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Noradrenaline, Dobutamine and Levosimendan: Practical Infusion Use

…the specific context of perioperative care in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), progression of right heart failure may indicate the need for inodilator therapy…

Posterior Myocardial Infarction: Diagnosis on the Standard ECG

…material addresses posterior infarction primarily in the context of suspected acute coronary syndrome and acute myocardial ischaemia. Patients may present with acute chest pain or…

Atrial Fibrillation in the Critically Ill Patient

…AF may be pre existing, newly detected for the first time, or newly developed during management of an acute illness. The clinical relationship between AF…

Casting and immobilisation

…and stabilisation for transfer in a suspected fracture. Clinical suspicion of a scaphoid fracture despite a normal radiograph. Contraindications An open fracture or a wound…

High-Sensitivity Troponin: 0/1-Hour Rule-In and Rule-Out Algorithms

…ECG, and normal initial troponin may be observed in a chest pain unit or another non intensive care setting while serial testing is completed. Diagnostic…

Abscess incision and drainage

…request form. Drainage material: rubber dam drain, a strip cut from a glove, petrolatum impregnated packing strip or a vessel loop for loop drainage. Gauze…

Endocarditis: definitions, causes, diagnosis, echocardiography & treatment

…common agent. These streptococci most often originate from the oral cavity and affect heart valves that have some kind of damage, change or degeneration. Endocarditis…

Isoprenaline and Dopamine Infusions for Bradycardia

…the AV node and His Purkinje system, such as isoproterenol and/or procainamide. EPS with isoproterenol is also recommended for risk stratification in specific populations…

STEMI: Primary PCI and System-of-Care Time Targets

…presenting feature. The source material emphasizes that patients and families should be educated to recognize chest discomfort or dyspnoea as potentially indicating myocardial infarction, particularly…

ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock

…in coronary blood flow caused by thrombotic occlusion of a previously atherosclerotic artery. Plaque erosion or rupture exposes thrombogenic material to circulating blood. Platelets adhere…

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