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Vasovagal Syncope: Diagnosis, Tilt Testing and Treatment

…possible or known plaques, or stenosis. Diagnostics Electrocardiogram and Cardiac Monitoring An ECG should be performed if there is suspicion of syncope due to an…

Hypoglycaemia: quick reference for emergency management

…warning symptoms are due to sympathetic activation: sweating tremor palpitations hunger anxiety pallor paraesthesiae Neuroglycopenic symptoms An inadequate supply of glucose to the brain can…

Alcohol withdrawal and delirium tremens: quick reference

…last intake Common clinical picture : : 4 to 12 hours Tremor, sweating, anxiety, insomnia, tachycardia, hypertension, headache, nausea and vomiting 8 to 24 hours Alcoholic hallucinosis…

Chest Pain in the Emergency Department: Diagnostic Pathways

…and anxiety related disorders. The immediate objective is not simply to establish whether the patient has ACS. It is to determine whether the patient is…

Cardiovascular Risk in Women: Sex-Specific Factors

…loss Polycystic ovary syndrome Functional hypothalamic amenorrhoea Fertility therapy and assisted reproductive technology The extent to which these conditions confer risk independently of conventional factors…

ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Diagnosis and Electrocardiographic Criteria

…costochondritis, and gastrointestinal disorders. Radiation of discomfort to the trapezius ridge is not seen in STEMI and suggests pericarditis instead. Pain is not uniformly present…

Hypertensive crisis: drugs and doses

…drugs. Such treatment has not been shown to improve the prognosis and can cause hypotension, acute kidney injury, myocardial ischaemia or cerebral hypoperfusion. Pain, anxiety…

Oesophageal ECG

…Known stricture or tumour of the nose, pharynx or oesophagus. Oesophageal varices. Recent surgery of the nose, pharynx or oesophagus. Marked nausea, anxiety or communication…

🟠 Management of STEMI (ST-Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction)

…g due to reciprocal ST segment depressions in V1, V2, V3). IIa B In patients with inferior myocardial infarction, consider connecting V3R and V4R to…

Cardiac Rehabilitation After Myocardial Infarction

…dyslipidaemia, and diabetes mellitus Reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms Facilitate return to work and appropriate recreational or sporting activity Limit recurrent myocardial infarction, cardiovascular morbidity…

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