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…poisoning and severe withdrawal. 4. Establish whether the condition is new or clearly worse than baseline. Contact relatives, home care services, the residential care home…

…appropriate intensity, with attention to the emergence of symptoms. Evaluation Before Rehabilitation Clinical assessment Rehabilitation begins with patient assessment and ongoing medical surveillance. The programme…

…Myocardial ischemia and infarction Use of ECG in acute coronary syndromes & chest pain patients An ECG must be performed on all patients seeking medical attention…

…although practical clinical care requires diagnostic and treatment thresholds. The 2024 European guideline defines hypertension as an office systolic blood pressure (SBP) of ≥140 mmHg…

…peripheral artery disease (PAD), and other manifestations of systemic atherosclerosis. The principal clinical concern is cerebral embolism or haemodynamic compromise leading to transient ischaemic attack…

…patient (blue) and the corresponding high risk morph (red). Beyond the difference in R wave amplitude, note the slurred terminal portion of the R wave…

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