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Hypoglycaemia: quick reference for emergency management

…to start emergency treatment, but abnormal or unexpected values should be confirmed with a laboratory analysed plasma glucose when the situation allows. Glucose meters are…

ECG changes due to electrolyte imbalance (disorder)

…hyperventilation), rhabdomyolysis, septicemia (sepsis), osteolytic cancer metastases, abnormal calcium absorption (gastrointestinal) and resorption (from primary urine), renal failure, small bowel syndrome, parathyroid gland surgery, use…

Cardiac amyloidosis

…amyloidosis [8, 15]. AL Amyloidosis: This is a plasma cell dyscrasia in which abnormal plasma cells produce misfolded immunoglobulin light chains [8, 19]. Light chains…

Chronic Kidney Disease as a Cardiovascular Risk Factor

…stress Vascular dysfunction Promotion of vascular calcification Albuminuria and proteinuria Neurohormonal activation Plasma volume expansion Myocardial remodelling and fibrosis These processes form part of the…

Digoxin - ECG changes, arrhythmias, conduction defects & treatment

…ventricles. This increases the automaticity in cells with natural automaticity but it may also provoke abnormal automaticity in cells that normally do not exhibit automaticity…

Long QT (QTc) interval, long QT syndrome (LQTS) & torsades de pointes

…peak plasma concentrations of that drug. The QT interval should be adjusted for heart rate. Long QT interval causes long QT syndrome An abnormally prolonged…

🟠 Left ventricular diastolic function

…adult Abnormal relaxation (grade 1 dysfunction) Pseudonormal (grade 2 dysfunction) Reversible restrictive filling (grade 3 dysfunction) Irreversible restrictive filling (grade 4 dysfunction) E/A ratio…

🟠 Right ventricle, pulmonary artery, pulmonary artery pressure

…11.029. Pulmonary valve Pulmonary valve regurgitation Mild regurgiation Moderate regurgitation Severe regurgitation Pulmonary valve morphology normal normal/abnormal abnormal Density CW Doppler weak, slow…

🟠 Left and right atrium

…size and volume Women Men Normal range Mildly abnormal Moderately abnormal Severely abnormal Normal range Mildly abnormal Moderately abnormal Severely abnormal ATRIAL DIMENSIONS LA diameter…

🟠 Pulmonary valve

Pulmonary valve regurgitation Mild regurgiation Moderate regurgitation Severe regurgitation Pulmonary valve morphology normal normal/abnormal abnormal Density CW Doppler weak, slow deceleration variable dense, steep…

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