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🟠 Calculating Shunt Fraction (Qp/Qs) Using Echocardiography

…critical hemodynamic parameter used to quantify the ratio of pulmonary blood flow (Qp) to systemic blood flow (Qs). This measurement is pivotal in diagnosing and…

A Novel Familial Cardiac Arrhythmia Syndrome Identified Using ECG

…ECG changes were stable over a period of 30 years. The ST segment depressions were accentuated during exercise. The patient developed atrial fibrillation at 55…

🟠 Nitroglycerin

Nitroglycerin Patients using nitroglycerin regularly may have developed tolerance and require higher doses, alternatively nitroprusside to achieve desirable blood pressure lowring effect. Drug Nitroglycerin Brand…

ECG localization of myocardial infarction / ischemia and coronary artery occlusion (culprit)

…relation to the ECG leads. Localization of myocardial infarction / ischemia is done by using ECG changes to determine the affected area and subsequently the occluded…

Digoxin - ECG changes, arrhythmias, conduction defects & treatment

…patients who do not achieve satisfactory effects using first line therapies. Digoxin is also used frequently in the emergency setting to control ventricular rate during…

🟠 HAS-BLED Score Calculator

…assess the one year risk of major bleeding in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) who are taking anticoagulants. It was developed in 2010, using data…

Resistant Hypertension: Evaluation and Treatment

…should be reserved for patients in whom the diagnosis has been carefully confirmed. Apparent resistant hypertension may result from: Inaccurate or inconsistent blood pressure measurement…

🟠 Drug-Induced Cardiotoxicity

DICTrank: The Largest Reference List of 1318 Human Drugs Ranked by Risk of Drug Induced Cardiotoxicity Using FDA Labeling . Drug Discovery Today. 2023. DICT =…

🟠 Mean arterial pressure (MAP) calculator

…especially in critically ill patients. A MAP of approximately 60 to 65 mmHg is generally considered the minimum threshold necessary to ensure sufficient blood flow…

Cardiac arrest during sepsis

…If the patient presents with hypotension or has a lactate level exceeding 4 mmol/l, commence an intravenous fluid resuscitation using a crystalloid solution at…

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