…changes and clinical features The pericardium is a double walled sac in which the heart and the roots of the great vessels are contained (Figure…

…infection or gastroenteritis at home Double or triple the oral daily dose during the days of illness (the patient's sick day rules) Vomiting or…

…risk of cardiovascular death. Bilateral arm blood pressure measurement is therefore recommended in the vascular assessment. A carotid bruit is an important marker of cardiovascular…

…to the tissue. Reverberations are common when examining lung tissue; the double layered pleura produce reverberations, which are referred to as A lines . Figure 3…

…important is to look for signs of perforation — Seidel's sign, an irregular pupil, a soft globe — because a perforated eye must never be instrumented…

…mL syringe. Punches of 2, 3, 4 and 6 mm. A size 15 scalpel, a double edged razor blade or a flexible shave blade. Artery…

…a randomized, double blind, placebo controlled study of 13,970 patients at high cardiovascular risk who were unable or unwilling to take statins. Approximately 70…

…imaging to demonstrate an intramural haematoma or double lumen Type 1 is reported in fewer than one third of cases in the pregnancy related source…

…525) In a randomized, double blind study involving 192 patients with cardiogenic shock, researchers compared the effectiveness of milrinone and dobutamine . The primary composite outcome…

…means that the machine emits ultrasound waves with a certain frequency and subsequently records reflected sound waves at double the frequency of the emitted waves…

…condition. It is associated with a two to four fold increase in lifetime cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk and approximately doubles cardiovascular risk on average. Its…

…Hilander SJ, Doubles DW, Wickman LL, Swart GL. The hemodynamic and arterial blood gas response to asphyxiation: a canine model of pulseless electrical activity. Resuscitation…

…Hilander SJ, Doubles DW, Wickman LL, Swart GL. The hemodynamic and arterial blood gas response to asphyxiation: a canine model of pulseless electrical activity. Resuscitation…

…for survival. About 50% of all out of hospital cardiac arrests receive bystander CPR, which doubles the probability of survival ( Nakahara et al , Hasselqvist Ax…

…demonstrated that bystander CPR performed by laymen doubles the probability of survival in OHCA ( Hasselqvist Ax et al ). To maximize the likelihood of bystander CPR…