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The chain of survival in sudden cardiac arrest

…According to the chain of survival, the first task is to recognize cardiac arrest and alert the EMS (in OHCA) or cardiac arrest team (in…

What is the difference between cardioversion and defibrillation for arrhythmias?

…delivered asynchronously on the T wave during ventricular tachycardia can precipitate ventricular fibrillation, whereas a synchronized shock (timed to the QRS complex) avoids this risk…

Pulmonary Embolism (PE)

…ischemia will develop if right ventricular oxygen demand exceeds oxygen delivery. Prolonged and pronounced ischemia leads to right ventricular infarction. Whether infarction develops or not…

🟠 Fenoldopam

…maintaining or increasing kidney perfusion. Effects Dopamine 1 receptor agonists lower systemic blood pressure and increase renal perfusion. Time to onset of action 50 to…

🟠 Hypertensive emergency (crisis) - Drugs, doses & management

…damage or failure. Any of the drugs listed below may be used to treat hypertensive emergencies. The desired time to action, contraindications and risk of…

Drug-Eluting Coronary Stents: Evolution, Evidence and Stent Choice

…weeks. This made BMS attractive in patients requiring urgent non cardiac surgery, those with high bleeding risk, or those considered unlikely to adhere to medication…

Preeclampsia and Hypertensive Pregnancy Disorders as Future Cardiovascular Risk

…comprise chronic or pre existing hypertension, gestational hypertension, and preeclampsia. Collectively, they affect approximately 5–15% of pregnancies worldwide and are major contributors to maternal…

ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock

…and end organ perfusion caused by cardiac insufficiency. Sustained hypoperfusion reduces oxygen and nutrient delivery and, when severe or prolonged, produces multiorgan dysfunction and death…

Hypertensive emergency (crisis)

…damage or failure. Any of the drugs listed below may be used to treat hypertensive emergencies. The desired time to action, contraindications and risk of…

Circulatory and haemodynamic parameters

…Haemodynamic measurements become interpretable only when related to one another. A low blood pressure may be due to low flow, low vascular tone or both…

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