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🟠 Aspirin (Acetylsalicylic acid)

…nasal polyps (increased risk of hypersensitivity reactions, such as asthma attacks, angioedema, or urticaria with NSAIDs). Alcohol consumption may increase the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding…

Cardiovascular Risk in Inflammatory and Autoimmune Disease

…Patients with inflammatory rheumatic disease have a higher cardiovascular risk than the general population. This excess risk has been documented across a broad range of…

Colchicine and Anti-inflammatory Therapy in Coronary Disease

…atherothrombosis through activation of innate immune pathways, cytokine signalling and recruitment of inflammatory cells to vascular lesions. The interleukin 1β pathway, with downstream effects…

Atherosclerosis: Pathogenesis from Fatty Streak to Plaque Rupture

Cardiology Myocardial ischemia and infarction Definition and pathophysiology Atherosclerosis is a chronic, inflammatory disease of the arterial wall in which lipid accumulation, vascular cell dysfunction…

Cardiac arrest during sepsis

…systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), and hypoperfusion manifesting as hypotension. The high mortality associated with sepsis underscores the critical importance of…

Non-ST Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction (NSTEMI) and Unstable Angina

…chronic, progressive, and highly dynamic inflammatory disease of the arterial wall. It is characterized by the subendothelial accumulation of apolipoprotein B containing lipoproteins, macrophage infiltration…

ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI): Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management

…progressive, and highly complex lipid driven inflammatory disease of the arterial intima that serves as the fundamental pathophysiological substrate for acute coronary syndromes (ACS), including…

Corticosteroids: quick reference for dose equivalents and stress dosing

…36–54 hours The equivalences apply to the anti inflammatory effect. They say nothing about the mineralocorticoid effect or about suppression of the HPA axis…

Isoprenaline and Dopamine Infusions for Bradycardia

…involvement, and atrioventricular block (AVB) may indicate septal involvement in the inflammatory process. A broad spectrum of pharmacologic agents can induce bradycardia or conduction disorders…

Cardiac arrest in hyperthermia and malignant hyperthermia

…Coimbra R. Open chest versus closed chest cardiopulmonary resuscitation in trauma patients with signs of life upon hospital arrival: a retrospective multicenter study. Crit Care…

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