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ArticleProcedurer
Pleural aspiration and chest drain

…commercial aspiration set or a 6–8 F pigtail catheter, a drainage bag or a vacuum bottle. Drainage: a chest drain, an underwater seal unit…

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Edrophonium test

…order well in advance). Atropine 0.5 mg for premedication, plus further atropine drawn up in a syringe as a standby dose. Glycopyrronium (Robinul) 0…

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Endotracheal intubation

…A reservoir mask with a tight fitting seal, a separate nasal cannula for apnoeic oxygenation, a bag with a PEEP valve, and an oropharyngeal airway…

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Opioid therapy in severe pain

…is given. Oxygen with a mask and a bag available. The opioid drawn up in a 1 mL syringe at a known concentration, clearly labelled…

ArticleCPR
Cardiac tamponade causing cardiac arrest

…It is uncommon for chronic pericardial effusions to cause sudden cardiac arrest since these cases tend to be recognized and managed before circulatory collapse occurs…

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Abscess incision and drainage

…request form. Drainage material: rubber dam drain, a strip cut from a glove, petrolatum impregnated packing strip or a vessel loop for loop drainage. Gauze…

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Blood transfusion and massive haemorrhage

…grouping ABO and RhD typing. Requires two samples drawn on two separate occasions with a separate identity check each time Always, once per patient if…

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Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy

…No. 11 scalpel for the skin incision, sterile dressings, pressure dressing. Procedure 1. Place the patient in the lateral position with the knees drawn up …

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Joint aspiration

…and blood culture bottles (aerobic and anaerobic) for culture, and a fluoride tube for glucose and lactate. For injection: the corticosteroid drawn up in its…

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Lumbar puncture

…The Swedish clinical care programme for bacterial CNS infections states that CT must not be performed before lumbar puncture in suspected bacterial meningitis — not even…

ArticleEchocardiography
Left ventricular diastolic function

…contracts and ejects blood into the aorta roughly 100,000 times daily, each time overcoming the aortic resistance, which is typically 110 mmHg or more…

ArticleEchocardiography
Technical aspects of the ultrasound image

…This is done by analyzing the time it takes for the sound to return to the transducer and thus calculating the distance to the structure…