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Epistaxis — compression, cautery and anterior nasal packing

…the nasal bone instead of the soft part, and lets go after two minutes. Management is a ladder — compression, cautery, anterior packing — and each step…

Assessment of the pupillary reflex in cardiac arrest

…sign of brain death. However, the absence of pupillary light reflex immediately post cardiac arrest is more equivocal. Various pharmaceutical agents, including epinephrine—administered to…

Physics of ultrasound

Echocardiography Basic sound and ultrasound physics Unlike light waves, which can propagate through vacuum, sound waves can only propagate through a physical medium. This medium…

Intensive care parameters

…aims in themselves. Almost all of them have proved to work better as ranges to stay within than as figures to strive for. Ventilation In…

Smoking Cessation: Pharmacotherapy and Cardiovascular Benefit

…Its relationship with cardiovascular risk is nonlinear: even light smoking carries a substantial proportion of the excess ischaemic heart disease risk associated with heavy smoking…

Evaluation of exercise stress test: ECG, symptoms, blood pressure, heart rate, performance

…with a worse prognosis than termination due to chest pain. Leg fatigue Leg fatigue is particularly pronounced on bicycle, and less pronounced on the treadmill…

Heart failure: Causes, types, diagnosis, treatments & management

…particularly in light of the improvements in the management of hypertension (coronary heart disease and hypertension are traditionally viewed as the main drivers of heart…

Heart failure: Introduction

…particularly in light of the improvements in the management of hypertension (coronary heart disease and hypertension are traditionally viewed as the main drivers of heart…

Endotracheal intubation

…Macintosh blades 3 and 4 as back up, always with the light checked. Tubes in three sizes, a stylet or bougie taken out and shaped…

Exercise stress test on cycle ergometer

…digitalis effect, marked LVH with ST T changes — is an argument for imaging rather than a conventional exercise test. Preparation and equipment Cycle ergometer with…

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