…while for witnessed cardiac arrests, the survival rate stands at 73% (Podsiadlo et al.). A significant majority of these patients exhibit satisfactory neurological function upon…

…for aminoglycosides and when estimating creatinine clearance in obese patients. Lean body weight is used for propofol and rocuronium; actual weight for suxamethonium and for…

…is an uncommon cause of ventricular tachycardia, it is important to be able to differentiate these entities. The older the patient and the more significant…

…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…

…compression. The reason compression nevertheless so often fails is that it is done wrongly: the patient pinches the nasal bone instead of the soft part…

…may be the only signs of infection. Corticosteroids and other immunosuppressive treatments can blunt the febrile response. A neutropenic patient with a suspected infection and…

…patient who declines blood transfusion. The decision must be documented and alternatives (iron, tranexamic acid, cell salvage, haemorrhage control) planned in advance. A history of…

…how acute the condition is. A patient with a chronic plasma sodium of 112 mmol/L may be relatively unaffected, while a rapid fall from…

…worse when the patient moves the head is therefore not evidence of BPPV. Step 2: decide whether HINTS may be used HINTS stands for Head

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…