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Familial Hypercholesterolaemia: Diagnosis, Cascade Screening and Treatment

…is driven principally by lifelong LDL C elevation and may be discovered through: Routine lipid testing showing severe hypercholesterolaemia. A personal history of premature CAD…

Statin Intolerance and Statin-Associated Muscle Symptoms

…or a personal or family history of muscle disorders Acute infection Renal or hepatic impairment Hypothyroidism Vitamin D deficiency Concomitant interacting medications The SLCO1B1 rs4149056…

Acute severe asthma in adults: quick reference

…the blood gas result before starting treatment. Clinical assessment History that affects the level of risk Ask briefly and to the point: When did the…

Reduction of dislocations

…fasting history, two people, full monitoring and airway preparedness With procedural sedation, one person must manage the sedation and another the reduction . Check the fasting…

Deceased donor organ donation

…a possible donor and the deceased person's own wishes are properly established. Two things determine the outcome — that the confirmation of death is carried…

Neutropenic fever: quick reference for emergency management

…a targeted history and examine the patient, with particular attention to the mouth, throat, skin, perianal region, vascular access, lungs, abdomen, urinary tract and neurology…

Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring: Prognostic Use in Practice

…for a person of the same age and sex CAC may also reveal extracoronary findings, including pericardial or aortic calcification, pericardial thickening, valvular calcification, and…

Epistaxis — compression, cautery and anterior nasal packing

…the soft part , and held continuously for at least 10 minutes without letting go to look. Compression can be preceded by a dose of decongestant…

Principles and Preparations for Echocardiographic Examinations

…of hemodynamic parameters. Hence, heart rate and blood pressure must also be noted. In summary, the following variables should be included in the survey: personal…

🟠 SYNTAX Score

…addressing some of the SYNTAX Score's shortcomings, such as its inability to account for coronary dominance variability and its reliance on subjective lesion weighting…

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