Article about Brugada Syndrome For Nursing Students Works

Leslie Foran Lee and Nancy Felmlee, staff development specialists in clinical education and research at Virtua Health, Mt. Laurel, New Jersey, provide an excellent overview of Brugada Syndrome in this article, published this past spring in Nursing 2010, a peer reviewed journal.

While the article covers the history of Brugada Syndrome and the distinctive features of the disease, it also addresses the practical knowledge that hands-on medical professionals must know.

For example, after a thorough section on the key elements in recognizing Brugada Syndrome, they suggest how to slightly adjust the leads on an ECG reading of a patient with symptoms that may point to Brugada Syndrome, so as "to capture a complete right bundle-branch block or type 1 ECG pattern".

A section entitled, "On The Alert" reminds readers that, now knowing about Brugada Syndrome and its distinctive features, they should be diligent about taking patient histories, probing about symptoms, and helping ensure that Brugada patients get the appropriate care and follow up.

A reassuring read for the Brugada Syndrome patient, or the professional health care provider.