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Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy

…and provides material for flow cytometry and genetics, while the biopsy shows marrow architecture and cellularity. What usually ruins the examination is not the technique…

Metabolic Syndrome: Definition and Clinical Significance

…are not reproduced in the available source material. Waist circumference is particularly important because intra abdominal, or visceral, adipose tissue is more closely related to…

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Chronic Total Occlusions: Indications and Outcomes

…basis for intervention. The source material does not provide a distinct symptom profile, physical examination pattern or biomarker signature specific to CTOs. Evaluation and physical…

SGLT2 Inhibitors for Cardiovascular and Renal Protection

…at a particular symptom complex. The source material does not describe a characteristic symptom profile at initiation or during routine therapy. Potential clinically important complications…

Casting and immobilisation

…padding and the stockinette, right down to the skin — a cast split only through the plaster layer does not relieve the pressure. Common splints and…

Foreign body in the ear and nose

…or cannot reach it with the instruments available. Do not then try "by feel" — refer to ENT. Relative — a low threshold for referral: Marked swelling…

Nail procedures — paronychia, ingrown toenail and subungual haematoma

…The terminology is hard to follow without a picture, and several of the steps below refer to structures that are not visible when looking at…

Wound suturing

…through a 20 mL syringe and a large bore needle. Chlorhexidine in alcohol to the skin around the wound — not into the wound. Sterile gloves…

ACE Inhibitors: Initiation, Titration and Creatinine Monitoring

…need to reduce the dose of diuretic during the initiation of an ACE inhibitor to prevent symptomatic hypotension. Diagnostics The source material does not cover…

Alcohol and Cardiovascular Disease

…although the exact exposure threshold and duration required are not established. The source material identifies chronic intake of approximately 60 g daily in males and…

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