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Familial Hypercholesterolaemia: Diagnosis, Cascade Screening and Treatment

…family history. The evaluation should establish: The magnitude of untreated LDL C elevation. The presence and age of onset of premature CAD or other vascular…

Acute severe asthma in adults: quick reference

…Other Moderate work of breathing Accessory muscle use Cyanosis, exhaustion, hypotension or collapse The classification is based on a combination of clinical findings, oxygenation and…

Neutropenic fever: quick reference for emergency management

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

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…

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…

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

…It increases the quality of the examination, and allows for standardized comparisons of serial examinations. If pathology is discovered during the standard examination, other examinations…

🟠 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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