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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

…Visual estimation of luminal narrowing may therefore be insufficient when deciding whether an intermediate lesion should be revascularized. Coronary pressure assessment is consequently recommended to…

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

…possible due to the small distance between the heart and the ultrasound transducer, and because less air filled lung tissue covers the heart. In adults…

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

…in PubMed. Drug with neuroleptic and anti histamine properties. Sleep disorder Aceprometazine is often used in combination with meprobamate for the treatment of sleep disorders…

Mitral regurgitation

…typically results in thickening of the leaflets and may coexist with mitral stenosis. Idiopathic degeneration (Barlow's disease), degeneration associated with connective tissue disorders (Marfan…

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