived from the relevance for society of an excellent performance in combating cardiovascular disease. Hence the importance of keeping up with the rapid transitions that are currently taking place at the social, administrative, educational, health care, and professional levels, transitions that necessarily generate novel contexts for the practice of cardiology and for its professionals. At the end of 2005, the Spanish Society of Cardiology (SSC), by virtue of its leadership role in combating cardiovascular disease, decided to undertake a project, applying a synthetic approach to the process matrix, involving the professionals in cardiology and in other medical specialties, the health care administrations, the pharmaceutical industry, and biotechnology companies, the institutions, the patients and the general population; these processes will ultimately play a role in the development of the field of cardiology, in the work of The Scope of Cardiological Competence in New Clinical Settings

Spanish Society of Cardiology Ethical Framework (Executive Summary)

The Spanish Society of Cardiology (SEC) has produced an Ethical Framework Document. This document is divided into two distinct parts that deal, respectively, with the responsibilities of the SEC as an organization and the responsibilities of its professional members. The SEC makes recommendations on how its members should carry out their daily clinical practice, provides a professional perspective on public commitments as a scientific association, and aims to ensure that any views, recommendations, and advice expressed provide the basis for an informed debate on ethical problems in our field of work.

The Scope of Cardiological Competence in New Clinical Settings

Cardiology is the medical discipline or specialty responsible for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cardiovascular disease. As this is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in Spain and the European Union,1 cardiology professionals have, with respect to other medical specialists, an additional moral authority and responsibility derived from the relevance for society of an excellent performance in combating cardiovascular disease. Hence the importance of keeping up with the rapid transitions that are currently taking place at the social, administrative, educational, health care, and professional levels, transitions that necessarily generate novel contexts for the practice of cardiology and for its professionals. At the end of 2005, the Spanish Society of Cardiology (SSC), by virtue of its leadership role in combating cardiovascular disease, decided to undertake a project, applying a synthetic approach to the process matrix, involving the professionals in cardiology and in other medical specialties, the health care administrations, the pharmaceutical industry, and biotechnology companies, the institutions, the patients and the general population; these processes will ultimately play a role in the development of the field of cardiology, in the work of The Scope of Cardiological Competence in New Clinical Settings

The Scope of Cardiological Competence in New Clinical Settings: A Consensus Document of the Spanish Society of Cardiology

Cardiology is the medical discipline or specialty responsible for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cardiovascular disease. As this is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in Spain and the European Union,1 cardiology professionals have, with respect to other medical specialists, an additional moral authority and responsibility derived from the relevance for society of an excellent performance in combating cardiovascular disease. Hence the importance of keeping up with the rapid transitions that are currently taking place at the social, administrative, educational, health care, and professional levels, transitions that necessarily generate novel contexts for the practice of cardiology and for its professionals. At the end of 2005, the Spanish Society of Cardiology (SSC), by virtue of its leadership role in combating cardiovascular disease, decided to undertake a project, applying a synthetic approach to the process matrix, involving the professionals in cardiology and in other medical specialties, the health care administrations, the pharmaceutical industry, and biotechnology companies, the institutions, the patients and the general population; these processes will ultimately play a role in the development of the field of cardiology, in the work of The Scope of Cardiological Competence in New Clinical Settings