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Drugs for Heart Failure

#medications #chf #pathophysiology #cardiology #pharmacology
Drugs for Heart ... medications #chf #pathophysiology ... #cardiology #pharmacology
Summary of Heart Blocks
1st Degree Heart Block:
 • Prolonged PR >200ms (5 small squares).
 • Narrow
Summary of Heart ... QRS often wide. ... escape (20-40), wide ... to atropine if wide ... electrocardiogram #ecg #cardiology
Pharmacologic Treatment of Hypertensive Emergencies in Pregnancy
Drug - Dose range - Onset/oeak/duration - Side effects
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Pharmacologic Treatment ... oeak/duration - Side ... Esmolol - 1st-degree heart ... bradycardia, congestive heart ... Obstetrics #OBGyn #HTN #Pharmacology
Pericardial Tamponade
Beck's Triad 
1. Hypotension 
2. Jugular venous distension 
3. Muffled heart sounds 
Patient will be
Muffled heart sounds ... will show muffled heart ... ECG will show low ... collapse of RV - Treatment ... Triad #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Myxedema Heart on Echocardiogram
52F with weeks of shortness of breath, pedal edema and constipation.  Exam
Myxedema Heart on ... ECG: SR, low QRS ... presenting with heart ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Renal Effect of NSAIDs Inhibition of Prostaglandin Synthesis

 - Renal disease, Cardiovascular disease -> Decreased renal
Decreased renal blood flow ... Cirrhosis, Nephrosis, Heart ... Prostaglandins #Pharmacology ... #Pathophysiology
Iron Deficiency in Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)

Iron deficiency (ID) in heart failure is a common comorbidity
in Congestive Heart ... depot iron] Treatment ... #Failure #CHF #pharmacology ... #pathophysiology ... #cardiology
HEART Score – A Tool For the ED The HEART score is an excellent tool that
HEART Score – A ... further workup and treatment ... the ED to help focus ... on identifying low ... Diagnosis #Management #Cardiology
In order to better classify heart failure, the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American
American College of Cardiology ... But now the ACC/ ... Below one can see how ... With treatment, ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Digoxin Pharmacology and Pathophysiology
1) Na/K ATPase Pump - Digoxin works by directly binding to and inhibiting
Digoxin Pharmacology ... and Pathophysiology ... - Decreased heart ... hypokalemia (or low ... #cardiology