…unusable, no matter how well the puncture went. Indications Unexplained cytopenia in one or more cell lines. Suspected acute leukaemia, myelodysplastic syndrome or myeloproliferative neoplasm…

…tract. This process is not dose dependent. Similarly, angioedema occurring in the setting of ACE inhibitor therapy is bradykinin mediated rather than mast cell mediated…

…A transfusion set with a filter. Blood components must not be given through a set without a filter. Sodium chloride 9 mg/mL for flushing

…must be prescribed as one: with an indication, a route of administration and a target range for the saturation . What usually goes wrong is not…

…by the fact that there is no (or very little) turnover of myocardial cells and therefore myocardial troponins should not be detected in the blood…

…severe, myocardial necrosis. It most commonly reflects atherothrombosis: disruption of an atherosclerotic plaque followed by platelet activation and coagulation, with formation of an intraluminal thrombus…

…ECG) To ensure effective cardiac pumping function, the atria and the ventricles must be activated rapidly and sequentially. Rapid activation is important in order to…

…neuronal cell death begins in the central ischemic zone, where the ischemia is most pronounced and extends towards the penumbra zone (the outermost and less…

…spray starts. Let the tissue thaw completely between cycles — it is the freeze–thaw–freeze cycle that causes cell death, not the cold alone. The…

…A corticosteroid must never be injected into a joint in which infection has not been excluded. Indications Acute monoarthritis in which septic arthritis must be…

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