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Over 365 Cardiology & related terms are explained through 3Danimated videos.

Test your knowledge of cardiology with our collection of 37clinical cases based on real-life patients.Gain important insights into new management options and rarepresentations of cardiac disease within 2-3 minutes.Follow the progress of the patient through investigations andtherapeutic interventions to learn the best management options.Prognosis : Cardiology is designed for busy physicians,residents embarking on a career in cardiology, medical students andother healthcare professionals.Each case has been reviewed by our editorial board of of 120+specialist physicians spanning 27 specialties, making the app anideal practice tool for academic and professional licensureexams.Diseases Covered:1. Unstable Angina / Non ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction(UA/NSTEMI)2. Chronic Stable Angina3. ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI)4. Right Ventricular Infarction5. Heart Failure6. Pulmonary Embolism7. Deep Venous Thrombosis8. Aortic Dissection9. Aortic Stenosis10. Mitral Regurgitation11. Atrial Septal Defect12. Ventricular Septal Defect13. Tetralogy of Fallot14. Hypertensive Emergency : Pulmonary Edema15. Coarctation of the Aorta16. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm17. Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome18. Brugada Syndrome19. Atrial Fibrillation20. Hepatopulmonary Syndrome21. Cardiac Tamponade22. Constrictive Pericarditis23. Acute Pericarditis24. Dilated Cardiomyopathy25. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy26. Infective Endocarditis27. Acute Myocarditis28. Peripartum Cardiomyopathy29. Takayasu’s Disease30. Kawasaki Disease31. Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy32. Myocardial Infarction + LBBB33. Atrial Myoxma34. Myocarditis, Typhoid35. Prinzmetal's Angina36. Aortic Stenosis in Pregnancy37. Marfan Syndrome

It is a great cardiology exam questions collection. More than430exam questions. Possibility of random questions. *Allquestionswere found in university exams.

Cardiology Mnemonics provides you with cleveracronyms, stories, and memory tricks, on your fingertips. Subjectsrange from Anatomy, Pathology, Pharmacology, Electrocardiogram(EKG), and much more.The database allows you to:- Search all mnemonics- Filter mnemonics based on subjects- Add items to favorite list for quick access- Edit mnemonic and save changes- Add your own mnemonic- Browse mnemonics list in a particular subject usingnext/previous

Being able to read an ECG is a prerequisitefor every good medical doctor and now even common people can learnto do it thanks to Heart ECG Handbook. Your Android has just becomean ECG reader!App makes available 31 different physiologic/pathologic ECG -the most common - to make you study and understand them.Each one includes a short description (with some clinical note),heart frequency and an excellent drang&drop image of the ECG tolearn the basis of cardiology.Moreover, to test your knowledge, App includes an interactivequiz collection to check your progress and give you the opportunityto improve!Heart ECG Handbook is the personal trainer for ECG's reader!Lite Version allows a *limited number* of ECG availables; tohave all 31 different ECG tracks is available a cheap FullVersion.In Full Version you will *purchase*, if you will be interested,*Video extension*.What does it mean?To keep a low price of the app you can decide, if you willinterested, to purchase *separately* Video extension to use ECGAnimation to learn to recognize them directly by ECG and bysound.Note: this App doesn’t claim to be a medical application.

