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CYRIAC JOHN
FINAL YR, PART I
CLASSIFICATON
• Unconsciousness
- Vasodepressor syncope
- Postural Hypertension
- Acute adrenal insufficiency
• Respiratory Distress
- Foreign body airway obstruction
- Hyperventilation
- Asthma
- Heart failure and acute pulmonary edema
• Altered Consciousness
1. Diabetes Mellitus
- Hyperglycemia
- Hypoglycemia
2. Thyroid gland dysfunction
3. Cerebrovascular accident
• Seizure
• Drug related emergencies
- Drug overdose reactions
- Allergy
• Chest pain
- Angina Pectoris
- Acute Myocardial Infarction
Sudden cardiac arrest
HYPERTENSION
DEFINITION
“ABNORMALLY HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE CREATING SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
TO THE PATIENT”
RISK FACTORS
• ATHEROSCLEROTIC VASCULAR DISEASE
• HISTORY OF HYPERTENSION
PRECIPITATING FACTORS
• STRESS
• FAILURE TO TAKE MEDICATION
DIAGNOSIS
• HEADACHE
• DIZZINESS
• TACHYCHARDIA
• PALPITATION
• CONFUSION
• NUMBNESS
• LOSS OF LIMB FUNCTION
TREATMENT
• SIT UPRIGHT
• 100 % OXYGEN
• ANTIHYPERTENSIVE DRUGS
PREVENTION
• CHECK BLOOD PRESSURE BEFORE PROCEDURE
• ASSURE MEDICATIONS
CORONAL CIRCULATION”
PREVENTION
• PAIN CONTROL DURING THERAPY, APPROPRIATE USE OF LA, SMALLER DOSE WITH
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
• PAIN- SUDDEN ONSET OF CHEST PAIN
• DULL ACHING HEAVY PAIN LOCATED SUBSTERNALLY
• RADIATION OF PAIN – MOST COMMONLY TO THE LEFT SHOULDR AND ARM,
LESS FREQUENTLY TO RIGHT SHOULDER ARM, LEFT JAW, NECK AND
EPIGASTRIUM
• PAIN- SUDDEN ONSET OF CHEST PAIN
• DULL ACHING HEAVY PAIN LOCATED SUBSTERNALLY
• RADIATION OF PAIN – MOST COMMONLY TO THE LEFT SHOULDR AND
ARM, LESS FREQUENTLY TO RIGHT SHOULDER ARM, LEFT JAW, NECK
AND EPIGASTRIUM
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
CLINICAL FEATURES
• MALES
• 5TH AND 6TH DECADE OF LIFE
• UNDUE STRESS
SYMPTOMS
DEFINITION
“Infective endocarditis is defined as microbial infection of the endothelial
surfaces of the heart or iatrogenic foreign bodies like prosthetic valves
other intracardiac devices.”
PREDISPOSING FACTORS
CHILD
<5 yrs- Oral
Clindamycin 150 mg
1hr. Before pr.
5-10 yrs- oral
clindamycin 300mg 1
hr. bef pr.
<10 yrs – Use adult
dose
UNDER GA
CLINICAL DRUG REGIMEN
SITUATION
• Dental Radiography
• Endodontics beyond apex.
• Exfoliation of primary teeth.
• Impression taking.
• Non surgical procedures that not have bleeding.
• Abscess incision and drainage.
• Suture removal, orthodontic band removal
MEDICAL EMERGENCIES DUE TO
FUNCTIONAL CAUSES
OPIOIDS
ALLERGY – UNCOMMON
OVERDOSE - COMMON, MANIFESTED AS CNS DEPRESSION AND
RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION
SIDE EFFECTS – MOST COMMON ADR, MANIFESTED CLINICALLY AS
NAUSEA, VOMITING, ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION
• SEDATIVE HYPNOTICS
BENZODIAZEPINES
OVERDOSE – CNS DEPRESSION MANIFESTED AS OVER SEDATION
SIDE EFFECTS- PROLONGED DROWSINESS