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Endotracheal intubation

…Indications Inability to protect the airway: reduced level of consciousness, loss of pharyngeal reflexes, vomiting with a risk of aspiration. Inadequate oxygenation despite maximal oxygen…

Post-Infarction Mechanical Complications: Ventricular Septal, Free-Wall, and Papillary Muscle Rupture

…or subacute. In the catastrophic form, an acute tear causes haemopericardium, tamponade, and sudden: Loss of pulse. Loss of blood pressure. Loss of consciousness. Electromechanical…

Vasovagal Syncope: Diagnosis, Tilt Testing and Treatment

…transient loss of consciousness was due to syncope, identify the cause, and assess the risk for future episodes and serious harm. This evaluation should include…

NSTEMI (Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction) & Unstable Angina: Diagnosis, Criteria, ECG, Management

…Although ECG changes in NSTEMI and unstable angina have been discussed previously (refer to Classification of Acute Coronary Syndromes, and Ischemia and the ST Segment…

Cryotherapy of skin lesions

…lesions (these give a more superficial and less controllable depth of freeze). A size 15 scalpel or a pumice stone to pare down hyperkeratotic lesions…

The ECG in assessment of myocardial reperfusion

…infarction process is more or less completed. Post ischemic T wave inversions emerge at the earliest 4–6 hours after an episode of ischemia/infarction…

Performing Echocardiographic Examinations

…the child in the supine position. This is possible due to the small distance between the heart and the ultrasound transducer, and because less air…

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Chronic Total Occlusions: Indications and Outcomes

…a less compelling basis for intervention. The source material does not provide a distinct symptom profile, physical examination pattern or biomarker signature specific to CTOs…

Sepsis and septic shock: quick reference for the first hour

…a rapid bolus, and a smaller bolus where the risk of fluid overload is high 0 to 30 min Clinical assessment of the focus; check…

Junctional rhythm (escape rhythm) and junctional tachycardia

…be referred to as junctional escape rhythm . Junctional tachycardia is less common. Basic knowledge of arrhythmias and cardiac automaticity will facilitate understanding of this article…

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