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Cardiac arrest in intoxication (poisoning)

…by means of dialysis. Substance Antidot e Paracetamol (Acetaminophen) N Acetylcysteine Anticholinergics Physostigmine Anticoagulants (apixaban) Andexanet alpha Benzodiazepines Flumazenil The Black Widow, Spider Bett Lactrodectus…

Gastric lavage and activated charcoal

…tissues, and an apron for the patient — charcoal stains everything black. For administration by tube: a gastric tube and a 50–60 mL catheter syringe…

Oesophageal ECG

…to ask it. Indications Wide complex tachycardia where ventricular tachycardia must be distinguished from supraventricular tachycardia with bundle branch block or aberrancy. Narrow complex tachycardia…

Quiz: ECG in athletes

…in V6 with QRS duration <120 ms) D: Profound sinus bradycardia (<30 beats/min or sinus pauses ≥3 s) Explanation: Incomplete Right Bundle Branch Block…

Resistant Hypertension: Evaluation and Treatment

…also have comorbid features associated with a greater cardiovascular risk among those with resistant hypertension, including older age, Black ethnicity, elevated body mass index, diabetes…

STEMI: Primary PCI and System-of-Care Time Targets

…material. Delayed help seeking is associated with older age, female sex, Black race, lower socioeconomic or uninsured status, a history of angina or diabetes, and…

Eletrical alternans: the ECG in pericardial effusion & cardiac tamponade

…to another (in the same lead). This is due to the swinging back and forth of the heart in the pericardial space. Note that tachycardia…

Performing Echocardiographic Examinations

…The operator should have an elbow rest, and also avoid bending the back during the examination. Work related musculoskeletal disorders are a common cause of…

Ventricular Pressure-Volume Relationship: Preload, Afterload, Stroke Volume, Wall Stress & Frank-Starling's law

…which is discussed below. The pressure volume loop in Figure 1 can be moved along the black lines called EDPVR and ESPVR. EDPVR (End Diastolic…

Fascicular block (hemiblock): Left anterior & left posterior fascicular block

…is directed to the left, back and upwards; this results in a deep S wave in inferior leads and large R wave in left lateral…

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