Pediatric emergency case conference
... Circulation- hypotension, heart failure, signs of shock,. Signs in infants- irritability, tachypnea, and poor feeding. ...
... Circulation- hypotension, heart failure, signs of shock,. Signs in infants- irritability, tachypnea, and poor feeding. ...
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... Cervical Still’s Technique Treatment Typical Cervicals (i.e. C3ERRSBR) – Pt seated with Dr standing behind pt – Dr’s right index finger on PTP (C3 in this case), and rest of hand wrapped around side of neck to support (and also to use as a fulcrum) – Dr’s left hand on top of pt’s head – Take to whe ...
... Cervical Still’s Technique Treatment Typical Cervicals (i.e. C3ERRSBR) – Pt seated with Dr standing behind pt – Dr’s right index finger on PTP (C3 in this case), and rest of hand wrapped around side of neck to support (and also to use as a fulcrum) – Dr’s left hand on top of pt’s head – Take to whe ...
32nd Bethesda Conference
... educational and experiential background of the adult cardiologist. Pediatric cardiologists, who often follow their patients into adult life, are at a disadvantage when confronted by superimposed acquired adult diseases. Both groups of subspecialists are drawn deeper into the complexities of their ow ...
... educational and experiential background of the adult cardiologist. Pediatric cardiologists, who often follow their patients into adult life, are at a disadvantage when confronted by superimposed acquired adult diseases. Both groups of subspecialists are drawn deeper into the complexities of their ow ...
Cardiac Muscle - Judith Brown CPD
... Cardiac muscle contains muscarinic acetylcholine receptors. These are also linked to adenyl cyclase (via inhibitory G proteins) and to a potassium ion channel in the cardiac sarcolemma. Acetylcholine reduces the levels of cyclic AMP and increases potassium currents, promoting slower, less forceful ...
... Cardiac muscle contains muscarinic acetylcholine receptors. These are also linked to adenyl cyclase (via inhibitory G proteins) and to a potassium ion channel in the cardiac sarcolemma. Acetylcholine reduces the levels of cyclic AMP and increases potassium currents, promoting slower, less forceful ...
DRGs 144/145 — Other Circulatory System Diagnoses With or
... These codes are used for rejection of a transplanted organ and complications or diseases of the transplanted organ. When the function of the transplanted organ is affected, pre-existing conditions or post-transplant medical conditions are coded as complications of the transplanted organ. For example ...
... These codes are used for rejection of a transplanted organ and complications or diseases of the transplanted organ. When the function of the transplanted organ is affected, pre-existing conditions or post-transplant medical conditions are coded as complications of the transplanted organ. For example ...
Syncope Iowa State University
... had a diagnostic yield (both positive and negative results) of 42%. In 30 % of cases, arrhythmias were implicated as the cause (20% with ventricular tachyarrhythmias, 10% with bradyarrhythmias); in 12% arrhythmias did not occur during syncope.6 A syncopal episode must occur during monitoring to make ...
... had a diagnostic yield (both positive and negative results) of 42%. In 30 % of cases, arrhythmias were implicated as the cause (20% with ventricular tachyarrhythmias, 10% with bradyarrhythmias); in 12% arrhythmias did not occur during syncope.6 A syncopal episode must occur during monitoring to make ...
Resistant Hypertension: A Comprehensive Overview
... renal insufficiency, primary aldosteronism or renal artery stenosis. For patients whose hypertension is refractory to preferred antihypertensives, use of third-line antihypertensives such as sympatholytics or vasodilators may be effective but consideration should be given to investigational device-b ...
... renal insufficiency, primary aldosteronism or renal artery stenosis. For patients whose hypertension is refractory to preferred antihypertensives, use of third-line antihypertensives such as sympatholytics or vasodilators may be effective but consideration should be given to investigational device-b ...
Perioperative Assessment of Diastolic Dysfunction
... end-diastolic area; LVEDP ⫽ left ventricular end-diastolic pressure; LVEDV ⫽ left ventricular end-diastolic volume; MPI ⫽ myocardial performance index; OR ⫽ odds ratio; PAOP ⫽ pulmonary artery occlusive pressure; PVF ⫽ pulmonary vein flow; PWD ⫽ pulse wave Doppler; TEE ⫽ transesophageal echocardiogr ...
