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Atrial flutter: classification, causes, ECG criteria and management

…atrial flutter. As compared with several other supraventricular tachyarrhythmias, atrial flutter does not occur among otherwise healthy individuals. Atrial flutter causes characteristic ECG changes, as…

🟠 Reference values for adult ECG

…a person with ECG signs of SND is symptomatic, the condition is classified as sick sinus syndrome (SSS) . Causes of tachycardia (tachyarrhythmia) with narrow QRS…

Myocardial Infarction with Non-Obstructive Coronary Arteries: Causes, Work-up and Management

…management is different. Takotsubo syndrome and myocarditis should not be classified as MINOCA when they are established as the explanation for the presentation. Clinical presentation…

How to interpret the ECG: A systematic approach

…a person with ECG signs of SND is symptomatic, the condition is classified as sick sinus syndrome (SSS) . Causes of tachycardia (tachyarrhythmia) with narrow QRS…

Abscess incision and drainage

…not treated away. Incision and drainage is the treatment; antibiotics are normally neither necessary nor sufficient in an uncomplicated cutaneous abscess in an otherwise healthy…

Drugs in the emergency setting

…at the dilution step, not in the choice of dose. Paediatric doses are calculated on actual body weight unless otherwise stated. When the weight of…

Joint aspiration

…the samples are sent correctly. A corticosteroid must never be injected into a joint in which infection has not been excluded. Indications Acute monoarthritis in…

Reduction of dislocations

Procedurer A dislocation is reduced with muscle relaxation, not with force. The methods that work best exploit time, gravity and slow movement; those that fail…

Cardiovascular Prevention in the Very Elderly

…more complex. Older adults, often defined in cardiovascular practice as those older than 75 years, are not a homogeneous population: biological age, frailty, multimorbidity, sarcopenia…

Atrioventricular nodal reentry tachycardia (AVNRT): ECG features & management

…from children to the elderly, and frequently occurs in otherwise healthy individuals. The arrhythmia is characterized by its abrupt onset and termination and typically presents…

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