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Medications Used in Congestive Heart Failure

In CHF, the heart is failing as a pump; cardiac output
#Medications #Action ... Cardiology #Preload #Afterload
Propofol - Anesthesia Pharmacology
Brand Name(s): Diprivan
Drug Type: Induction and Maintenance
Duration of Action: 3 - 8 minutes
Mechanism
Maintenance Duration of Action ... minutes Mechanism of Action ... complex Cessation of Action ... reducing preload and afterload
Major Physiological Effects of Angiotensin II

Altered Peripheral Resistance
I. Direct vasoconstriction
II. Enhancement of peripheral noradrenergic
neurotransmission:
  A.
Increased afterload ... Pathophysiology #Action
Cardiac Myocyte Contractile cycle
 - Ca2+ binds to TnC → TnI is inhibited → conformational change
site between actin ... interact with active ... sites on actin ... ” myosin along actin ... to inhibit the action
Renal Actions of Diuretics

#Diuretics #Sites #Action #Nephron #Pharmacology #Nephrology
Renal Actions of ... Diuretics #Sites #Action
Cardiac Maneuvers and Effects on Murmurs

Valsalva Standing - Decr BIood Return to LV
Laying Down, Squatting, Straight
Phenylephrine - Incr Afterload ... Nitrate - Decr Afterload ... Post PVC - Decr Afterload
VA ECMO Unloading - LV Venting
Different LV Venting Strategies work through these basic mechanisms: ↓ Preload,
Contractility, ↓ Afterload ... Vasodilators: ↓ Afterload ... Reducing ECMO Flow: ↓ Afterload ... • IABP: ↓ Afterload
Hormones acting on the kidney - Nephron map

#Hormones #Nephron #Sites #Action #Pathophysiology #Nephrology #Renal #Kidney
Hormones acting ... Nephron #Sites #Action
Hormones acting on the kidney

#Pathophysiology #Nephrology #Renal #Kidney #Hormones #Nephron #Sites #Action

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Hormones acting ... Nephron #Sites #Action
Hormones Acting on the Nephron - Diuretics and Their Site of Action
 1) Acetazolamide
 2) Osmotic
Hormones Acting ... Their Site of Action