PSYCH 2AP3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Cardiac Arrhythmia, Vascular Resistance, Clonus
13 Aug 2020
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Ecg- may show potentially life threatening cardiac cause. Check blood pressure, both lying and standing. Consider blood or urine samples for drug levels if drug-taking is considered. Her ecg shows a prolonged corrected qt interval, making the diagnosis of a long qt syndrome. This disorder has a number of genetic causes, and in some cases an arrhythmia can be precipitated by a sudden loud noise. Mdt approach- refer to pediatric cardiology for specialist intervention. Refer to counseling and pysch services if indicated. The first task is to distinguish between true epileptic seizures (fits) from faints and funny turns. A convulsion, seizure or fit is a neuronal motor discharge of all or part of the body, with one or more of the following elements: tonic or dystonic spasms (stiffening); clonic or myoclonic spasms (jerking); astatic episodes (falling). An epileptic fit or seizure consists of intermittent or stereotyped disturbance of cerebral cortical function. Then described as how it affects the persons.
