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Blood Pressure Targets in Older and Frail Adults

…include consideration of treatable contributors, such as underlying comorbidities, supervised muscle strengthening physiotherapy, exercise, and coordination and balance training. Orthostatic Blood Pressure Measurement Before starting…

Hypertensive crisis: quick reference for acute blood pressure lowering

…airway, breathing, circulation and level of consciousness. 2. Attach ECG, pulse oximetry and repeated blood pressure measurement when a hypertensive emergency is suspected. 3. Insert…

Central venous catheter

…plasmapheresis or other extracorporeal therapy (requires a large bore dialysis catheter, not an ordinary triple lumen catheter). Measurement of central venous pressure and central venous…

Carotid Artery Disease: Screening, Medical Therapy and Revascularisation

…should include: palpation of peripheral pulses; auscultation for carotid, femoral, and abdominal bruits; bilateral brachial blood pressure measurement; cardiac auscultation; inspection of the legs and…

Leg ulcers — wound debridement and compression therapy

…monitoring — the patient cannot feel pressure injury Peripheral neuropathy of other cause As above Severe pain Titrate the pressure up gradually Rheumatoid arthritis with vasculitis…

Hypertensive crisis: drugs and doses

…care unit or another setting that allows frequent blood pressure measurement and continuous monitoring. An arterial line is often appropriate when very rapid or precise…

Invasive Coronary Angiography: Indications and Vascular Access

…Coronary pressure measurements permit assessment of the physiological significance of selected stenoses using fractional flow reserve (FFR) and instantaneous wave free ratio (iFR). Other invasive…

Fractional Flow Reserve and Non-Hyperaemic Pressure Ratios

…measurements require interpretation in the context of the clinical presentation and other findings. A reduced CFR may occur with angiographically insignificant epicardial disease because of…

Primary Aldosteronism: Screening and Management

…an adrenal incidentaloma Hypertension associated with sleep apnoea Hypertension with atrial fibrillation in the absence of an underlying structural cardiac explanation Early onset hypertension or…

Acute Coronary Syndrome: Definitions and Initial Triage

…chronic coronary syndromes Chronic coronary syndromes (CCS) describe stable period clinical presentations arising from structural or functional abnormalities of the coronary arteries or coronary microcirculation…

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