…myocarditis, arrhythmias, thyroid disease, iron deficiency and anaemia, kidney dysfunction, sleep disordered breathing, cancer related disease and cardiac amyloidosis among the relevant clinical settings or…

… raised by anaemia, age and pregnancy Procalcitonin < 0.25 µg/L Supports a bacterial aetiology; used to guide antibiotic therapy Glucose and lipids Test…

…In chronic anaemia with a treatable cause — iron deficiency, B12 deficiency, folate deficiency — transfusion is rarely the right measure. Contraindications Anaemia that can be corrected…

…suspected granulomatous disease with marrow involvement. Work up of unexplained iron, B12 or folate deficiency when blood tests are insufficient. Contraindications Severe coagulopathy or ongoing…

…solution (NaCl) if suspected of toxin exposure. Gastrointestinal lavage is infrequently employed due to aspiration risks and inconclusive evidence. However, in cases of iron, lithium…

Procedurer Emptying the stomach has gone from routine to exception. Activated charcoal — in Sweden usually called medicinal charcoal — is the first line measure in decontamination…

…steatohepatitis or viral hepatitis. An isolated raised ALP — check the GGT. A normal GGT shifts the suspicion to bone, pregnancy or malignancy. A markedly raised…

…ambiguous hypotension(Pediatric Use) mild BAL DIMERCAPROL Dimercaprol Mixed ar less tachycardia/blood pressure mild Trelstar TRIPTORELIN PAMOATE TRIPTORELIN PAMOATE Mixed wp most sudden cardiac…

…SCN5A (LQT3). These genetic anomalies disrupt the cardiac ion channels, leading to delayed repolarization and an increased risk of life threatening arrhythmic events. The cornerstone…

…SCN5A (LQT3). These genetic anomalies disrupt the cardiac ion channels, leading to delayed repolarization and an increased risk of life threatening arrhythmic events. The cornerstone…

…arrhythmias. The Singh Vaughan Williams classification fails to clarify that the majority of these agents exert effects on multiple cardiac ion channels ( Dan et al )…

…arrhythmias. The Singh Vaughan Williams classification fails to clarify that the majority of these agents exert effects on multiple cardiac ion channels ( Dan et al )…

…in Brugada syndrome Brugada syndrome is a rare channelopathy (an electrical disorder caused by mutations in cardiac ion channels) which predisposes the individual to syncope…

…blood before ventricular contraction commences. To coordinate these two tasks, the heart has an electrical conduction system composed of specialized myocardial cells (henceforth referred to…

…relevance to researchers in electrophysiology and arrhythmology. Regarding the risk of ventricular fibrillation, it is believed that early repolarization is caused by altered ion channel…

…Houtkooper et al). The majority of ATP produced is utilized to fuel the contractile machinery and maintain ion channel function. Neumar et al studied how…