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Pericardiocentesis

…collapse in a tamponaded patient , since positive airway pressure further reduces the venous return. Procedure Choice of access The ultrasound, not tradition, determines the site…

Hyponatraemia: quick reference for work-up and correction

Njurmedicin Lathundar The main clinical rule Two questions determine the initial management: 1. Does the patient have severe neurological symptoms that may be due to…

Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation: Choosing Anticoagulation

…may require anticoagulation should establish: Whether AF is clinical or device detected subclinical AF. The AF pattern, while recognising that pattern does not determine the…

Blood transfusion and massive haemorrhage

…with haemodynamic compromise, whatever the current haemoglobin — haemoglobin falls late in acute haemorrhage and a normal value does not exclude significant blood loss. Massive haemorrhage…

Hypertensive crisis: drugs and doses

…Availability in Sweden. Several of the drugs in this overview are not routinely marketed in Sweden and may require a named patient licence, among them…

Atrial fibrillation: quick reference for emergency management

…hours, not 48. The 2024 ESC guidelines and several Swedish clinical knowledge resources have tightened the former 48 hour rule for patients with risk factors…

Electrical cardioversion

…of thrombus — the most important relative contraindication to elective cardioversion. It does not apply in haemodynamic instability. Digitalis toxicity — a risk of refractory ventricular arrhythmias…

Deceased donor organ donation

…care patient in whom life sustaining treatment is withdrawn and total brain infarction is not expected to occur Death is confirmed by Direct criteria: clinical…

Arterial Hypertension: Definition, Diagnosis and Out-of-Office Measurement

…110 mmHg requires assessment for hypertensive emergency. In that setting, clinical assessment must determine whether immediate blood pressure lowering treatment is required. Patients with suggestive…

Supraventricular and intraventricular conduction defects in myocardial ischemia and infarction

…in its final third. The right bundle branch does not give off any Purkinje fibers during its course through the interventricular septum. It starts to…

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Clinical ECG Interpretation

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Clinical Echocardiography

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Clinical Evidence-Based Cardiology

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