Articles & courses

ArticlesShow all 21
Anticoagulants: quick reference for dosing, renal adjustment and reversal

…how long to interrupt treatment before a procedure, and how to reverse in bleeding. Doses in atrial fibrillation Drug Standard dose Reduced dose and criterion…

Upper gastrointestinal bleeding: quick reference

…to the circulatory response and the transfusion principles below 6 Stop anticoagulants in serious ongoing bleeding. Reverse selectively according to the drug, the last dose…

Atrial Flutter: Mechanisms, ECG Recognition and Management

…the direction of the reentrant circuit is reversed, propagating in a clockwise direction, it results in a distinct ECG pattern designated as typical reverse flutter…

Cardiac Rehabilitation After Myocardial Infarction

…Cardiac rehabilitation addresses these determinants indirectly and comprehensively. Exercise training can reverse deconditioning and increase functional capacity, while risk factor treatment and lifestyle modification reduce…

Left Main Coronary Artery Disease: Revascularisation Strategy

…than a more distal lesion. Revascularisation improves myocardial blood flow and angina related health status but does not reverse coronary atherosclerosis. Long term benefit therefore…

Sotalol: Initiation, QT Monitoring and Renal Dosing

…which prolongs the plateau phase of the action potential. This action potential prolongation exhibits reverse use dependence, meaning the repolarization time is extended to a…

Terminology of sudden cardiac arrest and resuscitation

…Sudden cessation of tissue perfusion as a result of cardiac or vascular condition. May reverse spontaneously (e.g., vasovagal syncope) or with treatment (e.g.…

Traumatic cardiac arrest

…Nonetheless, prompt interventions can reverse cardiac arrest and survivors of traumatic cardiac arrest often exhibit favorable neurological outcomes ( Rawshani et al ). Traumatic cardiac arrests typically…

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and Holter ECG

…20 % during the night. Pattern Nocturnal fall Comment : : : Dipper 10–20 % Normal Non dipper < 10 % Independent risk marker Reverse dipper ≤ 0 %, night time pressure…

ECG interpretation method, adults

…P wave is apparent, look for a retrograde (negative) P wave (indicating that atrial activation is proceeding in the reverse direction). Look also for P…

Media

No matches.

Tests

Tools