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Important Blood Pressure Targets in the ED
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: 
    SBP < 140 -
Hemorrhage: SBP ... < 185, DBP < 110 ... < 180, DBP < 105 ... : ↓BP by 15% over ... (SBP>70-90, MAP
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
Chronic Hypertension:
 • Guidelines as SBP ≥130 or DBP ≥ 90 mmHg
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Guidelines as SBP ... ≥130 or DBP ≥ 90 ... ≥ 140 or DBP ≥ ... ≥ 140 or DBP ≥ ... htn #obstetrics #cardiology
Blood pressure management in acute ischemic stroke - Timeline
Candidate for tPA:
 - Goal SBP <185 AND
for tPA: - Goal SBP ... <185 AND DBP <110 ... Hypertension: Goal SBP ... <220 AND DBP <120
Blood Pressure Targets in Hypertensive Crisis

Timeline:
1 hour: ↓ MAP by 25%, Maintain DBP ≥ 100 mmHg
2-6
25%, Maintain DBP ... Titrate To Goal SBP ... 160 mmHg & DBP ... hours: Maintain SBP ... <160 mmHg & DBP
How to measure Pulsus Paradoxus
 - Step 1: Take a normal manual blood pressure to determine
the patient's SBP ... 2: Inflate the BP ... than their normal SBP ... #instructions #cardiology
Mean Arterial Pressure (MAP)

Average arterial pressure throughout one cardiac cycle, systole, and diastole. 
Surrogate indicator of
) = DBP ... + 1/3(SBPDBP ... ) or MAP = DBP ... + 2 (DBP) = 82 ... – DBP) + DBP =
Heart Pressures - Reference Cheat Sheet
Formula Review Guide for Heart pressure American Society of Echocardiography
Atrial Pressure (RAP ... Pressures #Formulas #Cardiology
Atrial Myxoma on Cardiac MRI

Dr. Jacobo Kirsch
@kirschj

#Atrial #Myxoma #CardiacMRI #Cardiology #Clinical #Radiology
Myxoma #CardiacMRI #Cardiology ... #Clinical #Radiology
Orthostatic Hypotension - Management Algorithm
Positive orthostatic vital signs defined as one of the following (within 3
standing): - ↓ SBP ... 20 mm Hg - ↓ DBP
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology
Microcytic RBC: Pyridoxine deficiency, Thalassemia, Iron deficiency anemia, Chronic disease anemia (sometimes),
Red Blood Cell (RBC ... Morphology Microcytic RBC ... sometimes) Macrocytic RBC ... Bite Cell RBC: G6PD ... Red #BloodCell #RBC