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Casting and immobilisation

…the metacarpophalangeal joints must be able to flex freely, the thumb must be free unless it is to be immobilised, and the elbow must be…

Reduction of dislocations

…Indications A clinically or radiologically confirmed dislocation of the shoulder, elbow, finger, patella, jaw or hip prosthesis. A dislocation with neurovascular compromise or skin tenting…

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

…and sudden: Loss of pulse. Loss of blood pressure. Loss of consciousness. Electromechanical dissociation or pulseless electrical activity despite ongoing sinus rhythm on the ECG…

Cardiac amyloidosis

…by autosomal dominant single nucleotide polymorphisms resulting in amino acid substitutions that destabilize the normal tetrameric TTR protein, favoring dissociation, misfolding, and amyloidogenesis [9, 19]…

Relaxation of the left ventricle

… slow spread of the impulse results in temporal dissociation of cellular activation, and thus desynchronization of contraction. Importantly, the desynchronization of myocardial activation results in…

Third-degree AV block (3rd degree AV block, AV block 3, AV block III)

…other. This condition is referred to as atrioventricular (AV) dissociation. Importantly, for the ventricles to have any electrical (and thus pumping) activity at all, an…

🟠 Brugada's algorithm for diagnosing ventricular tachycardia (VT)

…positive in V4–V6 and any of the leads V2–V6 display a qR complex, ventricular tachycardia is very likely. If there is AV dissociation…

Overview of atrioventricular (AV) blocks

…AV) blocks , subdivided according to the degree of block. First , second and third degree AV block may all be diagnosed using the ECG. First degree…

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