This mechanism can break down in a variety of ways, but the final pathway in sudden death is the same: the electrical system is irritated and fails to produce electrical activity that causes the heart to beat. The heart muscle can't supply blood to the body, particularly the brain, and t...
Peak inspiratory pressures remain elevated (over 50 cm). You can no longer feel the superficial temporal artery, indicating that you have a systolic blood pressure below 60 mmHg. The heart rate is increasing to 150 beats/min. You give epinephrine 50 mg. There is some improvement in his ...
These disorders are considered either a part of hypothalamic syndrome [15], area postrema syndrome [16] or due to spinal lesions, and manifested as bladder and rectal problems [17], elevated blood pressure [18], fall in blood pressure, tachycardia and excessive sweating [19]....
If the blood pressure is elevated, it should be rechecked after allowing the patient to be seated and rest for 5 minutes. A blood pressure ≥95th percentile is classified as hypertension [11]. In patients with orthostatic symptoms, near-syncope, Discussion Symptoms that patients perceive to be...
BrS is characterized by a coved-type elevated ST segment in the right precordial leads on an ECG.31 Variants in the SCN5A gene account for 20%-25% of BrS patients with the majority remaining gene elusive and likely to have a strong polygenic contribution.32 BrS manifests primarily in males...
prior experience, being exposed to a soft sleeping surface, elevated ambient temperature, environmental tobacco smoke, lack of co-regulatory input (e.g., while sleeping in a separate room), low-grade infections, or other biological vulnerabilities....
Our findings reveal a significant correlation between elevated TyG index and TyG-BMI levels with an increased risk of SCA and earlier onset of SCA events. Notably, progressive increases in the TyG index and TyG-BMI were positively associated with SCA risk. These associations were more pronounced ...
Many studies have reported an association between ISSNHL and atherosclerosis or cardiovascular risk factors (e.g., diabetes mellitus, hypertension, dyslipidemia and cardiovascular disease), and subsequent risk of stroke in patients with ISSNHL may be elevated compared to controls. Increased hearing ...
‘negative autopsy’ in a case of apparent sudden natural death. However, the one potential adverse effect of this approach is that subtle causes of sudden death may be overlooked. The intention of this article is to review and discuss potential causes of sudden adult death (mostly natural) ...
The Sokolow–Lyon index is 5.8 mV, limb lead QRS-amplitude sum is 11.7 mV (fulfilling pediatric high risk criteria in HCM,36 and the 12-lead amplitude voltage sum is 31.5 mV, also in the high-risk territory.34 Any previous findings of heart murmur or elevated blood pressure ...