…in: Bite wounds — particularly cat and human bites, and all bites on the hand. These are as a rule left open. Facial bites can be…

ECG Video lecture: Assessment of the QT interval (QTc interval) Corrected QT interval (QTc) calculator Open the calculator →

…a normal radiograph. Contraindications An open fracture or a wound that needs to be inspected — use a windowed splint or external fixation. Established or impending…

…cuticle — Hutchinson's sign). An open fracture of the distal phalanx with a subungual haematoma — manage it as an open fracture. The anatomy of the…

…ear discharge or pain on contact with water. A history of ear surgery in which the middle ear may be open (a mastoid cavity, mastoidectomy)…

…always an orthopaedic surgeon, and usually general anaesthesia. An open dislocation. Inadequate analgesia or sedation — the procedure must not then be started. Radiography before reduction…

…Open the calculator → Normal values for QTc interval Bazett's formula is several decades old and has been questioned because it performs poorly at…

…precisely the point. Ask the patient to keep the eyes open and look straight ahead — without open eyes there is no diagnosis. Procedure The Dix…

…parallel to the floor and the index finger supported against the patient's nose and cheek . Open the speculum upwards–downwards, never sideways without support…

…4. Open the mouth, introduce the mask with the aperture facing the tongue and follow the hard palate with your index finger as a guide…

…the lower part of the target range. Paraquat poisoning — oxygen worsens the lung injury. Discuss with your national or regional poison control centre. An open…

…treat (NNT) for the ACLS specific interventions is much higher or uncertain, meaning that the efficacy of these interventions is much lower or uncertain. Indeed…

…and ask if the victim is awake. Breathing : Open the airway by tilting the head backward and lifting the chin up. Does the person breathe…

…Epidemiology and outcome of adult out of hospital cardiac arrest of non cardiac origin in Osaka: a population based study. BMJ Open 2014;4:e006462…

…Epidemiology and outcome of adult out of hospital cardiac arrest of non cardiac origin in Osaka: a population based study. BMJ Open 2014; 4:e006462…

…Epidemiology and outcome of adult out of hospital cardiac arrest of non cardiac origin in Osaka: a population based study. BMJ Open 2014; 4:E006462…

…confusion, convulsion, tachycardia, hypotension, coma. As above but with lower temperatures. Electrolyte replacement. Large infusions of fluids are typically needed. Table 1. Grading of hyperthermia…

…actual contraction but are also capable of transmitting the action potential, albeit at a much lower speed than the conduction cells. The terms contractile myocardium …

…Upon stimulation, sodium (Na+) channels open which causes a rapid influx of sodium and depolarizes the cell. Contractile cells start to contract a few milliseconds…

…Epidemiology and outcome of adult out of hospital cardiac arrest of non cardiac origin in Osaka: a population based study. BMJ Open 2014; 4:E006462…

…pressure exceeds diastolic pressure in the aorta, the aortic valve opens and blood is ejected into the aorta. Left ventricular volume decreases as the ventricle…

…hips stacked vertically. The back must be flexed like a bow — it is that flexion that opens the interspaces between the spinous processes. Sitting and…

…during diastole. During IVRT the pressure in the left ventricle decreases and when it is lower than left atrial pressure, the mitral valve opens, which…