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1. Asthma - Tachycardia to Bradycardia

   happypetal replied to happypetal's topic in General Students

   I really appreciate your patience and time taken out of your day to answer my questions. Thanks heaps. I guess I just did not know what questions to ask myself or where to start. I spent quite a...

2. Asthma - Tachycardia to Bradycardia

   happypetal replied to happypetal's topic in General Students

   Appreciate the tips. Intrathoracic pressure during breath stacking - From my understanding the intrathoracic pressure would increase as the pt uses active exhalation to expel air. So when the air...

3. Asthma - Tachycardia to Bradycardia

   happypetal replied to happypetal's topic in General Students

   Thank you for the reply. A pt with Severe Asthma will be anxious, cyanotic , talking in words, tachycardic, tachypnoeic, moderate muscle use. The lungs and airway would be obstructed due to oedema and...

4. Asthma - Tachycardia to Bradycardia

   happypetal posted a topic in General Students

   Hi, Just trying to find out the mechanisms involved when a patient with "severe asthma" who has tachycardia/tachypnoea progresses to "life threatening asthma" hypotension/bradycardia. I'm confused how...