…The balloon is filled with sterile water according to the volume printed on the catheter , usually 10 mL in adults. Do not use saline — the…

…requiring a view down into the larynx. The difficult airway rarely kills because the tube would not pass, but because the team keeps trying to…

…aside time, coach actively, and do not accept a trace you would not be prepared to show a colleague. Indications Investigation of chronic cough, dyspnoea…

…at normal concentrations; be cautious nonetheless in known peripheral vascular disease and follow local practice. Inject through the wound edge , not through intact skin — it

…toes, heel Edge Irregular, shallow Sharp, punched out Surrounded by callus Wound bed Fibrin covered, granulating, copious exudate Dry, necrotic, pale Variable, often deep Pain…

…comes after the injury, not before — and that an edge or a fold presses on a bony prominence until the skin breaks down. An acute…

…rate, about 1 mL per 3–5 seconds. 7. Withdraw the needle at the same angle and press with a dry swab. Do not massage…

…an NSAID, an orthosis — has not given a sufficient effect. Contraindications Absolute: Cellulitis, a skin wound or other infection over the injection site. Bacteraemia or…

…with poor circulation, above all the lower leg in a patient with peripheral arterial disease or diabetes — the wound may not heal. Over superficial nerves…

…5–7 mg/kg IV as a single dose Urosepsis with shock and suspected ESBL meropenem 1 g × 3 IV Do not treat asymptomatic bacteriuria…

…of objectively demonstrating peripheral arterial disease, and it is needed more often than it is used — not only in claudication, but before every compression treatment…

…wave to synchronise to; sync mode would block the shock entirely The patient Awake or sedated — requires sedation Unconscious In polymorphic VT, sync must be…

…mm per year or at least 5 mm over 6 months. Such growth may justify consideration of repair at a smaller diameter than would otherwise…

…coronary artery disease and myocardial infarction. However, association is not the same as causation . A cause is something completely different. It took roughly 50 years…

…test does not define the structure or composition of coronary atherosclerotic plaque, identify plaques at high risk of rupture, or determine whether ischaemia would occur…

…precisely, FFR compares the pressure driving flow distal to a stenosis with the pressure that would be available in the absence of that stenosis. The…

…blunt force, lacerations, gunshot wounds) Asthmatic episodes Iatrogenic events (e.g., during central venous catheter insertion) Underlying lung pathologies In cases of benign pneumothorax, positive…

…rest, which does not reveal the functional (maximum) capacity of the left ventricle, as this would require measuring the ejection fraction during submaximal exercise testing…

…II and III would have been displayed next to each other, the T wave inversion in lead III would not be consistent with the upright…

…make sure that never happens, and to make sure the catheter does not become the patient's next focus of infection. Indications Infusion of vesicant…

…with airway expertise. Procedure 1. Dry the skin and shave where necessary. Do not clip the hair — small cuts cause burning pain. 2. Position the…

…s) would warrant further investigation. 6. Which of the following ECG findings is generally considered a normal variant in asymptomatic athletes and typically does not…

…by the fact that there is no (or very little) turnover of myocardial cells and therefore myocardial troponins should not be detected in the blood…

…repolarization syndrome . Early repolarization pattern may actually not be due to early repolarization The term "early repolarization" was used to describe the ECG pattern. Indeed…

…ischemia. Indeed, it may be so efficient that a total occlusion in the main artery may not lead to infarction due to the collaterals. Occasionally…

…When vocal cords vibrate, they generate vibrations in the surrounding air and these vibrations propagate in the form of a sound wave. If the sound…

…to oxygen supplies. Consequently, reduced oxygen supply would not result in ischemia, since the myocardium adapts and downregulates metabolism to avoid developing ischemia. According to…

…ventricular function — e.g ejection fraction (EF), fractional sorting (FS), etc — do not elucidate regional variations in contractile function, or the effectiveness of longitudinal, radial…

…the fact that the Purkinje fibers run through the endocardium. It is likely that conduction defects would have been more common in myocardial ischemia otherwise.