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Status epilepticus: quick reference for emergency treatment

…intravenous access [2,3]. Respiratory complications occur, but untreated convulsive status itself carries a considerable risk of hypoxia and respiratory failure. In placebo controlled trials…

Arterial line

…mask and cap. Lidocaine 10 mg/mL for local anaesthesia in the awake patient — the anaesthetic also improves the chance of success by counteracting vascular…

Pleural aspiration and chest drain

Procedurer Almost all the complications of pleural aspiration arise from two errors: the needle is placed in the wrong site, and too much is drained…

Complications of Coronary Angiography and Vascular Access Management

…definitions, and institutional practice. Complications are more frequent during PCI than during purely diagnostic angiography. Elective PCI has reported mortality of 0.1–0.3%…

Hypertension: Causes, investigations, complications & treatment

…al ). Epidemiology of hypertension Blood pressure is normally distributed in the population. Individual blood pressure increases gradually during the life course ( Balijepalli et al ). Blood…

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

Echocardiography Myocardial ischemia and infarction Definition and pathophysiology Post infarction mechanical complications are structural disruptions of acutely infarcted myocardium occurring most often during the first…

🟠 Management of STEMI (ST-Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction)

…instability or cardiogenic shock recurrent or ongoing chest pain refractory to medical treatment life threatening arrhythmias or cardiac arrest mechanical complications of acute myocardial infarction…

Cryotherapy of skin lesions

…and more controlled freeze on flat surfaces; spray technique is better on irregular surfaces and in the scalp. Complications Complication Frequency and comment : : Pain during…

NSTEMI: Risk Stratification and Timing of the Invasive Strategy

…however, increase peri procedural complications and bleeding. Clinical presentation The available source material does not provide a detailed description of the presenting symptoms of NSTEMI…

STEMI: Primary PCI and System-of-Care Time Targets

…mechanical complications. Determination of symptom onset time and anticipated time to primary PCI. Patients with STEMI should be monitored in a setting capable of continuous…

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