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Smoking Cessation: Pharmacotherapy and Cardiovascular Benefit

…other inhaled products. Readiness to attempt cessation. Depression, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, HIV infection or other circumstances that may affect cessation or treatment monitoring. Single question…

Cardiac Rehabilitation After Myocardial Infarction

…also influence prognosis. Major depression after infarction is associated independently with increased mortality, while inadequate emotional support is associated with recurrent cardiac events. One possible…

Exercise stress test on cycle ergometer

Procedurer The value of the exercise test lies not in ST depression alone but in the overall picture : exercise capacity, symptoms, blood pressure response, heart…

Opioid therapy in severe pain

…renal colic, ischaemic pain, pancreatitis, major trauma. Postoperative pain. Cancer related pain and pain in the palliative phase. Severe breathlessness in the palliative phase (at…

Physical Activity Prescription for Cardiovascular Prevention

…2 diabetes, coronary disease, stroke, peripheral arterial disease, heart failure, depression, dementia and osteoporosis. It also improves functional capacity, skeletal health, muscular strength, quality of…

Delirium in older adults: quick reference

…are affected, and the incidence is particularly high after hip fracture, major surgery and intensive care [1,2]. The condition is associated with falls, aspiration…

Posterior Myocardial Infarction: Diagnosis on the Standard ECG

…from the standard anterior leads, posterior infarction may manifest as reciprocal ST segment depression rather than apparent ST segment elevation. Posterior involvement is commonly associated…

Heart failure: Causes, types, diagnosis, treatments & management

Echocardiography Heart failure Heart failure is a major public health problem worldwide. While the incidence of coronary heart disease and acute myocardial infarction has been…

Heart failure: Introduction

Cardiology Heart failure Heart failure is a major public health problem worldwide. While the incidence of coronary heart disease and acute myocardial infarction has been…

Hypertension: Initial Combination Therapy and Drug Selection

Cardiology Pharmacology & dosing Definition and Therapeutic Rationale Hypertension is a major risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and contributes to microvascular and macrovascular complications. It…

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