…among the frailer participants enrolled in trials. In contrast, observational studies have sometimes suggested that lower blood pressure may be harmful in significantly frail patients…

…of cost. Evidence in acute coronary syndromes and recent myocardial infarction COLCOT The COLCOT trial enrolled 4745 patients within 30 days of myocardial infarction. Participants…

…643 cases of out of hospital cardiac arrest in the ROC PRIMED trial. These patients were enrolled in a randomized trial that evaluated the efficacy…

…compared to patients without such disturbances, including those with RBBB and LBBB. This was reported in the Coronary Heart Disease Study,1 which enrolled 10…

…In patients with acute decompensated heart failure, AF with rapid ventricular response is particularly important. Cardioversion is generally not immediately indicated if the patient remains…

ECG Exercise stress test Exercise stress testing in patients with previous acute coronary syndromes (myocardial infarction), women, elderly and revascularized individuals Clinicians should be familiar…

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…

…dimer must not be used to rule it out The age adjusted D dimer in patients over 50: the threshold becomes age × 10 micrograms/L …

…and several Swedish clinical knowledge resources have tightened the former 48 hour rule for patients with risk factors. Check what applies in your own region…

Hematologi & onkologi Infektionssjukdomar Lathundar Key message Fever in a neutropenic patient is an emergency. Infection can progress rapidly, while the typical local signs of inflammation…