Arrhythmias and arrhythmology Critical care Definition and pathophysiology Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most frequent supraventricular arrhythmia in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and…

…hospital discharge is only 8.8%, which demonstrates that the majority of patients will not survive post resuscitation care. Among those who survive to hospitalization…

…place, the electrodes come off, the patient has not kept a diary. The set up and the instructions decide whether the investigation will be usable…

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…

…selected cases the patient can be observed without anticoagulation Red flags and pitfalls A normal saturation and a normal ECG do not exclude pulmonary embolism…

…2,3]. Grading Grade the severity by the most serious finding. A patient does not have to meet every criterion in a column. Clinical deterioration…

…A neutropenic patient with a suspected infection and organ dysfunction must therefore be managed as neutropenic sepsis even if the temperature criterion is not met…

…An intensive care patient in whom life sustaining treatment is withdrawn and total brain infarction is not expected to occur Death is confirmed by Direct…

…preferably two lines in a bleeding patient. A transfusion set with a filter. Blood components must not be given through a set without a filter…

…while swelling is progressing. Take care in impaired sensation (neuropathy, spinal cord injury) — the patient does not feel the pressure sore. Preparation and equipment Material…