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La App para Profesionales de Enfermería:•Esta es la versión completa y actualizada a la última edición deNANDA-I.•Contiene la totalidad de los Diagnósticos 2015-2017 (NANDA-I),Resultados (NOC 5ª edición) e Intervenciones (NIC 6ª edición), asícomo sus Interrelaciones, ahora llamados Vínculos (3ªedición).•Navegación entre NANDA/NOC, NANDA/NIC, NOC/NIC, NOC/NANDA,NIC/NANDA, NIC/NOC y NOC/NIC con los 11 diagnósticos médicos.•Búsquedas disponibles todos los formatos:•Por Código.•Por Etiqueta.•Por Características Definitorias/Factores de la NANDA.•Por Indicadores de la NOC.•Por Actividades de la NIC.•Por Especialidades de Enfermería de la NOC y NIC.•Opciones de filtrado:•NANDA- Por Dominios de Nanda-I.- Por Necesidades de V. Henderson.- Por Patrones de M. Gordon.•NOC- Por Dominios de NOC.- Por Patrones de M. Gordon.•NIC - Por Campos de NIC.•Se pueden Crear Favoritos tanto en Diagnósticos, como enResultados e Intervenciones, añadiéndolos al Menú Favoritos dondese puede acceder a ellos de una forma rápida y cómoda.•De igual forma, se pueden Añadir Comentarios a cualquierDiagnóstico, Resultado o Intervención que deseemos, sean favoritoso no.•Navegación entre NANDA/NOC, NANDA/NIC, NOC/NIC, NOC/NANDA,NIC/NANDA, NIC/NOC. Estas navegaciones se han obtenido de lasrelaciones existentes en los libros de NIC con NANDA, NOC con NANDAy el de Vínculos.•En la navegación de NANDA con NIC, algunas de las Intervencionesobtenidas de la NIC 6ª edición vinculadas a diagnósticos reales,consideradas como Principales, Sugeridas y Opcionales, pueden estarduplicadas con respecto a las Asociadas a Factores Relacionadosobtenidas del libro de Vínculos en su 3ª edición. Este fenómeno noocurre ni con los DdE nuevos ni con las NIC nuevas incorporadas enla 6ª edición. Hemos optado por no perder esta información ennuestras bases de datos porque amplía las posibilidades debúsqueda.•Algo similar ocurre con los DdE de Riesgo en su navegación deNANDA con NIC, ya que las Intervenciones consideradas comoPrincipales, Sugeridas y Opcionales, se basan en las relaciones deNIC con NANDA de la 6ª edición de NIC. Por esta razón, puedenaparecer duplicadas algunas de ellas al coincidir con las Asociadasa Factores de Riesgo de la 3ª edición de Vínculos. Este fenómeno noocurre ni con los DdE nuevos ni con las NIC nuevas incorporadas enla 6ª edición. Hemos optado por no perder esta información ennuestras bases de datos porque amplía las posibilidades debúsqueda.Novedades en el nuevo libro de NANDA-I (2015-2017)•En esta edición se han incorporado un total de 26 Diagnósticosnuevos que van desde el código 231 hasta el 251 y del 253 al 257,ambos inclusive. Los códigos 189 al 192 ambos inclusive y el 252,no están adjudicados a ningún diagnóstico•Por otro lado, se ha procedido a la eliminación de 7 Diagnósticos,cuyos códigos son: 1, 3, 50, 101, 111, 127 y 186.Novedades en el libro de Vínculos•Contiene los vínculos de NOC y NIC a diagnósticos médicos, comonovedad•En los Diagnósticos Reales, las Intervenciones NIC asociadas a losFactores Relacionados, se presentan como un listado en ordenalfabético. No están relacionadas con factores relacionadosespecíficos•En los Diagnósticos de Riesgo del nuevo libro de Vínculos, lasautoras no han vinculado los Resultados NOC ni las IntervencionesNIC con cada factor de riesgo, únicamente aparecen como listadosalfabéticosNovedades en el libro de NIC•Como novedad destacable en esta 6ª edición de la NIC está laincorporación nuevamente de sus relaciones con la NANDA. Estainformación había desaparecido de la edición anteriorNovedades en el libro de NOC•Cabe destacar como novedad en la 5ª edición de la NOC laincorporación de una clasificación por los Patrones de la Dra.Marjory Gordon© NANDA-I, autores Diagnósticos Enfermeros© John Wiley & Sons, Inc., por cesión licencia© Editorial ELSEVIER, por las traducciones al español© Educsa Tics, S.C.P., por esta aplicación informáticaThe App for NursingProfessionals:• This is the full version and updated to the latest edition ofNANDA-I.• Contains all the 2015-2017 Diagnoses (NANDA-I), Results (NOC 5thedition) and Interventions (NIC 6th edition) and theirinterrelationships, now called Links (3rd edition).• Navigation between NANDA / NOC, NANDA / NIC, NOC / NIC, NOC /NANDA, NIC / NANDA, NIC / NOC and NOC / NIC with 11 medicaldiagnoses.• searches all available formats:• By Code.• For Label.• For Defining Characteristics / NANDA factors.• For indicators NOC.• For activities IAS.• For Nursing Specialties NOC and NIC.• Refinements:• For Domains Nanda Nanda-I.- What Needs V. Henderson.- By Gordon M. patterns.• NOC NOC For Domains.- By Gordon M. patterns.• NIC - By Fields NIC.• You can create favorites in both Diagnostics, Interventions andOutcomes and adding them to the Favorites menu where you can accessthem quickly and conveniently.• Similarly, you can add comments to any diagnosis, results orintervention we want, are favorites or not.• Navigation between NANDA / NOC, NANDA / NIC, NOC / NIC, NOC /NANDA, NIC / NANDA, NIC / NOC. These voyages were obtained from therelationship in the books of NIC with NANDA, NOC with NANDA andLinks.• In the navigation NANDA NIC, some of the interventions obtainedfrom the NIC 6th edition linked to actual diagnoses consideredmajor, Suggested and Optional, can be duplicated with respect tothe Associated Factors Related Links obtained from the book in its3rd edition. This phenomenon occurs neither with nor with the newDOE new NIC incorporated in the 6th edition. We have chosen to notlose this information in our database that extends thepossibilities of search.• Something similar happens with the DOE Risk browsing NANDA NIC,as the interventions considered Main, Suggested and Optional arebased on relationships with NANDA NIC of the 6th edition of NIC.For this reason, they may appear to duplicate some of them matchthe Associated Risk Factors of the 3rd edition of Links. Thisphenomenon occurs neither with nor with the new DOE new NICincorporated in the 6th edition. We have chosen to not lose thisinformation in our database that extends the possibilities ofsearch.Developments in the new book by NANDA-I (2015-2017)• In this edition have been incorporated a total of 26 newlydiagnosed code ranging from 231 to 251 and 253 to 257, inclusive.Codes 189 to 192 inclusive and 252, they are not allocated to anydiagnosis• On the other hand, has removed this 7 Diagnostics, whose codesare: 1, 3, 50, 101, 111, 127 and 186.Developments in the book Links• Contains links NOC and NIC medical diagnostics, as new• In the Real Diagnostics, the associated NIC Interventions relatedfactors are presented as a list in alphabetical order. They are notrelated to specific related factors• At Risk Diagnostics Links new book, the authors have not linkedthe NOC Results nor the NIC Interventions with each risk factor,only they appear as alphabetical listingsWhat's new in the book of NIC• As remarkable novelty in this 6th edition of the NICincorporation is back in its relations with the NANDA. Thisinformation was missing from the previous editionDevelopments in the book NOC• Notably new in the 5th edition of the NOC incorporating rated byDr. patterns. Marjory Gordon© NANDA-I nursing diagnoses authors© John Wiley & Sons, Inc., by assignment license© Elsevier, for translations into Spanish© Educsa Tics, S.C.P. for this software application

