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🟠 Nitroprusside

…thiocyanate and cyanide toxicity . Nitroprusside is metabolized to cyanide. Cyanid toxicity may be fatal (should be suspected if patient develops altered mental status and lactic…

Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection

…or chronic mental stress. Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD), which may produce arterial wall abnormalities and intramural haematomas. Inherited connective tissue disorders, including Marfan syndrome and Ehlers…

Sepsis and septic shock: quick reference for the first hour

…central venous catheter Continuously Reassess the mental state, capillary refill, skin temperature, urine output, respiration, chest findings, MAP and the response to every intervention Within…

Upper gastrointestinal bleeding: quick reference

…Give small boluses, for example 250 to 500 mL, with immediate reassessment of the blood pressure, pulse, peripheral perfusion, mental state and chest findings. Avoid

Acquired QT Prolongation and Drug-Induced Arrhythmia

…severe mental illness (SMI) receiving antipsychotic therapy, sinus tachycardia is common, and symptoms may reflect underlying arrhythmia or sudden cardiac death (SCD). Evaluation and Physical…

Diuretic Strategy and Decongestion in Heart Failure

…are elevated. Consequently, congestion may occur across the full range of left ventricular ejection fraction and may result from systolic dysfunction, diastolic dysfunction, or both…

Indications and contraindications for myocardial perfusion imaging

…whether dysfunctional myocardium or myocardium supplied by a diseased vessel, is viable and could benefit from revascularization. Evaluating the success of revascularization : Myocardial perfusion imaging…

Drug-Eluting Coronary Stents: Evolution, Evidence and Stent Choice

…down dissection flaps, counteracted elastic recoil, reduced emergency vessel closure and decreased the need for emergency CABG. Metal only stents, now termed BMS, reduced restenosis…

In-Stent Restenosis: Mechanisms and Treatment

…frequent cause of PCI failure, despite its substantially lower incidence with drug eluting stents (DES) than with bare metal stents (BMS). Clinical ISR is generally…

Physics of ultrasound

…water, metal, or tissue and fluids in the human body. Sound waves arise when a sound source generates mechanical vibrations in the particles of the…

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