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🟠 QTc Interval Calculator (Bazett’s, Fridericia’s, Hodge's and Framingham Formulas)

…QT interval is also associated with an increased risk of ventricular arrhythmias. Corrected QT Interval (QTc interval) The QT interval varies inversely with heart rate…

Sudden cardiac arrest: Case 1

CPR Each recording presents two leads recorded simultaneously. Sex : Female Age : 72 years History : heart failure Medications : digoxin, quinidine ECG 1 . The initial beats are…

Urinary catheterisation

…male urethra is about 25 cm long with two curves and a prostate that can grip; the female urethra is only 3–5 cm and…

🟠 Calculate CHADS-VASc Score and evaluate indication for anticoagulation

…9 As above. Very high Oral anticoagulation (warfarin or NOAC) is recommended for all female patients with a score of 3 or more. Very high…

🟠 CHADS-VA Bleeding Risk Score

…AF patients. Evidence suggests that the increased stroke risk in women is more closely associated with other comorbidities and age rather than sex alone. Consequently…

🟠 eGFR with MDRD

…175 × (Scr)^ 1.154 × (Age)^ 0.203 × (0.742 if female) × (1.212 if African American) The Modification of Diet in Renal Disease…

Cardiovascular Risk in Women: Sex-Specific Factors

…Female specific and female predominant risk factors Risk assessment should include reproductive and pregnancy related history. Female specific or female predominant factors associated with later…

Early repolarization on ECG: when guidelines confuse ECG criteria

…authors have confused a completely benign condition (male/female pattern) with a condition which is associated with 5 times as great a risk of sudden…

Post-Infarction Mechanical Complications: Ventricular Septal, Free-Wall, and Papillary Muscle Rupture

…immediately life threatening; reported in hospital mortality was 42.4% for STEMI associated mechanical complications and 18% for those associated with NSTEMI. The timing of…

Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection

…generally presents as ACS. Symptoms may therefore include acute chest pain or chest discomfort, with associated manifestations of myocardial ischaemia. In pregnancy, the clinical presentation…

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