…Monitoring: ECG, pulse oximetry and blood pressure at short intervals. Tube size and depth Patient Internal diameter (mm) Depth at the teeth (cm) : : : Adult woman…

…a disposable mouthpiece with a bacterial filter, a nose clip, a chair with armrests, a bronchodilator with a spacer, and current reference values (GLI 2012…

…or primary arrhythmias, shockable rhythm indicates that the duration of cardiac arrest is relatively short (or there is high quality CPR). The longer the duration…

Procedurer Edrophonium is a very short acting cholinesterase inhibitor: the effect appears within less than a minute and has gone after 5–10 minutes. That…

Esmolol Drug Esmolol Brand names Brevibloc ® Indications Short term control of ventricular rate (including perioperative tachycardia) and hypertension (including hypertensive emergency, perioperative hypertension). Mechanism…

Fenoldopam Drug Fenoldopam Brand names Corlopam ® Indications Short term management of hypertension, including hypertensive emergency. Mechanism of action • Systemic Dopamine 1 (D1) receptor agonist…

Echocardiography Pulsed Wave Doppler The pulsed wave Doppler (PW Doppler) sends short pulses of ultrasound and analyzes reflected sound waves between the pulses. This is…

Echocardiography Generating the ultrasound image The ultrasound transducer generates short bursts (pulses) of ultrasound waves. Reflected ultrasound waves are analyzed by the machine during the…

…A large bore, short cannula in a large vein gives many times the flow of a fine needle, and collapsed veins mean that the fine…