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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

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

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

…a good effect in anterior bleeding. Raise the chair so that the patient's nose is at your eye level. The patient sits upright and…

Lumbar puncture

…which needle is chosen, and that the tubes go to the right place. In suspected bacterial meningitis it is the time to antibiotics that saves…

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