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Physical Activity Prescription for Cardiovascular Prevention

…Increasing movement during daily living is a practical initial strategy. Assessment Before Prescription Physical activity should be assessed and prescribed using the components of: Frequency…

Refractory Angina: Options When Standard Therapy Fails

…of life. The clinical impact should be assessed in terms of: Symptom frequency and duration. Functional limitation and effect on activities of daily living. Workload…

Short and long-term prognostication in cardiac arrest

…rhythm degenerating into asystole or PEA. Neurological function after cardiac arrest Neurological function after ROSC can be assessed using several different scoring systems. To date…

Myocardial Mechanics: Structure and Function of Myocardial Fibers

…circumferential contraction, and myocardial thickening are assessed by means of echocardiography. These mechanisms provide a highly effective contraction that maximizes the ejection of blood (Figure…

Laryngeal mask and difficult airway

…fasted patient at low risk of aspiration. A conduit for fibreoptically assisted intubation in a known difficult airway. The difficult airway algorithm is activated in…

Cardiovascular Risk in Women: Sex-Specific Factors

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

Edrophonium test

…have selected an objectively measurable finding in advance — usually ptosis or fatigable gaze palsy — that can be assessed before and during the window of effect…

Warfarin therapy

…the weekly dose is adjusted in small steps, that every new prescription is assessed as a potential interaction, and that there is a ready made…

Wound suturing

…to its depth, and has not been assessed for tendon and nerve injury will heal badly however neatly the suture is placed. The commonest cause…

Interpretation of neonatal and pediatric electrocardiograms (ECG)

…in order to minimize the probability of missing significant abnormalities. The following parameters must be assessed, in chronological order: Heart rate Rhythm P wave PR…

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