... end-diastolic area; LVEDP ⫽ left ventricular end-diastolic pressure; LVEDV ⫽ left ventricular end-diastolic volume; MPI ⫽ myocardial performance index; OR ⫽ odds ratio; PAOP ⫽ pulmonary artery occlusive pressure; PVF ⫽ pulmonary vein flow; PWD ⫽ pulse wave Doppler; TEE ⫽ transesophageal echocardiogr ...
2015 Secondary Mitral Regurgitation in Heart Failure
... MR, is strongly associated with a poor prognosis in patients with heart failure. The mechanisms underlying secondary MR are multifactorial; accurate imaging assessment of secondary MR may be challenging and nuanced; and the appropriate roles of medical, surgical, and interventional therapies for man ...
... MR, is strongly associated with a poor prognosis in patients with heart failure. The mechanisms underlying secondary MR are multifactorial; accurate imaging assessment of secondary MR may be challenging and nuanced; and the appropriate roles of medical, surgical, and interventional therapies for man ...
Cardiac muscle
... Intercalated discs (IDs) are complex adhering structures which connect single cardiac myocytes to an electrochemical syncytium (in contrast to the skeletal muscle, which becomes a multicellular syncytium during mammalian embryonic development) and are mainly responsible for force transmission during ...
... Intercalated discs (IDs) are complex adhering structures which connect single cardiac myocytes to an electrochemical syncytium (in contrast to the skeletal muscle, which becomes a multicellular syncytium during mammalian embryonic development) and are mainly responsible for force transmission during ...
Electrical cardioversion for atrial fibrillation and flutter
... drugs ('pharmacological cardioversion') or by direct current shocks ('electrical cardioversion'). Electrical cardioversion requires admission to hospital, a short-acting anaesthetic and a direct current shock. Sometimes repeated cardioversion are required if a patient spontaneously reverts to atrial ...
... drugs ('pharmacological cardioversion') or by direct current shocks ('electrical cardioversion'). Electrical cardioversion requires admission to hospital, a short-acting anaesthetic and a direct current shock. Sometimes repeated cardioversion are required if a patient spontaneously reverts to atrial ...
Persistent Severe Hyperkalemia in a Patient with Normal Renal
... be lethal in severe cases. As such, a high index of suspicion for hyperkalemia is needed for patients at high risk or who are found to have electrocardiographic changes which are consistent with hyperkalemia. This patient’s presentation is unusual in several ways, which partly contributed to the del ...
... be lethal in severe cases. As such, a high index of suspicion for hyperkalemia is needed for patients at high risk or who are found to have electrocardiographic changes which are consistent with hyperkalemia. This patient’s presentation is unusual in several ways, which partly contributed to the del ...
Congenital heart diseases Single Choice 1. CS. Select the most
... 8. CS. Select the major surgical indication for correction in aortic stenosis in children: A. Appearance of clinical manifestations B. The value of transvalvular pressure gradient more than 70 mm Hg C. Right ventricle hypertrophy D. Considerable poststenotic dilation E. Diastolic murmur 9. CS. Speci ...
... 8. CS. Select the major surgical indication for correction in aortic stenosis in children: A. Appearance of clinical manifestations B. The value of transvalvular pressure gradient more than 70 mm Hg C. Right ventricle hypertrophy D. Considerable poststenotic dilation E. Diastolic murmur 9. CS. Speci ...
THE CARDIOVASCULAR HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
... inspiration it is nearly always right sided since right heart blood flow is increased during inspiration. If a murmur is made louder by expiration it may be left sided, but this is not definite since expelling air from the lungs decreases the amount of air between the heart and chest wall and may ...
... inspiration it is nearly always right sided since right heart blood flow is increased during inspiration. If a murmur is made louder by expiration it may be left sided, but this is not definite since expelling air from the lungs decreases the amount of air between the heart and chest wall and may ...
PBMB - MEF Review_submitted_UNMARKED
... stretch-induced increase in BR can be reduced by block of Clswell, by low extracellular Ca2, and by inhibition of SR Ca2+ cycling, highlighting the interplay of sarcolemmal and SR-based pacemaker mechanisms. A similar dependence of the stretch-induced increase in BR on Ca2+ influx has been shown by ...
... stretch-induced increase in BR can be reduced by block of Clswell, by low extracellular Ca2, and by inhibition of SR Ca2+ cycling, highlighting the interplay of sarcolemmal and SR-based pacemaker mechanisms. A similar dependence of the stretch-induced increase in BR on Ca2+ influx has been shown by ...
