Bradycardia

causes are dry mouth, blurred vison, urinary retention, tachycardia, constipation, hyper/hypotension, convulsions, fatigue, headaches and increased intraocular pressure. For emergency uses, the doses needed to treat an adult patient with symptomatic bradycardia would be 0.5-1.0 mg IV, 2 mg ET. It may be repeated every 3-5 mins up to 3.0 mg. The dosage needed to treat or restore cardiac function in bradyasystolic cardiac arrest in an adult patient would be 1 mg IV, 2 mg ET and may be repeated…

which include fetal bradycardia (para. 5). He had also failed to ascertain that staff was available to provide an emergency C-section if the forceps failed (para. 6). Partway through the procedure, Johnston changed his mind in favour of a C-section (paras. 7-8). The doctor needed to assist with the C-section was unable to immediately prepare Cassidy 's mother for the operation (para. 11). By the time Cassidy was delivered, eighteen minutes had passed since the onset of bradycardia, which…

During my last clinical day, I was in the level 2 nursery and I worked with a 33 week and 5-day old baby girl who was born at 27 weeks. She was the result of a spontaneous placental abruption and had recently graduated from the level three nursery in First Hill. Meaghan was the nurse who I worked with and she was absolutely amazing. She had a diverse background in level two nursery care and worked in many different hospitals through her travel nursing carrier. She was up to date on evidenced…

to a remote electric pulse generator (Ramsdale & Rao, 2012). Both patients had suffered from Stokes-Adams attacks, which is a life-threatening form of atrioventricular block characterized by episodes of ventricular standstill, ventricular escape bradycardia, ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation. The…

neonatal male with 37 weeks gestational age which admitted to neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) because of bradycardia (60-70 beats/ minute) and respiratory distress . His mother was 22 years old (Gravid 2, Para 1, Abortion 0) with normal examination and vital signs and pervious normal delivery. In 29 weeks gestational age she was reported to our emergency department because of fetus bradycardia (70-80 beats/ minute) in routine abdominal sonographic study. Ultrasound revealed no evidence of…

confused with bulimia nervosa. The difference between anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa is that for anorexia nervosa you barely eat at all, but for bulimia nervosa, you eat a lot then you throw up everything you just ate. Both of these cause bradycardia which can cause death. Why is anorexia nervosa so dangerous? The dangerous part of anorexia is once you start eating less, your body starts handling smaller portions of food, and soon you will only be able to eat very small portions of food,…

(Bealer) Respiratory changes occurring ictally are associated with tonic-clonic seizures as well as partial seizures, including apnea in children and infants. In some instances of seizure activity, apnea is present early in the seizure, followed by bradycardia. Apnea, along with respiratory pauses, bradypnea and tachypnea is possible, with tachypnea occurring during most generalized seizures. Hypoventilation or respiratory arrest that may occur during the seizure is due to diminished central…

due to numbness patient was able to call ambulance and was delivered to ED. By that time Dr. Westwood had diaphoresis, motor dysfunction, paresthesias, nausea and an ascending paralysis. Dr. Westwood was cyanotic and hypoventilating. He developed bradycardia with a BP of 90/50 mmHg. Based on observed symptoms conclusion was made…

While I was deployed to the Middle East, my wife went into labor. She was only 30 weeks pregnant at the time. I was not supposed to return to the U.S. for another month, but due to the severity of the situation I was able to return home in under 2 days. Within 5 hours of my arrival to the hospital, Hallie Grace was born 10 weeks premature. The military suggest 1-2 weeks for adjusting back to normal life after a deployment, but my family needed me to adapt on that first day. I was a terrified…

1127 patients; 28 patients developed grade 4 shivering, and 92 patients developed grade 3. Heart rate and blood pressure were significantly lower in Dexmedetomidine group compared to Granisetron group during the 1st hour but no evidence of severe bradycardia. Shivering disappeared in 48 (96%) Dexmedetomidine and 46 (92%) Granisetron patients, rescue dose was given in…