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🟠 Inotropes and Vasopressors

…effect. Increases coronary blood flow. Atrial or ventricular arrhythmias Bradycardia Peripheral (digital) ischemia Hypertension (especially nonselective β blocker patients) Prolonged use may be cardiotoxic. Epinephrine…

Inotropes and Vasopressors: Doses, indications, contraindications and effects

…effect. Increases coronary blood flow. Atrial or ventricular arrhythmias Bradycardia Peripheral (digital) ischemia Hypertension (especially nonselective β blocker patients) Prolonged use may be cardiotoxic. Epinephrine…

🟠 Mean arterial pressure (MAP) calculator

…A MAP of approximately 60 to 65 mmHg is generally considered the minimum threshold necessary to ensure sufficient blood flow to vital organs such as…

Acute Pulmonary Embolism: Risk Stratification and Reperfusion

…and/or low arterial oxygen saturation Syncope These findings may occur singly or in combination. Syncope is particularly important as a marker of potentially severe…

Oxygen therapy

…a mask with a reservoir, a Venturi mask with a set of valves, and a high flow nasal cannula where available. Bag mask equipment for…

Right Ventricular Infarction: Recognition and Haemodynamic Management

…low output, or persistent severe symptoms require close monitoring and consideration of invasive haemodynamic assessment when precise measurements are needed to guide therapy. Diagnostics Electrocardiography…

Anticoagulation Strategies in Atrial Fibrillation

…atrial appendage (LAA). The LAA is a highly trabeculated, windsock like embryonic remnant that exhibits uniquely low flow velocities during the loss of organized atrial…

🟠 Calculating Shunt Fraction (Qp/Qs) Using Echocardiography

…Post Intervention Monitoring : Assess residual shunts after device closure or surgery. Differentiating Pathologies : Helps differentiate cardiac vs. non cardiac causes of symptoms like dyspnea or…

Vasospastic (Prinzmetal) Angina: Provocation Testing and Treatment

…presence of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD), in non obstructive coronary arteries, or in patients with intermediate lesions that do not produce physiologically significant flow…

Arterial Hypertension: Definition, Diagnosis and Out-of-Office Measurement

…category of elevated blood pressure, defined as office SBP 120–139 mmHg or DBP 70–89 mmHg. This distinction supports a risk based approach because…

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