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Approach to patients with chest pain: differential diagnoses, management & ECG

ECG Myocardial ischemia and infarction Approach to patients with chest pain: differential diagnoses, evaluation and management Chest pain is one of the most common symptoms…

Endotracheal intubation

…the right shoulder. A reservoir mask with a tight fitting seal, a separate nasal cannula for apnoeic oxygenation, a bag with a PEEP valve, and…

Lumbar puncture

…the chin on the chest, and the shoulders and hips stacked vertically. The back must be flexed like a bow — it is that flexion that…

Interpreting NT-proBNP and BNP in Clinical Decision-Making

…overt congestion is not apparent. Such a discrepancy should prompt consideration of an infiltrative cardiomyopathy within the appropriate clinical context. Several patient related factors influence…

ECG parameters

…speed of 50 mm/s with 1 mV = 10 mm. At 50 mm/s a small square (1 mm) corresponds to 20 ms and…

Ventricular Tachycardia

…bundles of myocytes that form the slow conducting isthmuses critical for re entry [6] . Non ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (NICM), hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), and arrhythmogenic right…

Short Synacthen test

…cortisol assay, whether the samples were taken at the right times, and whether you know which decision threshold your own laboratory's method uses. In…

Coronary Anatomy and Segmental Classification for the Clinician

…malignant than anomalous origin of the right coronary artery. High risk anatomical features include: An interarterial course between the aorta and pulmonary artery A slit…

Pulmonary embolism: quick reference for risk stratification and treatment

…a treatment decision. Systemic thrombolysis is the first line treatment in high risk embolism, unless there is an absolute contraindication. The agent and dose are…

Deceased donor organ donation

…clarity and respect is also what makes the decision hold afterwards. Organ preserving treatment — treatment given solely for the sake of the donation — may continue…

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