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Cardiac arrest due to hypoxia and asphyxia

…3 8 minutes, pulseless electrical activity (PEA) develops. PEA progresses to asystole within minutes, as outlined in the studies by DeBehnke et al. and Safar…

Complications of Coronary Angiography and Vascular Access Management

…uncommon, but their clinical spectrum ranges from transient arrhythmias and minor access site bleeding to myocardial infarction, stroke, coronary perforation, haemodynamic collapse, acute kidney injury…

Primary Aldosteronism: Screening and Management

…increased, relatively autonomous from angiotensin II and plasma potassium, and resistant to suppression by sodium loading. It is the most common form of secondary hypertension…

Blood transfusion and massive haemorrhage

Procedurer The most serious transfusion accidents rarely stem from laboratory errors but from the wrong blood being given to the wrong patient — a mislabelled tube…

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (broken heart syndrome, stress induced cardiomyopathy)

…research has been devoted to it in recent years. Most cases (70%) of takotsubo cardiomyopathy occur in situations with extreme stress, such as car accidents…

Causes of sudden cardiac arrest

…or accidental overdose of medications, drugs or other substances (including alcohol) causing cardiac arrest. Table 1. Classification of causes of cardiac arrest according to the…

Preeclampsia and Hypertensive Pregnancy Disorders as Future Cardiovascular Risk

…cases of preeclampsia may progress to eclampsia. Clinical presentation and symptoms The clinical spectrum ranges from hypertension without apparent organ injury to severe multisystem disease…

Cardiac arrest in hypothermia (accidental hypothermia)

…severe hypothermia No signs of life <24 °C Actions in accidental hypothermia with cardiac arrest or cardiopulmonary depression Use HOPE Score to assess the prognosis…

Cardiac arrest in hyperthermia and malignant hyperthermia

…body's capacity for heat elimination. Hyperthermia can induce an inflammatory state similar to the Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS). Body temperatures surpassing 40°C (104°F…

Cardiac arrest during sepsis

…a dose of 30 ml/kg. Should fluid resuscitation fail to maintain a mean arterial pressure (MAP) above 65 mmHg, consider the initiation of vasopressor…

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