Complications of CPR are Rib fracture Laceration of sternum Aspiration Vomiting CPR in Hospitals CPR steps should be performed immediately when a person is unconscious with no pulse. Cardiac arrest is mostly a result of non-perfusing arrhythmias also called malignant arrhythmia. Its type includes pu...
various forms of AFL, with an emphasis on the role of ablation therapy.Because the majority of AFLs in clinical practice require the cavotricuspid isthmus (CTI) as a critical part of the arrhythmia circuit, we have categorized AFLs into those that are isthmus-dependent and those that are not...
Mineral supplements are taken to compensate for a natural deficiency in the body or insufficiency in dietary intake of mineral nutrients required for normal body functioning. Minerals that do not fall into any specific class of nutritional substances are categorized as other mineral supplements. Other ...
and also to treat certain diseases. Other antidotes are medications that are not categorized into any specific classes of antidotes. Other antidotes include several drugs which work in unique ways to neutralize the harmful effects of diverse types of toxic substances. ...
, which are further categorized into subphenotypes, e.g., extra- and intracranial. To describe main genetic stroke risk factors, we modified the classification used by Ilinca et al. [9], omitting hemorrhagic stroke risk factors, as our review focuses primarily on the ischemic stroke topic (...
Like many growth factors that are critical to development, the SHH signal cascade can be categorized broadly into canonical and noncanonical mechanisms (Figure 4). Canonical SHH signaling involves the secretion of the ligand from one cell, and the activation of the Hedgehog signaling cascade when SH...
The sleep-wake cycleis a type of circadian rhythm disorder and can be categorized into two main groups, transient disorders (short-term) and chronic disorders. Examples of transient disorders that cause biological clock disorders include jet lag, altered sleep schedule due to work hours or social...
About one fourth of the patients who are admitted to the CCU/ICU for the management of arrhythmias receive a diagnosis of VT or ventricular fibrillation (VF). They have a variety of underlying heart diseases, including ischemic heart disease (IHD) and various cardiomyopathies. Using the databa...
AF is also one of the common arrhythmias observed in cardiovascular critical care. Approximately 18% of patients with various arrhythmias who are admitted to the CCU/ICU have AF (Fig. 1). AF is also frequently seen in the setting of HF and an MI (10–49%). In addition, a variety of...