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November 18, 2013

Left and right heart failure do not exist

Last Thursday, the cardiology consultant argued that dividing heart failure symptoms into left sided and right sided did not make sense. After all, if the left pump is failing, there…

January 13, 2013

Why CPAP works in acute heart failure and other bedtime stories

The potassium issues from the previous post resolved with IV magnesium, and the patient was discharged on oral magnesium indefinitely. It is ironic that oral magnesium supplements cause diarrhoea, which…

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