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Dix–Hallpike test and Epley manoeuvre

…heart failure or recent myocardial infarction. Red flags — investigate further instead Finding Suggests : : Nystagmus that is purely vertical, downbeating or direction changing Central cause Nystagmus…

Inotropes and vasopressors: doses, indications, contraindications and effects

…Nitroprusside Figure 1. The approximate position of each drug according to its vasoconstrictor effect (vertical axis) and its positive inotropic effect (horizontal axis). Grey =…

Left Ventricular Segments for Echocardiography and Cardiac Imaging

…With regards to echocardiography, this implies that the following planes are used: short axis, vertical long axis, and horizontal long axis. These three planes correspond…

Eye examination and corneal foreign body

…and cobalt blue light. The dye adheres where the epithelium is absent. Vertical, linear scratch marks suggest a foreign body under the upper eyelid. 7…

Performing Echocardiographic Examinations

…opening (cutout), where the ultrasound transducer can be freely maneuvered, even positioned vertically, which is important to obtain images from apical windows. The patient's…

Epistaxis — compression, cautery and anterior nasal packing

…visible source, no cautery. 2. Insert 2–3 pledgets with lidocaine and a vasoconstrictor vertically into the nose. Wait 10–15 minutes. 3. Apply the…

Lumbar puncture

…the chin on the chest, and the shoulders and hips stacked vertically. The back must be flexed like a bow — it is that flexion that…

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