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

…male and female Adult, male Adult, female Normal <440 ms <430 ms <450 ms Upper limit 440–460 ms 430–450 ms 450–470 ms…

Sudden cardiac arrest: Case 1

…Female Age : 72 years History : heart failure Medications : digoxin, quinidine ECG 1 . The initial beats are supraventricular beats during sinus rhythm. A brief run of…

Urinary catheterisation

…catheter is not easier to pass. With a difficult passage it is the shape of the tip and the technique that matter, not the calibre…

🟠 Calculate CHADS-VASc Score and evaluate indication for anticoagulation

…or NOACs is considered for female patients with scores of 2 or more. Patient preference and the balance of risk and benefit determine whether treatment…

🟠 CHADS-VA Bleeding Risk Score

…Interpretation of CHADS VA score References Lip GY, Nieuwlaat R, Pisters R, Lane DA, Crijns HJ. Refining clinical risk stratification for predicting stroke and thromboembolism…

🟠 eGFR with MDRD

…154 × (Age)^ 0.203 × (0.742 if female) × (1.212 if African American) The Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) equation is a…

Cardiovascular Risk in Women: Sex-Specific Factors

…the leading cause of death among women worldwide and in the United States. In the United States, approximately one in four female deaths is attributed…

Early repolarization on ECG: when guidelines confuse ECG criteria

…associated with 5 times as great a risk of ventricular fibrillation and sudden cardiac death), but instead they display an ECG with male/female pattern…

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

…Predisposing features Risk features vary by lesion but include: Older age. Female sex. Hypertension. Absence of an adequate collateral circulation. A first or anterior infarction…

Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection

…Several associations have been described: Female sex, particularly in patients aged approximately 40–50 years. Hormonal influences, including oestrogen and progesterone related structural changes in…

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