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…pregnancy or malignancy. A markedly raised GGT with the other tests normal is most often enzyme induction by alcohol or drugs and is often of…

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…A convenient, bedside, clinical score for risk assessment at presentation: An intravenous nPA for treatment of infarcting myocardium early II trial substudy. Circulation. 2000 Oct…

…2015): Recommendations for cardiac chamber quantification by echocardiography in adults: an update from the American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging…

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…pain [1,3,4]. This quick reference gives internationally established doses. Drug availability, thrombolysis regimens, renal function thresholds and the division of work between the…

…why mixed acid base disorders are missed. The blood gas describes the physiology at the moment of sampling, but does not by itself identify the…

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…pressure can cause serious organ damage even at lower levels, particularly in pregnancy [1,2]. Malignant hypertension is not entirely synonymous with a hypertensive emergency…

…about 7.20. Different targets apply when the intracranial pressure is raised: normocapnia (PaCO₂ 4.5–5.0 kPa) and avoidance of hypoxia, since hypercapnia…

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…A value of around 0.9 to 1.0 or higher in an adult trauma patient suggests significant hypovolaemia and an increased transfusion requirement. Pregnancy…

…3,4]. The first hour, in order The measures should in practice overlap. Document the time of the suspicion of sepsis, the first dose of…

…a 27 G needle, a 2–5 mL syringe. Punches of 2, 3, 4 and 6 mm. A size 15 scalpel, a double edged razor…

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…fewer than 5% of such lesions caused a clinical event during 3.4 years of follow up in a prospective study of patients with acute…

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…The maximum dose of lidocaine is given in the Swedish medicines compendium (FASS) and in Swedish anaesthetic reviews as about 3–4 mg/kg without…

…it listens for reflected sound waves at 3.4 MHz. One can increase the frequency of the emitted sound when studying objects located near the…

…of pulmonic stenosis. Grading of pulmonic stenosis Maximum gradient Maximum velocity Small PS <36 mmHg <3 m/s Moderate PS 36 64 mmHg 3 4…