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Neutropenic fever: quick reference for emergency management

…particular attention to the mouth, throat, skin, perianal region, vascular access, lungs, abdomen, urinary tract and neurology 7 Give an intravenous antipseudomonal beta lactam as…

🟠 Hydralazine

…counteracted with simultaneous administration of beta blockers). Effects Induces arteriolar vasodilation without effects on venous circulation. The reduction in systemic vascular resistance (SVR) is rapid…

Noradrenaline, Dobutamine and Levosimendan: Practical Infusion Use

…sensitive calcium channels. At lower doses, dobutamine stimulates beta2 and alpha receptors, inducing vasodilation, decreasing aortic impedance and systemic vascular resistance, reducing afterload, and indirectly…

Inotropes and vasopressors: doses, indications, contraindications and effects

…systemic vascular resistance (SVR). Beta 1 adrenergic receptors: expressed in the myocardium. Activation results in increased contractility and increased chronotropy (heart rate). Beta 2 adrenergic…

Hypertriglyceridaemia: Management and Cardiovascular Risk

…include: Diabetes and insulin resistance Thyroid disease Kidney disease Excessive alcohol consumption Diets high in carbohydrate or fat Glucocorticoids Beta blockers Oestrogen therapy Some antiretroviral…

Exercise stress test on cycle ergometer

…Acute aortic dissection. Physical inability to perform the test safely. Relative: Condition Comment : : Left main stenosis Known — perform the test only on a clear indication…

Cardiac amyloidosis

…3 years preceding diagnosis is also a notable red flag [8]. Furthermore, intolerance to beta blockers, angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs)…

A new ECG biomarker for sudden cardiac death

…depends almost entirely on the capacity to identify, prospectively, those individuals genuinely at risk of arrest. This predictive problem has proven persistently resistant to resolution…

Introduction to pediatric & neonatal ECG interpretation

…than the right ventricle. This is the result of ventricular adaptation to the resistance that must be overcome by the ventricles. The left ventricle must…

Introduction to pediatric & neonatal ECG interpretation

…than the right ventricle. This is the result of ventricular adaptation to the resistance that must be overcome by the ventricles. The left ventricle must…

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