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

…syndromes (NSTE ACS). The division into STE ACS and NSTE ACS has profound implications for management and treatment of patients with acute coronary syndromes. Moreover…

Endotracheal intubation

…team, not in your head. Functioning suction within reach under the pillow or by the right shoulder. A reservoir mask with a tight fitting seal…

Lumbar puncture

…a lumbar puncture is rarely the needle itself. It is the decision whether to perform it now or after imaging, how the patient is positioned…

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

…to adults in sinus rhythm, recorded at a paper speed of 50 mm/s with 1 mV = 10 mm. At 50 mm/s a…

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

…whereas contemporary decision making increasingly combines anatomical imaging with functional assessment. A central practical principle is that the visual severity of a stenosis does not…

Pulmonary embolism: quick reference for risk stratification and treatment

…an already strained right ventricle. Clinical probability in the stable patient The Wells criteria for pulmonary embolism: Criterion Points : : Clinical signs of deep vein thrombosis…

Deceased donor organ donation

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

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