Pulmonary embolism

Overview Dressler’s syndrome – also called post-myocardial infarction, postpericardiotomy syndrome, and post-cardiac injury syndrome – is a condition that creates inflammation in the sac that surrounds the heart tissue called the pericardium. It is thought to be caused by a response in the immune system after the pericardium or heart muscle has suffered some sort of damage. Consequently, it is most frequently seen after heart attack, traumatic injury, and surgery. In recent years, improvements…

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cannot pump enough blood into the lungs for gas exchange. Resulting in peripheral edema, ascites, and jugular vein distention (JVD). Left-sided heart failure occurs when the heart is unable to pump oxygen rich blood into the body and results in pulmonary congestion, shortness of breath, and fatigue (Heart Failure, 2014). Heart failure can affect the right side or the left side of the heart, and often times it involves both sides of the heart. The most common causes for heart failure are…

Venoarterial and Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. Venoarterial ECMO Venovenous ECMO Higher PaO2 is achieved. Lower PaO2 is achieved. Lower perfusion rates are needed. Higher perfusion rates are needed. Bypasses pulmonary circulation Maintains pulmonary blood flow Decreases pulmonary artery pressures Elevates mixed venous PO2 Provides…

other technologies, and then in 1980, after those technologies became widely used. The researchers found no improvement. Regardless of the decade, physicians missed a quarter of fatal infections, a third of heart attacks, and almost two-thirds of pulmonary emboil in their patiens who died” (Gwande 198). These numbers are alarming, and it’s a clear indicator that there are flaws in the practice of medicine. The medical field’s fixation of the ice cube model has resulted in these devastating…

a) Haemothorax: Usually happen due to trauma. Nonetheless it can be of a blood clotting defect, thoracic/heart surgery, death of lung tissue, lung cancer, tear in a blood vessel when placing a CVC central venous catheter or TB tuberculosis. Pathophysiology is the body has a blunt trauma then because of the internal injures the body starts to loose blood/plasma and it causes shock and the body begins to shut down and the breathing reduces, weakens and diminishes and HR/pulse drops. Clinical…

known as the transfer factor of the lung for CO (TLCO). This test measures the capability of the lungs to transmit gas from inhaled air to the pulmonary capillaries in the red blood cells and to determine the efficiency of the lungs to exchange gases. The indication of using this test is to recognize the cause of hypoxemia and Dyspnea, identify pulmonary hypertension in patient at risk, to diagnosis of obstructive and restrictive disease, and to monitor the development of interstitial lung…

for prevention of deep vein thrombosis [DVT] and acute pulmonary embolism. Also post operative eclamptic convulsions should be evaluated by CT, MRI and managed by neurologist, to diagnose Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) and cortical venous thrombosis. Strict attention must be given to fliud and electrolyte balance. Patient should be ambulated early with deep breathing exercises to prevent DVT and pulmonary embolism2,3,4. If the patient is in labour…

Mortality is obviously a significant outcome in emergency medicine (EM), but the comparison of crude mortality rates may be confounded by differences in case mix. Risk adjustment models may be used to assess the emergency healthcare quality 1,2. The observed mortality among emergency admissions can be compared with the predicted risk adjusted mortality to determine whether the number of deaths exceeds the expected rate 3. The shortcomings of existing methods may be due to the failure to adjust…

The Posterior wall acetabulum fractures are the most common acetabulum fracture. Most of this fracture requires surgical intervention. Less invasion treatment planning, choice of suitable surgical approach, minimal injury to the soft tissue, muscles, nerves and blood vessels, anatomical reduction maneuvers and surgical fixations are most important for best surgical reconstruction. The aim of our study is less invasive posterior approach, small incision, minimal bluntly splitting of gluteus…