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Hypertensive Emergency and Urgency: Differentiation and Treatment

…Symptoms depend on the organ system involved. Possible manifestations include headache, visual disturbance, chest pain, dyspnoea, dizziness, and neurological deficits. Neurological involvement Hypertensive encephalopathy may…

Atropine: Dosing in Bradycardia and Its Limitations

…infarction—patients may develop hypotension and signs of end organ hypoperfusion. In severe cases, bradycardia may progress to bradyarrhythmic arrest or pulseless electrical activity (PEA)…

Chronic Kidney Disease as a Cardiovascular Risk Factor

…Abnormal urinalysis or renal imaging Mild progression risk, increased by proteinuria 3a 45–60 mL/min/1.73 m² Cardiovascular disease or other organ damage…

Principles and Preparations for Echocardiographic Examinations

…serial examinations. If pathology is discovered during the standard examination, other examinations (which are not included in the standard examination), may be warranted. For most…

Digoxin: Dosing, Therapeutic Range and Toxicity Management

…fibrillation, particularly when other therapeutic options cannot be pursued. Patients receiving digoxin may present with symptoms of digitalis toxicity, which manifests across multiple organ systems…

Hypertensive crisis: quick reference for acute blood pressure lowering

…disease or scleroderma renal crisis [1,2]. A hypertensive emergency means a markedly raised blood pressure together with ongoing or new organ damage in which…

ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock

…end organ perfusion caused by cardiac insufficiency. Sustained hypoperfusion reduces oxygen and nutrient delivery and, when severe or prolonged, produces multiorgan dysfunction and death. In…

Hypertensive crisis: drugs and doses

…important precautions. A hypertensive emergency is defined by a markedly raised blood pressure in combination with new or progressive acute target organ damage. Common manifestations…

Secondary Hypertension: When and How to Investigate

…to elevated blood pressure Other cardiovascular risk factors and relevant comorbidities Evidence of hypertension mediated organ damage Existing cardiac, cerebrovascular, or renal disease The possibility…

Neutropenic fever: quick reference for emergency management

…abdominal pain or a rapid deterioration in general condition may be the only signs of infection. Corticosteroids and other immunosuppressive treatments can blunt the febrile…

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