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Cardiovascular Risk Assessment with SCORE2 and SCORE2-OP

…for that treatment decision. Population to which SCORE2 and SCORE2 OP apply SCORE2 and SCORE2 OP are intended for apparently healthy people or for individuals…

Anthropometric measurements

…BMI is a population measure that performs poorly at the level of the individual: it does not distinguish muscle from fat and takes no account…

Hypertension: Causes, investigations, complications & treatment

…However, it may be argued that this cutoff is somewhat arbitrary and there may be individual benefits of initiating treatment at lower blood pressure levels…

🟠 Enalaprilat

…onset, prolonged duration of effect, and significant individual variations in its effect. Drug Enalaprilat Brand names Vasotec IV ® Indications Hypertension and hypertensive emergency. Acute…

Cardiac arrest during pregnancy and childbirth

…specialized clinical training to manage cardiac arrest during pregnancy. Upon recognition of a cardiac arrest in a pregnant individual, either within or outside the hospital…

Risk factors for sudden cardiac arrest

…cardiovascular disease, both at the population and individual levels. Several prediction models have been developed and validated for the prediction of heart failure, coronary artery…

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (broken heart syndrome, stress induced cardiomyopathy)

…it takotsubo , which is the Japanese word for a kind of octopus trap (the left ventricle takes the shape of that octopus trap). Refer to…

Anticoagulants: quick reference for dosing, renal adjustment and reversal

…recommended. Warfarin after individual assessment Rule of thumb for the monitoring interval: eGFR divided by 10 gives the number of months until the next check…

Empirical antibiotic therapy: quick reference for common infections

…The doses below are taken from the recommendations of Strama Stockholm for the empirical antibiotic treatment of adults in hospital and in residential care homes …

Exercise stress test on cycle ergometer

…is an argument for imaging rather than a conventional exercise test. Preparation and equipment Cycle ergometer with a braked, workload controlled resistance; 12 lead ECG…

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