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Laryngeal mask and difficult airway

…ventilation is difficult or inadequate. The primary airway in cardiac arrest when the person ventilating is not experienced in intubation. Planned anaesthesia for short procedures…

Periprocedural Myocardial Infarction After PCI and CABG

…jeopardized. Cardiovascular collapse after failed PCI is more likely with extensive myocardium at risk, severe baseline stenosis, multivessel coronary artery disease, or diffuse disease. No…

Arterial line

…Repeated blood gases, for example during mechanical ventilation or severe metabolic derangement. Major surgery with expected blood loss or large volume shifts. Patients in whom…

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

…failed to demonstrate clinical benefit in the settings studied. Clinical application and patient populations The evidence for anti inflammatory treatment in coronary disease has principally…

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

…Call the PCI service immediately in STEMI, a STEMI equivalent or very high risk NSTEMI. 7. Document symptom onset, first medical contact, the diagnostic ECG…

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

…provided that first line therapies have failed and the patient does not have structural heart disease or reduced left ventricular function. Persistent or non persistent…

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