…transported from the venous circulation to the arterial circulation, e.g via a persistent foramen ovale (PFO), which enables blood flow from the right to…

…as atrial septal defects (ASD), ventricular septal defects (VSD), and patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). Echocardiography provides a non invasive, accessible method to calculate this ratio…

…diagnostic angiography. Collateral vessels may maintain distal perfusion and permit visualization of the vessel beyond the occlusion when the patent donor artery is injected. The…

…the ST segment is normalized within one hour, and this confirms that the coronary artery flow is patent. The rapid ST segment return is explained…

…the tube is safe. A misplaced tube in the airway produces no reliable symptoms in a patient with an impaired cough reflex, and the first…

…syndromes (ACS) and is also a common tachyarrhythmia requiring treatment in decompensated heart failure (DHF). In the critically ill patient, AF may be pre existing…

…stabilized. This usually takes 2 to 3 days and the patient must not have experienced chest pain during the last 12 hours before exercise. Patients…

Akutsjukvård Lathundar Basic principle Manage the patient, not the list of poisons. Stabilisation according to ABCDE, the plasma glucose, a blood gas and an ECG…

…Clinical probability in the stable patient The Wells criteria for pulmonary embolism: Criterion Points : : Clinical signs of deep vein thrombosis 3 Pulmonary embolism is the…

…but must not delay cardioversion in an unstable patient. Rate control in the stable patient Drug Situation Comment : : : Beta blocker (metoprolol) First choice in most…