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Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease: Assessment and Treatment

…Very high Extreme obesity ≥40 III Extremely high BMI is useful for screening and population level risk estimation, but it does not characterize body composition…

Physical Activity Prescription for Cardiovascular Prevention

…2 diabetes, coronary disease, stroke, peripheral arterial disease, heart failure, depression, dementia and osteoporosis. It also improves functional capacity, skeletal health, muscular strength, quality of…

Smoking Cessation: Pharmacotherapy and Cardiovascular Benefit

…Depression, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, HIV infection or other circumstances that may affect cessation or treatment monitoring. Single question screening can identify unhealthy drug use requiring…

ST segment depression in myocardial ischemia and differential diagnoses

…branch block (LBBB) , right bundle branch block (RBBB) and pre excitation (WPW syndrome) may all cause ST segment depressions. These are all common conditions in…

The ST segment: physiology, normal appearance, ST depression & ST elevation

…QRS complex (it typically causes J point depression). The reason for such electrical potential difference is that not all ventricular myocardial cells will finish their…

The ST segment: J-point, J-60 point, ST depression, ST elevation

ECG Video lecture: The ST segment: J point, J 60 point, ST depression & ST elevation

Exercise stress test on cycle ergometer

Procedurer The value of the exercise test lies not in ST depression alone but in the overall picture : exercise capacity, symptoms, blood pressure response, heart…

Cardiac arrest in intoxication (poisoning)

…this demographic on a global scale. Numerous substances possess the potential to induce cardiac arrest or cause profound cardiopulmonary depression. Table 1 delineates substances for…

Opioid therapy in severe pain

…or in headache. A failure to improve function is a reason to taper off, not to increase the dose. Contraindications Ongoing respiratory depression, or untreated…

Poisoning: quick reference for antidotes and initial management

…is not rapidly reversed by an antidote B Respiratory rate, saturation, chest movement and a blood gas. Ventilate by mask in opioid induced respiratory depression…

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