…Take care in impaired sensation (neuropathy, spinal cord injury) — the patient does not feel the pressure sore. Preparation and equipment Material Comment : : Stockinette Innermost against…

…use the Semont manoeuvre or the side lying variant of the Dix–Hallpike test. Marked obesity or spinal disease that makes positioning impossible. Severe angina…

…count below 50 × 10⁹/L is often quoted as the threshold, but the threshold varies between regions. Infection of the skin over the puncture site…

…needles. An 18 G puncture needle, 7–9 cm (a spinal needle or the needle from a pericardiocentesis set), 10 mL and 20 mL syringes…

…aorta, usually just distal to the left subclavian artery. Type IIIa: remains confined to the descending thoracic aorta. Type IIIb: extends below the diaphragm. The…