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🟠 Brugada's algorithm for diagnosing ventricular tachycardia (VT)

Info Brugada's algorithm is the most used algorithm for distinguishing ventricular tachycardia (VT) and supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) with wide QRS complex. The algorithm entails…

🟠 QTc Interval Calculator (Bazett’s, Fridericia’s, Hodge's and Framingham Formulas)

…For patients with bundle branch blocks, the corresponding figure is 500 ms. The QT interval represents the time between the onset of ventricular depolarization and…

Epistaxis — compression, cautery and anterior nasal packing

…anterior septum and stop with correctly performed compression. The reason compression nevertheless so often fails is that it is done wrongly: the patient pinches the…

Neutropenic fever: quick reference for emergency management

…adults with neutropenia related to cancer treatment. Children, pregnant women, patients after allogeneic stem cell transplantation and patients treated with CAR T cells or other…

Blood transfusion and massive haemorrhage

…patient. A transfusion set with a filter. Blood components must not be given through a set without a filter. Sodium chloride 9 mg/mL for…

Hyponatraemia: quick reference for work-up and correction

…patient have severe neurological symptoms that may be due to the hyponatraemia? 2. Is the hyponatraemia acute or chronic? Severe symptoms require immediate treatment with…

Acute vertigo: quick reference for HINTS and differential diagnosis

…patients with a central cause. A normal routine neurological examination is therefore not sufficient to exclude stroke [3]. Step 1: classify by time course and…

Gynaecological examination and cervical smear

Procedurer For many patients a gynaecological examination is associated with a sense of exposure, and technically correct performance is only half the task. The examination…

Pulmonary Hypertension: Classification and Treatment Principles

…recognizes vasoreactivity subgroups among patients with idiopathic PAH, including acute responders and non responders. Left heart disease is the most common risk factor for PH…

Pre-test Probability and Selection of Non-invasive Testing in Stable Angina

…generate false positive results and unnecessary downstream procedures. In patients with a high probability, testing may add little diagnostic value and invasive coronary angiography may…

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