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Dix–Hallpike test and Epley manoeuvre

…test will in all probability provoke intense but short lived vertigo, and that this is precisely the point. Ask the patient to keep the eyes…

Opioid therapy in severe pain

…lower doses than for pain). An opioid is rarely the right choice in nociplastic or neuropathic pain, in chronic non cancer pain, or in headache…

Chest Pain in the Emergency Department: Diagnostic Pathways

…to both arms or shoulders has a particularly strong association with myocardial infarction in the cited clinical data, although right arm radiation has not sho

Clinical application of ECG in chest pain & acute myocardial infarction

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

Differential Diagnosis of Chest Pain: A Clinical Overview

…diagnosis, as the syndrome associated with ischemic heart disease is broader than chest pain itself, encompassing symptoms like tightness, pressure, and discomfort in the chest…

Approach to patients with chest pain: differential diagnoses, management & ECG

…The table below shows a systematic history taking in patients presenting with chest pain (chest discomfort) or other symptoms suggestive of the five conditions listed…

Paracentesis

…error in paracentesis is not performing it. Every patient admitted with ascites should undergo a diagnostic paracentesis , because spontaneous bacterial peritonitis often lacks abdominal pain…

Performing Echocardiographic Examinations

…marker, which is used for orienting in the ultrasound image. Basically, the index marker is used to determine left and right in the obtained image…

Soft tissue corticosteroid injection

…corticosteroid and the lidocaine in the same syringe. The anaesthetic confirms that the injection has gone to the right place — immediate pain relief is a…

Casting and immobilisation

…or after suturing over a joint. Pain relief and stabilisation for transfer in a suspected fracture. Clinical suspicion of a scaphoid fracture despite a normal…

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