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Nail procedures — paronychia, ingrown toenail and subungual haematoma

Procedurer Three of the commonest minor procedures in general practice concern the nails, and all three rest on the same foundation: an effective digital block…

Foreign body in the ear and nose

…majority of cases, and the great majority of objects can be removed in general practice or in the emergency department with simple equipment. Two principles…

🟠 Antiarrhythmic drugs in acute ventricular arrhythmias (ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation)

…to navigate to the section): Classification of antiarrhythmic drugs. Classification of ventricular tachyarrhythmias. General principles for the management of VT/VF. Antiarrhythmic agents: doses, indications…

Antiarrhythmic drugs in ventricular tachyarrhythmias

…to navigate to the section): Classification of antiarrhythmic drugs. Classification of ventricular tachyarrhythmias. General principles for the management of VT/VF. Antiarrhythmic agents: doses, indications…

Congenital heart disease & GUCH (Grown Up Congenital Heart disease)

…over the past few decades. This has resulted in an increased prevalence of congenital heart disease in the general population, such that most clinicians will…

Reduction of dislocations

…of the femoral head and of vascular injury; always an orthopaedic surgeon, and usually general anaesthesia. An open dislocation. Inadequate analgesia or sedation — the procedure…

Antianginal Therapy: Beta-Blockers, Calcium Channel Blockers, Nitrates, and Ranolazine

…been shown to improve long term cardiovascular outcomes in CCS. General strategy For most patients, initial therapy consists of a beta blocker and/or a…

Aspirin in Primary Prevention: Current Recommendations

…in whom aspirin has a substantially more favourable benefit–risk profile. Aspirin is not a general purpose cardiovascular preventive treatment. In people without established ASCVD…

Atropine: Dosing in Bradycardia and Its Limitations

…arrest. Evaluation and Physical Examination The source material does not provide specific details regarding the physical examination or general evaluation of patients with bradycardia. Diagnostics…

Cardiovascular Risk in Inflammatory and Autoimmune Disease

…unrecognized inflammatory disease. Epidemiology and disease specific patterns Patients with inflammatory rheumatic disease have a higher cardiovascular risk than the general population. This excess risk…

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