Physical activity was associated with up to 22% lower mortality and 19% lower stroke risk in adults with and without atrial fibrillation in a large Norwegian cohort study.
|Articles|December 31, 2006
Make a Mountain Out of an Arrhythmia
Use the mnemonic “ALPS” (Amiodarone,Lidocaine, Procainamide, Sotalol)to remember the drugs recommendedin the Advanced Cardiac LifeSupport protocol for the treatment ofstable ventricular tachycardia; theECG complexes in this arrhythmiaresemble mountains.
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Use the mnemonic "ALPS" (Amiodarone,Lidocaine, Procainamide, Sotalol)to remember the drugs recommendedin the Advanced Cardiac LifeSupport protocol for the treatment ofstable ventricular tachycardia; theECG complexes in this arrhythmiaresemble mountains. (For patientswhose condition is unstable, the preferredtreatment is cardioversion.)-- Aletha Oglesby, MD
Tulsa, Okla
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