…abdominal surgery in a patient with known lung disease. Follow up of treatment effect and of disease progression. Assessment of pulmonary involvement in systemic disease…

…shaft or distal bifurcation involvement Disease in the left anterior descending and left circumflex arteries The number of additional diseased vessels Lesion morphology and technical…

…who survive long enough for clinical evaluation often have some residual antegrade flow, a dynamic thrombus, or collateral circulation that limits infarct size. In such…

…FVC Forced vital capacity FEV₁/FVC The ratio that defines obstruction PEF Peak expiratory flow — variability rather than the absolute value TLC Total lung capacity…

…airway produces no reliable symptoms in a patient with an impaired cough reflex, and the first feed then becomes a direct instillation into the lung…

…distinct and uncommon form of precapillary PH. It is defined haemodynamically by precapillary PH in the absence of CTEPH, lung disease, or another explanatory cause…

…in the supine position. This is possible due to the small distance between the heart and the ultrasound transducer, and because less air filled lung…

Procedurer What determines the outcome of a central venous catheter insertion is decided before the needle goes in: the choice of site, the use of…

…3 IV Pneumonia, in chronic lung disease amoxicillin 750 mg × 3 PO 5–7 days or benzylpenicillin 3 g × 4 IV Pneumonia, suspected atypical pathogen…

…systemic vascular resistance, and left ventricular dP/dt. Oral doses sufficient to control arrhythmias do not depress left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), even in patients…