…diagnoses, evaluation and management Chest pain is one of the most common symptoms in the emergency department, as well as in primary health care. The…

…ventilated patient who develops total brain infarction An intensive care patient in whom life sustaining treatment is withdrawn and total brain infarction is not expected…

…poison control centre , which in most countries is staffed around the clock for health care professionals. Contact the centre early in serious, unusual or unclear…

…uncertainty in the recording of no flow and low flow times in registries. The uncertainty is often obvious when interrogating witnesses, bystanders and health care…

…and are reflected in cardiovascular structure and function. Sociocultural factors contribute independently to differences in exposure to risk, access to care, clinical assessment and treatment…

…healthy and tragically killed by a sudden and random electrical event. An excerpt from the article follows: [...] Of every 10 such victims, the heart in…

…health care exposure and the risk of resistant organisms 0 to 60 min Empirical intravenous antibiotics in septic shock or in certain or highly likely…

…sudden cardiac death Hence, the Brugada syndrome is a highly malignant disorder that must be recognized by any health care provider. A family history of…

…Local anaesthesia works poorly in inflamed tissue — the acidic environment inactivates the anaesthetic. Place a field block in healthy skin around the abscess instead of…

…intensive care. Exhausted peripheral venous access during prolonged intravenous therapy. The need for central access is not in itself an indication for emergency insertion in…