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ACE Inhibitors: Initiation, Titration and Creatinine Monitoring

…evaluated within 1 to 2 weeks after initiation of ACE inhibitors, especially in patients with preexisting azotemia, hypotension, hyponatremia, diabetes mellitus, or in those taking…

Atrial Fibrillation in the Critically Ill Patient

…common tachyarrhythmia requiring treatment in decompensated heart failure (DHF). In the critically ill patient, AF may be pre existing, newly detected for the first time…

Noradrenaline, Dobutamine and Levosimendan: Practical Infusion Use

…may indicate the need for inodilator therapy. Furthermore, acute heart failure and cardiogenic shock can present de novo in pregnant women without pre existing heart…

Preeclampsia and Hypertensive Pregnancy Disorders as Future Cardiovascular Risk

…In the absence of treatment, approximately 1 in 100 cases of preeclampsia may progress to eclampsia. Clinical presentation and symptoms The clinical spectrum ranges from…

Acquired QT Prolongation and Drug-Induced Arrhythmia

…manifest as an increase in the frequency of a pre existing arrhythmia, the sustenance of a previously non sustained arrhythmia, or the development of an…

ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock

…pre existing diabetes, previous myocardial infarction, or heart failure. Mechanical disruption must be considered whenever abrupt circulatory collapse occurs after STEMI. Rupture may involve the…

ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Diagnosis and ECG Criteria

…infarction has occurred The extent and degree of myocardial involvement The anatomical territory, including anterior, inferoposterolateral or right ventricular involvement Pre existing abnormalities such as…

Statin Intolerance and Statin-Associated Muscle Symptoms

…This discrepancy reflects, at least in part, the nocebo effect : negative expectations, contextual cues and attribution of pre existing symptoms to the medication. No single…

🟠 Drug-Induced Cardiotoxicity

…no no INFED IRON DEXTRAN IRON DEXTRAN Mixed ar less patients with pre existing cardiovascular disease/cardiac arrest Solu Cortef HYDROCORTISONE SODIUM SUCCINATE HYDROCORTISONE SODIUM…

Contrast-Associated Acute Kidney Injury: Risk Assessment and Prevention

…and resolution within about 1 week in the usual course. Severe AKI requiring dialysis is uncommon except in the presence of substantial pre existing CKD…

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