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Neutropenic fever: quick reference for emergency management

…is highly likely, antibiotics must be given immediately [3]. This quick reference applies chiefly to adults with neutropenia related to cancer treatment. Children, pregnant women…

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…

Heart failure: Causes, types, diagnosis, treatments & management

…diagnosis and aggressive management can prolong survival, improve quality of life, reduce hospitalizations, and reduce the risk of sudden death. According to the American Heart…

Heart failure: Introduction

…diagnosis and aggressive management can prolong survival, improve quality of life, reduce hospitalizations, and reduce the risk of sudden death. According to the American Heart…

Pulmonary embolism: quick reference for risk stratification and treatment

…is the first line treatment in high risk embolism, unless there is an absolute contraindication. The agent and dose are according to the local protocol…

ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI): Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management

…plumbing problem characterized by the gradual accumulation of inert cholesterol debris, modern vascular biology has redefined atherosclerosis as a dynamic, immune mediated fibroproliferative response to…

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…

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…

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…

Acquired QT Prolongation and Drug-Induced Arrhythmia

…suspected. Reversible causes may account for up to 50% of SCA cases, though determining the exact underlying cause and its reversibility is often difficult. Physical…

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