…arrest. Patients aged 18 to 70, who received bystander CPR and initially presented with a ventricular arrhythmia without return of spontaneous circulation within 15 minutes…

…achieve ROSC in the emergency room (ER) are transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU), coronary care unit (CCU), or catheterization laboratory. A 12 lead…

…most patients to return to normal blood pressure (normotension). Combination therapy with multiple antihypertensives is often necessary to normalize blood pressure. Management of hypertension requires…

…and worsen the prognosis. The patient must go to cardiothoracic surgery. In profound shock, very limited decompression may be considered in consultation with a cardiothoracic…

…A rapid increase in preload (e.g by increasing venous return to the heart in supine position) leads to an immediate increase in ejection fraction…

…and depressive symptoms Facilitate return to work and appropriate recreational or sporting activity Limit recurrent myocardial infarction, cardiovascular morbidity, and mortality The modern concept of…

…questions that patients tend to ask nowadays and therefore I will make an effort to clarify the issues. Is high cholesterol levels a true cause…

…venous return, pulmonary gas exchange efficiency, the concentration of catecholamines, angiotensin, hemoglobin, etc. A vivid example of how cardiac function can be affected by targeting…

…rapid acting) Corrects a currently high value As required, in addition to the mealtime dose Never stop basal insulin in a person with type 1…

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…