ABSTRACT
This study was intended to refresh the medical student (or pratitioner) about the pathophysiologic and the technical aspects of the blood pressure. The primary intended users are third year medical students - those who have finished a course in physiology, anatomy, pathology, and physical diagnosis. Practicing physician (especially the general practitioners) may also benefit as well from this review, as part of their continuing medical education. The students are extended to apply the relationship of cardiovascular function and structure to BP-generation, regulation and maintenance, correlate cardiovascular physics and physiology with the indirect method of BP generated from a partly occluded artery (Korotkov sound)
ABSTRACT
A resting ECG is not and never has been an absolute tool in establishing physical fitness. Note that no single ECG finding is associated with any single clinical entity. Each ECG finding must be correlated clinically, and further laboratory documentation is sometimes necessary so that a fair and justifiable clinical decision can be made. A TECG is additionally requested to determine functional capability of the cardiopulmonary system, while a CSG is additionally requested to confirm and document anatomic patterns. An ambulatory Holter ECG is additionally requested when documenting arrhythmias in relation to daily routine activities, or to document ischemia when prevailing conditions do not allow performance of a TECG. (Conclusion)