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The chain of survival in sudden cardiac arrest

…services, security guards, etc .), paramedics, EMTs, nurses and physicians in the emergency medical system (EMS), as well as the hospital cardiac arrest team (CAT) and…

Hypertensive Emergency and Urgency: Differentiation and Treatment

…hypertensive emergency requiring the most rapid BP response. The objective is to reduce aortic wall shear stress and rapidly lower systolic pressure. Renal and microvascular…

Drug-Eluting Coronary Stents: Evolution, Evidence and Stent Choice

…in response to restenosis caused principally by neointimal hyperplasia. Contemporary DES combine a metallic scaffold, a polymeric or polymer free drug delivery system, and an…

Care after return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC)

…defined the victim's outcome: Neurological injury Myocardial dysfunction Systemic response to reperfusion and ischemia Effects of the underlying cause of cardiac arrest Neurological injuries…

Sepsis and septic shock: quick reference for the first hour

…and lactate measurement. A meta analysis of emergency department alert systems found an association with lower mortality, but most of the evidence was observational and…

Cardiac arrest in intoxication (poisoning)

…your national or regional poison control centre, and activate the emergency medical response system using your local emergency number. Contact the nearest intensive care unit…

Indications for pacemaker

…sinus node dysfunction occur after tachyarrhythmia; the combination of tachyarrhythmia and sinus node dysfunction is referred to as tachy brady syndrome . Neurocardiogenic syndrome (which includes…

Management of bradycardia (bradyarrhythmia)

…symptoms and ECG recordings confirming a bradyarrhythmia. Potentially reversible causes should be pursued (Table 2). Figure 1. Management of acute bradycardia in the emergency setting…

Drugs in the emergency setting

…and paediatric doses are given per kilogram with the stated maximum. Always check against the local guideline and the Swedish medicines compendium (FASS) before administration…

Neutropenic fever: quick reference for emergency management

…Corticosteroids and other immunosuppressive treatments can blunt the febrile response. A neutropenic patient with a suspected infection and organ dysfunction must therefore be managed as…

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