…downwards and backwards in small children. 3. Rest your hand against the patient's cheek so that the otoscope moves with the head if it…

…in three lengths: short for children and slim limbs, medium for most adults, long for thick soft tissue and for the head of the humerus…

…500,000 individuals (adults and children) experience a cardiac arrest (Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics). The CARES registry reported that the incidence was 92 per…

Procedurer Children around the age of three account for the majority of cases, and the great majority of objects can be removed in general practice…

…8–30 (11) 1–30 (12) 2–33 (14) 2–39 (15) Children, overview Rijnbeek et al. Median values with the 2nd and 98th percentiles…

Echocardiography Principles of echocardiographic examinations In small children, it is possible to perform the entire transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) with the child in the supine position…

…recording in children Pediatric patients frequently have difficulties being still during clinical examinations. The youngest children often display spontaneous movements of limbs, neck and trunk…

…single temperature of 38.3 degrees as the threshold [4,5]. Some Swedish and local care programmes use 38.5 degrees instead. Follow the local…

…such as pre syncope or syncope. Definition of Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachyarrhythmia (PSVT) The arrhythmias AVNRT, AVRT (Pre excitation, Wolff Parkinson White syndrome) and ectopic atrial…

…when the pulse is weak, after previous failed attempts, or in children. A rolled towel to place under the wrist, and tape to secure the…