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ArticleEchocardiography
Pericardial Effusion & Cardiac tamponade

…are cysts and tumors of the pericardium, as well as congenital malformations leading to an incomplete or absent pericardium. In case of suspicion of pericardial…

ArticleProcedurer
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and Holter ECG

…normal office blood pressure but organ damage or high risk. Treatment resistant hypertension. Suspected nocturnal hypertension or absent nocturnal dipping (diabetes, renal failure, sleep apnoea)…

ArticleCPR
Cardiac arrest due to pneumothorax

…Clinically, patients may present with: Absent breath sounds on the affected side Crepitus Subcutaneous emphysema Hypotension Hypoxia Mediastinal shift, with potential tracheal deviation to the…

ArticleProcedurer
Eye examination and corneal foreign body

…6. Fluorescein and cobalt blue light. The dye adheres where the epithelium is absent. Vertical, linear scratch marks suggest a foreign body under the upper…

ArticleCardiology
Primary Aldosteronism: Screening and Management

…particularly if spontaneous or diuretic induced, but it is absent in most diagnosed patients. Reliance on hypokalaemia alone therefore misses a substantial proportion of cases…

ArticleEchocardiography
Stress Echocardiography: Protocols and Interpretation

…after at least 24 hours of stabilization, provided that active ischaemia and haemodynamic or electrical instability are absent. A resting transthoracic echocardiogram is useful before…

ArticleCPR
Basic Life Support (BLS) in cardiac arrest

…For laypeople, confirming absent or abnormal breathing is sufficient to alert the emergency service and commence CPR. Agonal breathing before apnea A cardiac arrest occurs…