…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…

…as occurs during acute MI. If the preprocedural concentration is above the 99th percentile upper reference limit, it must be stable or falling before a…

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

…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…

…if some blood flow is maintained (for example, high quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation or partial ROSC), the midbrain may receive enough oxygen to preserve some pupillary…

…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…

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

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

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

…therapies have failed and the patient does not have structural heart disease or reduced left ventricular function. Persistent or non persistent ventricular tachycardia or frequent…

…collaterals, it may survive for 60 minutes in the case of a total occlusion or 5 hours in the case of a partial occlusion. Coronary…