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Preeclampsia and Hypertensive Pregnancy Disorders as Future Cardiovascular Risk

…and multiple organ failure. In the absence of treatment, approximately 1 in 100 cases of preeclampsia may progress to eclampsia. Clinical presentation and symptoms The…

Invasive Coronary Angiography: Indications and Vascular Access

…recommended to complement ICA, particularly for intermediate non left main coronary stenoses. Myocardial ischaemia may occur despite the absence of significant epicardial obstruction. In patients…

Alcohol withdrawal and delirium tremens: quick reference

…strong suspicion of another or an additional cause [1]. Delirium tremens most often begins after one to three days but can start earlier in patients…

Hypoglycaemia: quick reference for emergency management

…need investigation on the basis of an isolated, asymptomatic low sensor reading alone. Symptoms Autonomic symptoms Early warning symptoms are due to sympathetic activation: sweating…

Assessment of Pacemaker Malfunction

…of oversensing is referred to as pacemaker crosstalk . Oversensing may also occur when the ventricular lead interprets the T wave as an R wave. In…

The Fourth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction: Types 1–5

…4b and 4c fulfil the criteria for type 1 MI because they represent coronary atherothrombotic events in the setting of a stent thrombosis or restenosis…

Blood gas interpretation: quick reference for acid-base disorders

…Abnormal Abnormal A compensated simple disorder, or two opposing primary disorders It is therefore not enough to ask which of the pCO₂ and the HCO₃…

Performing Echocardiographic Examinations

…left lateral decubitus position. This affects images obtained in apical windows (refer to Standard Transthoracic Echocardiogram: Complete Imaging Protocol). Nevertheless, there are obvious benefits of…

🟠 QT Drugs: Drugs causing QT prolongation, torsade de pointes (TdP) and long QT syndrome (LQTS)

…torsade de pointes reported to the FDA in postmarketing studies. Anti androgen Cancer (Prostate) Abiraterone is an antiandrogen used in the treatment of prostate cancer…

Mitral regurgitation

…Rupture of chordae tendineae. Acute regurgitation of blood into the left atrium results in sudden volume and pressure overload in the atrium, leading to increased…

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