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Reversible Causes of Cardiac Arrest

3 August, 2011 Guillermo Firman

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an essential link in the chain of survival for treating cardiac arrest.
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Indications and Contraindications for Targeted Temperature Management in Comatose Patients after Cardiac Arrest

28 September, 2010 Guillermo Firman

Targeted temperature management should be implemented in the context of a broader strategy of critical care for a comatose patient with the post-cardiac arrest syndrome.

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NYHA Functional Classification for Congestive Heart Failure

27 February, 2009 Guillermo Firman

The New York Heart Association (NYHA) Functional Classification provides a simple way of classifying heart disease (originally cardiac failure), useful for preoperative assessment. It places patients in one of four categories, based on how much they are limited during physical activity:

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Framingham Criteria for Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)

27 February, 2009 Guillermo Firman

Diagnosis of CHF requires the simultaneous presence of at least 2 major criteria or 1 major criterion in conjunction with 2 minor criteria.

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Boston Criteria for Diagnosing Heart Failure

27 February, 2009 Guillermo Firman

The Boston criteria uses the information from history, physical examination, and chest radiography to categorize the diagnosis of heart failure.
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Diagnostic Criteria for Diastolic Heart Failure

26 February, 2009 Guillermo Firman

Diastolic heart failure is defined as a condition caused by increased resistance to the filling of one or both ventricles; this leads to symptoms of congestion from the inappropriate upward shift of the diastolic pressure-volume relation.

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