Race and Sex Differences in QRS Interval and Associated Outcome
... LVEF was not available at the time of the index catheterization, LVEF data were obtained from the closest source within 3 months preceding and 1 month following the index catheterization. The sources of additional LVEF data included nuclear imaging, magnetic resonance imaging, or left ventriculograp ...
... LVEF was not available at the time of the index catheterization, LVEF data were obtained from the closest source within 3 months preceding and 1 month following the index catheterization. The sources of additional LVEF data included nuclear imaging, magnetic resonance imaging, or left ventriculograp ...
Electrocardiographic Manifestations of Hypothermia
... Hypothermia is generally defined as a core body temperature less than 35°C (95°F). Hypothermia is one of the most common environmental emergencies encountered by emergency physicians. Although the diagnosis will usually be evident after an initial check of vital signs, the diagnosis can sometimes be ...
... Hypothermia is generally defined as a core body temperature less than 35°C (95°F). Hypothermia is one of the most common environmental emergencies encountered by emergency physicians. Although the diagnosis will usually be evident after an initial check of vital signs, the diagnosis can sometimes be ...
Adrenergic regulation of conduction velocity in cultures of immature
... of immature cardiomyocytes in our model. Not only the expression levels and distribution of gap junction proteins and ion channels might differ between the two stages of maturation, also the fact that in immature cardiomyocytes upstroke of the action potential is facilitated by gating of both calciu ...
... of immature cardiomyocytes in our model. Not only the expression levels and distribution of gap junction proteins and ion channels might differ between the two stages of maturation, also the fact that in immature cardiomyocytes upstroke of the action potential is facilitated by gating of both calciu ...
Amy Jane Nayo Coarctation of the Aorta
... total anomalous pulmonary venous return, transposition of the great vessels, tricuspid atresia and truncus arteriosus. ● Coarctation is a secondary target, however, thus classified due to lower sensitivity. The exact sensitivity of pulse ox screenings using current criteria is not well quantified no ...
... total anomalous pulmonary venous return, transposition of the great vessels, tricuspid atresia and truncus arteriosus. ● Coarctation is a secondary target, however, thus classified due to lower sensitivity. The exact sensitivity of pulse ox screenings using current criteria is not well quantified no ...
Heart Failure: Definition
... meds, and EP devices, consider HTx and VAD – Always better to consider these therapies early vs too late ...
... meds, and EP devices, consider HTx and VAD – Always better to consider these therapies early vs too late ...
Relationship between Anemia and Diastolic Dysfunction of the Heart
... hence the pulmonary veins for a relatively longer period than is systolic pressure. Transmission of elevated diastolic pressures to the pulmonary venous bed can be a substantial driving force for development of pulmonary hypertension. ...
... hence the pulmonary veins for a relatively longer period than is systolic pressure. Transmission of elevated diastolic pressures to the pulmonary venous bed can be a substantial driving force for development of pulmonary hypertension. ...
Mechanisms of Cardiac Arrhythmias (PDF Available)
... The cardiac action potential results from the sequential opening and closing of ion channel proteins that span the plasma membrane of individual myocytes. Its conduction through the heart depends on electrical coupling between these cells, which is mediated by gap junctions [2]. Differences in the e ...
... The cardiac action potential results from the sequential opening and closing of ion channel proteins that span the plasma membrane of individual myocytes. Its conduction through the heart depends on electrical coupling between these cells, which is mediated by gap junctions [2]. Differences in the e ...
Associations of Insulin Levels With Left Ventricular
... thereby confirming previous positive reports, and also demonstrates that these univariate relations are markedly weakened or even completely attenuated in multivariate analyses, controlling for the strong confounding effects of obesity and the lesser ones of age and arterial pressure. An important r ...
... thereby confirming previous positive reports, and also demonstrates that these univariate relations are markedly weakened or even completely attenuated in multivariate analyses, controlling for the strong confounding effects of obesity and the lesser ones of age and arterial pressure. An important r ...
BOARD REVIEW COURSE
... AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE (ABIM) EXAMINATION The ABIM will be administering certification and recertification examinations in Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology (CCEP) on October 25, 2012. For information on the certification or recertification examinations, please contact the ABIM at (800 ...
... AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE (ABIM) EXAMINATION The ABIM will be administering certification and recertification examinations in Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology (CCEP) on October 25, 2012. For information on the certification or recertification examinations, please contact the ABIM at (800 ...