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Cardiac Event Monitors - Heart Monitor Comparison
 - Holter - 24-48 hrs
Cardiac Event Monitors ... - Heart Monitor ... monitoring - Event Monitor ... BrighamChiefs #Event #Monitors
Cardiac Event Monitors
 • Holter Monitor - Records every heart beat for 24-48 hours
 • Loop/Event
Cardiac Event Monitors ... • Holter Monitor ... recorder - Long term monitor ... Cardiac #Event #Monitors
Cardiac Event Monitoring Devices - Compared
Ambulatory ECG (Hotter):
 • Advantages: Continuous recording, records asx events, all
participation Patch Monitor ... management #holter #Monitors
Management of Supine Hypertension
 • Avoid offending agents
 • Avoid lying down during the day; rest
at bedtime • Monitor ... blood pressure monitors ... night - To monitor
Bradycardia
1) First Steps: IV, O2, Monitors, ECG, Pads on patient, Crash Cart in room. Is patient
Steps: IV, O2, Monitors ... rate captured on monitor
Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
extra staff to monitor ... pressure manually if monitors
ACEI Antihypertensive Dose Comparison. Consider divided (BID) regimen for better pre-dose (trough) BP control for the
Monitor BP, potassium
Metformin in Diabetic Kidney Disease
Immediate release:
 • Initial 500 mg or 850 mg once daily
 •
initiate metformin Monitor ... B12 deficiency Monitor
Emergency Management of Hyperkalemia in Adults
Assess Patient - Airway Breathing Circulation Disability Exposure (ABCDE) Approach
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Consider Dialysis Monitor ... Blood Glucose - Monitor
Metformin 
Current Renal Dose Adjustments due to Risk of Lactic Acidosis 
> 60 No adjustment 
45-60
adjustment 45-60 Monitor