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PR Vademécum contiene información actualizadade medicamentos y drogas de prescripción médica comercializadas enArgentina.La aplicación permite acceder por los siguientes índices:- ProductosContiene el texto del prospecto de los productos que secomercializan en la República Argentina- LaboratoriosContiene el listado del laboratorios y los productos quecomercializa cada uno- PatologíasContiene el listado del patologías y los productos indicados paracada una- InteraccionesContiene el listado del principios activos y las interacciones decada uno- Índice FarmacológicoContiene el texto de la acción de los principios activos.- Índice TerapéuticoContiene el listado de las acciones terapéuticas y los productosindicados para cada una- I.S.P.R. Índice de Sustancias y Productos RelacionadosContiene el listado de los principios y los productos que contienencada uno.Acerca de P.R.:PR Vademécum reúne toda la información de relevancia relacionadacon los productos farmacéuticos, y está destinado a médicos,odontólogos, farmacéuticos y otros profesionales de la salud.PR Vademécum fue desarrollado a partir de fuentes confiables,como las empresas elaboradoras y la bibliografíamédico-farmacológica disponible en la actualidad.PR Vademécum no debe considerarse un medio autónomo y suficientepara recetar aquellos medicamentos o sustancias sobre los queinforma; sus destinatarios deben utilizarlo como un complemento desu indelegable responsabilidad profesional, teniendo en cuenta queel lector posee los conocimientos necesarios para interpretar lainformación aportada por este aplicativo.PR Vademecum containscurrent medications and prescription drugs marketed in Argentinainformation.The application allows access for the following indexes:- ProductsContains the package insert of the products sold in Argentina- LaboratoriesContains the list of laboratories and the products it sellseach- PathologiesContains the list of conditions and the right products for each- InteractionsContains the list of active ingredients and the interactions ofeach- Pharmacological IndexContains the text of the action of the active ingredients.- Therapeutic IndexContains the list of therapeutic actions and the right products foreach- I.S.P.R. Index Substances and Related ProductsContains the list of substances and products containing each.P.R .: aboutPR Vademecum collects all relevant information related topharmaceuticals, and is intended for physicians, dentists,pharmacists and other health professionals.PR Vademecum was developed from reliable sources, such asprocessors and medical-pharmacological literature availabletoday.PR Vademecum should not be regarded as an independent andsufficient means to prescribe those drugs or substances on whichreports; recipients must use it as a complement to its mandatoryprofessional liability, considering that the reader has theknowledge to interpret the information provided by thisapplication.

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