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Post-Infarction Mechanical Complications: Ventricular Septal, Free-Wall, and Papillary Muscle Rupture

…large epidemiological analysis, mechanical complications occurred in approximately 0.27% of STEMI cases and 0.06% of non ST elevation myocardial infarction cases. Despite their…

Soft tissue corticosteroid injection

…sparingly Prepatellar and olecranon bursitis The bursa Exclude septic bursitis first Injection is considered when 4–6 weeks of adequate conservative treatment — modification of loading…

Epidemiological aspects of cardiac arrest

…95% CI 27.6–31.7%) Likelihood of survival to hospital admission was 22.0% (95% CI 20.7–23.4%) Likelihood of 30 day…

Acute stroke and thrombolysis: quick reference

…national guideline for the management of reperfusion treatment in ischaemic stroke, Nationell arbetsgrupp Stroke (the national stroke working group), version 4 of 27 February 2024…

Anthropometric measurements

…mass index For people of South Asian, Chinese and Japanese origin, lower thresholds apply: overweight from a BMI of 23 and obesity from 27.5…

Eye examination and corneal foreign body

…the visual acuity before anything else is done. The second most important is to look for signs of perforation — Seidel's sign, an irregular pupil…

Paediatric and neonatal ECG interpretation

…Method of interpretation Heart rate Heart rhythm The P wave The PR interval The QRS complex The ST segment The T wave The U wave…

🟠 Adjusted aortic root dimension

…All individuals Risk factors : previous dissection, family history of dissection, severe aortic regurgitation or mitral regurgitation, planning pregnancy, uncontrolled hypertension or annual growth 3 mm…

🟠 Reference values for pediatric and neonatal ECG

…76 22–67 21–68 22–79 23–75 22–79 23–76 27–75 30–72 32–79 32–85 34–88 0.05 …

Assessment of the pupillary reflex in cardiac arrest

…demonstrated a sensitivity of 72.2% for predicting an unfavorable neurological outcome, indicating that the test failed to identify 27.8% of individuals with poor…

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