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Laryngeal mask and difficult airway

…you are doing. Indications The laryngeal mask: A rescue airway when intubation has failed and bag mask ventilation is difficult or inadequate. The primary airway…

Periprocedural Myocardial Infarction After PCI and CABG

…troponin rise, with thresholds differing for PCI and CABG; and At least one additional indicator of new myocardial ischemia or procedural coronary compromise. When preprocedural…

Arterial line

…mask and cap. Lidocaine 10 mg/mL for local anaesthesia in the awake patient — the anaesthetic also improves the chance of success by counteracting vascular…

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Chronic Total Occlusions: Indications and Outcomes

…be asymptomatic and identified during angiography performed for another indication. When clinically significant, it may present with chronic angina, an anginal equivalent or exertional dyspnoea…

Assessment of the pupillary reflex in cardiac arrest

…pupillary reflex. Importantly, pupillary size and reactivity are influenced by factors beyond neural activity. Systemic catecholamines released or administered during resuscitation can affect pupil to

Foreign body in the ear and nose

…threshold for referral: Marked swelling or inflammation around the object. A small, smooth or transparent object lying posteriorly or superiorly. Attempts already made and failed…

Colchicine and Anti-inflammatory Therapy in Coronary Disease

…application and patient populations The evidence for anti inflammatory treatment in coronary disease has principally involved two populations: Patients recently recovering from myocardial infarction or…

ACE Inhibitor Cough and Angioedema: Practical Management

…Specific diagnostic criteria for cough hypersensitivity syndrome are lacking; the diagnosis is suspected when alternative etiologies are excluded by diagnostic testing or failed therapeutic trials…

Acute coronary syndrome: quick reference for loading doses and time targets

…2 to 24 hours After failed fibrinolysis Immediate rescue PCI The 120 minute limit is a ceiling for the choice between primary PCI and fibrinolysis…

ECG changes caused by antiarrhythmic drugs, beta blockers & calcium channel blockers

…pronounced symptoms and other therapies have failed. Patients with structural heart disease or reduced left ventricular function are not eligible. Effects of propafenone and flecainide…

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