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Epistaxis — compression, cautery and anterior nasal packing

…bowl. Local anaesthesia and vasoconstriction: lidocaine 4 % with oxymetazoline 0.5 % (or xylometazoline) on cotton pledgets. Cautery: silver nitrate sticks; electrocautery as a second choice…

Primary Aldosteronism: Screening and Management

…balance. The principal sporadic subtypes are: Aldosterone producing adrenal adenoma Bilateral adrenal hyperplasia Primary or unilateral adrenal hyperplasia Rare aldosterone producing adrenal carcinoma Less commonly…

Carotid Artery Disease: Screening, Medical Therapy and Revascularisation

…carotid bruit is an important marker of cardiovascular risk, although the source material does not provide diagnostic sensitivity or specificity for bruit detection. Its pr

Assessment of the pupillary reflex in cardiac arrest

…During cardiac arrest, circulation to the brain is severely compromised or absent, leading to rapid brainstem hypoxia. As a result, pupils often dilate widely within…

First-degree AV block (AV block I, AV block 1)

…as it does not represent a true conduction block but rather a delay in the propagation of electrical impulses from the atria to the ventricles…

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