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Cardiac Rehabilitation After Myocardial Infarction

…improve functional capacity Reduce disability and rehospitalization Improve quality of life and self efficacy Address modifiable cardiovascular risk factors Support smoking cessation Improve management of…

Injection technique — intramuscular, subcutaneous and intradermal

Procedurer Injection technique is treated as self evident and is therefore often done wrongly. The two commonest errors are that an intramuscular injection in fact…

Sudden cardiac arrest: Case 7

…4 . Recurrence and spontaneous termination of ventricular tachycardia. ECG 5 . Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, self terminating. ECG 6 . Repeated runs of ventricular tachycardia. ECG 7 . Continued…

Gynaecological examination and cervical smear

…Sampling for a suspected sexually transmitted infection — although chlamydia and gonorrhoea can be tested on urine or a self taken vaginal sample without a speculum…

Urinary catheterisation

…healing. Voiding problems in neurogenic bladder dysfunction, in the first instance with clean intermittent self catheterisation rather than an indwelling catheter. A catheter is not…

Arterial Hypertension: Definition, Diagnosis and Out-of-Office Measurement

…setting, manually or with an automated device. Home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM): self measurement at home, generally with a validated upper arm oscillometric device. Ambulatory…

Metabolic Syndrome: Definition and Clinical Significance

…with progression, hyperglycaemia and pancreatic β cell dysfunction. These abnormalities initiate self perpetuating metabolic and inflammatory pathways that injure the vasculature, heart and kidneys. Advanced…

Atrial flutter: classification, causes, ECG criteria and management

…caused by a macro re entry circuit (a large re entry circuit) and re entry circuits are vulnerable processes that usually self terminate within minutes…

Ectopic atrial rhythm (EAT), atrial tachycardia (AT) & multifocal atrial tachycardia (MAT)

…commonly attributable to abnormal automaticity or re entry mechanisms; triggered activity is a less frequent cause. The atrial rate typically ranges from 120 to 250…

Ventricular fibrillation, pulseless electrical activity and sudden cardiac arrest

…Unlike ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation seldom self terminates and death is imminent without immediate and resuscitative efforts. https://ecgwaves.com/course/sudden cardiac arrest and…

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