…to not disturb the patients' rest. It was believed that the mere presence of physicians and nurses caused harmful stress. Approximately 30% of patients died…

…the heart rate exceeds 100 beats per minute. Although sinus tachycardia is the most common tachyarrhythmia, it may not always be straightforward to diagnose on…

…become calm, quiet in the chest and stopped struggling may be about to stop breathing. Diminishing wheeze means improvement only if air entry, speech, work…

…However, current guidelines do not consider this fact (beyond the recommendation to defibrillate immediately if cardiac arrest is witnessed and the rhythm is shockable). This…

…do it. Otherwise the echocardiographic findings plus the clinical picture are sufficient for a treatment decision. Systemic thrombolysis is the first line treatment in high…

…The standard deviation for maximum heart rate is around 10 beats per minute, which means that if the expected maximum heart rate is 160 min…

…the more efficient the pumping mechanism. Sequential activation means that the atria activate first, filling the ventricles with adequate volumes of blood before the ventricles…

…does not possess automaticity, but cells surrounding it do. These cells are capable of generating an escape rhythm with a rate of 40 beats per…

…al ). Current guidelines recommend a compression depth of 5–6 cm at a rate of 100–120 compressions per minute (Figure 1). These recommendations are…

Procedurer The value of the exercise test lies not in ST depression alone but in the overall picture : exercise capacity, symptoms, blood pressure response, heart…