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ArticleMyocardial ischemia and infarction
In-Stent Restenosis: Mechanisms and Treatment

…particularly important because correction of the underlying problem is necessary for durable treatment. Intracoronary imaging is encouraged to define the mechanism rather than relying on…

ArticleCardiology
Heart failure: Introduction

Cardiology Heart failure Heart failure is a major public health problem worldwide. While the incidence of coronary heart disease and acute myocardial infarction has been…

ArticleProcedurer
Blood transfusion and massive haemorrhage

…massive haemorrhage a second problem is added: transfusion saves no one whose bleeding is not stopped, and it is the time to haemorrhage control that…

ArticleReferensvärden
Lung function and respiration

…z score with a lower limit of normal at z = −1.64 (the fifth percentile) has been recommended in preference to fixed percentage thresholds…

ArticleContinous medical discussion: the ECG blog
A new ECG biomarker for sudden cardiac death

…depends almost entirely on the capacity to identify, prospectively, those individuals genuinely at risk of arrest. This predictive problem has proven persistently resistant to resolution…

ArticleArrhythmias and arrhythmology
Acquired QT Prolongation and Drug-Induced Arrhythmia

…electrocardiogram (ECG), which predisposes the myocardium to a specific form of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (VT) known as torsades de pointes (TdP). Drug induced LQTS and…

ArticleCPR
Introduction to cardiac arrest

…the community to establishing advanced post resuscitation care. Since the majority of all sudden cardiac arrests occur outside hospitals, the chain of care includes laymen…

ArticleLungmedicin
Acute exacerbation of COPD: quick reference

…A documented decision on the ceiling of care. Signs of a serious condition Finding Significance : : Inability to speak in full sentences Marked work of breathing…

ArticleCPR
Risk factors for sudden cardiac arrest

…developed which fibrillated the heart. This electrical factor came and killed and disappeared and was not found in the dead heart. The cause of death…

ArticleProcedurer
Drugs in the emergency setting

Procedurer The doses below apply to adults unless otherwise stated, and paediatric doses are given per kilogram with the stated maximum. Always check against the…

ArticleProcedurer
Urinary catheterisation

…only 3–5 cm and almost straight, but the meatus can be hard to find in older women. Two things separate the safe catheterisation from…