The term Calcium (Ca2+) antagonist is applied to drugs that inhibit the influx of Ca2+ ions without affecting inward Na+ or outward K+ currents to a significant degree. Other labels are Ca-entry blocker or Ca-channel blocker.
Begin work-up by ruling out emergent/urgent conditions and evaluating/charting the absence of red flags that can signal the presence of an emergent condition. Then consider other visceral causes of low back pain. If no red flags are present and patient does not need further work-up, then the likely default diagnosis is benign mechanical (lumbar strain) Low Back Pain
Risk factors for Aortic Aneurysm: smoking, male sex, age, pre-existing atherosclerosis, obesity, Hyperlipidemia, HTN (Hypertension), Family History
The distribution of blood within the circulation is a function of vascular caliber. Venous tone regulates the volume of blood returned to the heart, hence, stroke volume and cardiac output.…
A 66 years old men with Lung Nodule on CXR and Mental Confusion. What's your interpretation and what could be the cause of the abnormalities this ECG ?
Abdominal Compartment Syndrome occurs when elevated intra-abdominal pressure (IAP), or, intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH), leads to new organ dysfunction. The incidence of abdominal compartment syndrome in the ED has not been reported, but in studies of trauma patients, the incidence is between 1% and 14%.
A 21-year-old woman with human immunodeficiency virus infectionpresented with a 1-week history of fever, chest pain, and hemoptysis. What's the Diagnosis based on this Chest X-Ray ?
SIRS (Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome) is Inflammatory response to a non-infectious insult (pancreatitis, burn, surgery…)
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When there are conduction problems at the AV node or bundle of His, conduction of impulses between the atria and ventricles is affected. This can take several forms or ‘degrees’.…
