ACC, AHA, HRS jointly Release Guidelines 2017 for Evaluating, Managing Syncope supriya kashyap kashyap10 March 2017 10:00 AM ISTWashington : The American College of Cardiology, with the American Heart Association and the Heart Rhythm Society, released a guideline on the...
Pulmonary embolism only a rare cause of Syncope says new study Medical Dialogues Bureau30 Jan 2018 7:30 PM ISTAccording to a new observational study conducted on more than 1.6 million adults who went to an emergency department for syncope in five databases in...
Loperamide use :Safety announcement issued by USFDA Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli31 Jan 2018 7:20 PM ISTU.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had been receiving reports of serious heart problems and deaths due to use of much higher than the recommended...
2018 ESC Guidelines on Syncope Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli21 March 2018 7:01 PM ISTSyncope is a transient loss of consciousness caused by reduced blood flow to the brain. Approximately 50 percent of people have one syncopal event...
2018 ESC Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Syncope Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli14 April 2018 7:00 PM ISTThe first ESC Guidelines for the management of syncope were published in 2001, with subsequent versions in 2004 and 2009. In March 2015, the ESC CPG...
Hyoscyamine found effective in AF with bradycardia Medha Baranwal Baranwal18 May 2018 8:00 PM ISTA recently published interesting case in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, has cited a case, in which the use of hyoscyamine led to the...
Management of bradycardia and cardiac conduction delay : 2018 Guideline Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli13 Nov 2018 7:00 PM ISTAmerican College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force has released its 2018 Guideline on Management of Bradycardia and Cardiac...
Insight into management of in-flight medical emergencies: JAMA Medha Baranwal Baranwal6 Jan 2019 8:20 PM ISTAn increasing number of in-flight emergencies (IMEs) have once again stressed the importance of proper assisting of patients in the flight. While...
75 percent patients of fainting need only 2 hours of monitoring in ED: Circulation Medha Baranwal Baranwal22 Jan 2019 8:28 PM ISTFainting, for most of the time is harmless, but in some cases, it can also occur due to serious medical conditions such as irregular heartbeat, or...
Syncope during pregnancy harmful for mother and baby: JAMA Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli23 May 2019 7:25 PM ISTAccording to a retrospective study, Syncope during pregnancy is associated with adverse outcomes for both mother and baby.Women who faint during...
Recurrent Syncope, a rare presentation of Gitelman's syndrome: JAPI Deepanjana Sarkar20 Sept 2019 6:00 PM ISTA case of a 59-year-old male who was presented with a history of recurrent syncope and later diagnosed Gitelman's syndrome was reported in the Journal...
Use alpha-blockers cautiously -- they can cause low BP in women Medha Baranwal Baranwal26 Aug 2019 8:20 PM ISTCanada: Alpha-blockers (ABs) -- commonly prescribed as a part of a multidrug regimen for hypertension (high BP) management -- may pose the risk of...
