Broken heart

Rhabdomyolysis is a severe syndrome caused by a direct or indirect skeletal muscle injury. The damage sustained results in the muscle fibres releasing calcium, creatine, potassium and other proteins and ions into the bloodstream [1]. High levels of blood potassium, known as hyperkalemia, can result in kidney failure and cardiac arrest. Severe muscle trauma can also cause damage and leakage of blood vessels, resulting in an increased level of pressure within the muscle compartments [2]. This…

breathing tube put in to keep his or her airway open (intubation). • Get oxygen. • Have a machine to help your child breathe (mechanical ventilation). • Get fluids or blood through an IV line. • Get medicines to control blood pressure, heart rate, and seizures. Your child's treatment may also include steps to prevent brain swelling (cerebral edema). Long-term treatment of cerebral hypoxia depends on the amount of brain damage. Treatment may include: • Physical therapy. …

The term fibrillation is explained as a very rapid irregular contractions of the muscle fibers of the heart resulting in a lack of synchronism between heartbeat and pulse. There are two common fibrillations in the heart known as atrial fibrillation and ventricular fibrillation. While they are both fibrillations, ventricular fibrillation poses a far more fatal outcome than atrial fibrillation. This paper will be used to examine what causes the difference in these fibrillations and the difference…

Introduction Vasopressors are common medications included in the treatment of cardiac arrest. Currently both epinephrine and vasopressin are being evaluated as significant treatments. The American Heart Association Guidelines have been adjusted to reflect these studies over the past 10 years. Within the Ventricular Fibrillation arm of the cardiac arrest algorithm (Link, 2015), step 6 directs for the administration of 1 mg epinephrine IV or IO every 3-5 minutes (See figure 1). The 2010 AHA…

which the heart develops outside of the thorax, alongside locations such as the chest, neck, or abdomen. This genetic disorder surfaces during the second trimester of pregnancy, and is discerned through an ultrasound. Abott was the first to discover Ectopia Cordis in 1898. The symptoms resulting from Ectopia Cordis include malformation of the heart, a cleft palate, spinal defects, and pulmonary atresia, or underdevelopment of the pulmonary valve. Depending on the position of the heart,…

nation, 75% of our health care dollars goes to treatment of chronic diseases (CDC). Heart failure is among these chronic diseases. About 5.1 million people in the United States have heart failure (CDC). Currently, heart failure has no cure. The disease can be medically treated as well as managed through lifestyle changes. There are many symptoms that people with CHF endure throughout the disease process. Congestive Heart Failure often leads to a lack of energy which we will be expressed as…

This can be caused by poor venous flow especially in the lower limbs due to either a deep vein thrombosis. Also, increased venous pressure caused by congestive heart failure ( right ventricle), this also causes a reduction in blood flow to the kidney. This then leads to retention of sodium and water, which then leads to the increase in blood volume. Happens when there is a decrease in osmotic plasma pressure which…

RL is an 87 year old male who was experiencing increasing numbness and tingling in his left arm and was unable to stand up from his chair. He came into the ED on 10.27 at an external hospital and received a CT scan, which presented a C4 mass. He was then transferred to DHMC on 10.28 for further management. Comorbidities involve Afib with bradycardia at baseline, HTN, arthritis, a recurrent parastomal hernia and a colostomy. RL also had a spinal mass 40 years ago that was removed. It is not clear…

I’m Flowey! Flowey the Flower.” You were shocked, but listened to what he had to say. “Golly, you must be so confused! Here! I can show you the way of the Underground!” Your eyes flashed and everything went black and white, except for this one red heart in front of your chest. “That’s your…

Blood. It filled my mouth. The metallic taste plastered on my tongue, clinging on to it with all its might. The shock blinded my eyes with tears. I could feel my mouth throb in perfect synchronization with my heartbeat. My feet felt disconnected from my body. I willed them to move, for my arms to swing, for my neck to turn, yet they disobeyed my every command. The only thing I could do was watch the floor and listen to the words floating around in the atmosphere, transforming into a blurred mess…