Definition & Meaning | English word DECOMPENSATED

Definitions of DECOMPENSATED

1. inflection of decompensate

Examples of Using DECOMPENSATED in a Sentence

• It may present in acute form as a recent infection with relatively rapid onset, or in chronic form, typically progressing from a long-lasting asymptomatic condition up to a decompensated hepatic disease and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
• Positive inotropes are used to support cardiac function in conditions such as decompensated congestive heart failure, cardiogenic shock, septic shock, myocardial infarction, cardiomyopathy, etc.
• Indapamide is a thiazide-like diuretic drug used in the treatment of hypertension, as well as decompensated heart failure.
• Conivaptan has not been approved by the American Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of decompensated congestive heart failure.
• NIV for acute respiratory failure is used particularly for severe exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) but also for acute decompensated heart failure and other acute conditions.
• Other metabolic encephalopathies (often in conjuction with drowsiness or stupor), especially in decompensated cirrhosis or acute liver failure.
• Emergencies arising from decompensated pheochromocytomas or parathyroid adenomas are sometimes referred for emergency resection when aggressive medical therapies fail to control the patient's state, however the surgical risks are significant, especially blood pressure lability and the possibility of cardiovascular collapse after resection (due to a brutal drop in respectively catecholamines and calcium, which must be compensated with gradual normalization).
• Not to be used with heart diseases, angina pectoris and decompensated cardiac insufficiency, glaucoma, hyper-excitability and thyrotoxicosis or while treated with monoamine oxidase inhibitors.
• Initial therapy of acute decompensated heart failure usually includes some combination of a vasodilator such as nitroglycerin, a loop diuretic such as furosemide, and non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV).
• PDEK surgery can be performed in patients with decompensated cornea like pseudophakic bullous keratopathy, aphakic bullous keratopathy, congenital endothelial decompensation like Fuch's dystrophy of cornea and post traumatic endothelial decompensation.

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