…drug has been shown to improve the neurological outcome in cardiac arrest. High quality compressions with minimal interruptions and early defibrillation are what determine the…

…with a sacral pressure sore or extensive perineal wounds where urinary leakage prevents healing. Voiding problems in neurogenic bladder dysfunction, in the first instance with…

…within 60 minutes of triage or arrival. This is supported by international guidelines on neutropenic fever [2]. The direct evidence for exactly one hour in…

Myocardial ischemia and infarction Definition and Clinical Significance In stent restenosis (ISR) is recurrent narrowing within a previously implanted coronary stent. It represents a form…

…heart failure with mid range ejection fraction) are relatively new entities and there are currently no effective treatments that modify the natural course in these…

…heart failure with mid range ejection fraction) are relatively new entities and there are currently no effective treatments that modify the natural course in these…

…That there is something lacking in our understanding of this problem is indicated when death occurs after the victim was given "a clean bill of…

…failure Low molecular weight heparin with dose adjustment, or warfarin Subsegmental pulmonary embolism without deep vein thrombosis An individual assessment; in selected cases the patient…

…is rarely the right measure. Contraindications Anaemia that can be corrected with iron, B12 or folate in a stable patient. Transfusion given solely to reach…

…asthma. Severity in COPD Arterial blood gas Type 1 respiratory failure: PaO₂ < 8 kPa with a normal or low PaCO₂ — a problem of oxygenation…

…those who did, only a minority had a reduced value — the majority of sudden cardiac deaths occur in patients with preserved LVEF, for whom no…

…primary problem. Among the causes are pulmonary embolism, pulmonary hypertension, septum defects, etc. Right ventricular load is thus an issue that is raised both in…

…the same time, exacerbation is a clinical syndromic diagnosis, not a sufficient explanation for all acute dyspnoea in a patient with COPD. Pneumonia, heart failure…

…exacerbated cardiac arrhythmia, constitutes a major clinical problem. It can manifest as an increase in the frequency of a pre existing arrhythmia, the sustenance of…

…That there is something lacking in our understanding of this problem is indicated when death occurs after the victim was given "a clean bill of…

…predominantly low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL C) [3] . Once trapped within the subendothelial space, LDL C particles undergo oxidative modification by reactive oxygen species (ROS…