Thoracic Aortic Disease Guidelines
Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Patients With Thoracic Aortic Disease have been published by a collaboration between a […]
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Acute care of the medically sick adult
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Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy/Dysplasia
This disease may result in sudden cardiac death in young people, and the assessment of patients who present with dysrhythmias […]
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Crystalloids vs colloids and cardiac output
It is said that when using crystalloids, two to four times more fluid may be required to restore and maintain […]
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Magnesium for subarachnoid haemorrhage
Symptomatic cerebral vasospasm occurs in nearly one-third of patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage and is a major cause of disability […]
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The early management of unstable angina and NSTEMI
The UK’s National Institute for Clinical Excellence has produced evidence based guidelines on the early management of unstable angina and […]
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International Carotid Stenting Study (ICSS)
Patients with symptomatic severe carotid artery stenosis do better with carotid endarterectomy than with medical therapy alone. Surgical complications such […]
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2000 vs 2005 VF guidelines: RCT
One of the key changes in international resuscitation guidelines between the 2000 and 2005 has been to minimise potentially deleterious […]
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Normal ECG still doesn't rule out PE
ECGs from a prospective study of patients in the ED with suspected pulmonary embolism were studied to identify the relative […]
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Atypical chest pain renders AMI more likely
A prospective study of 796 ED patients with suspected cardiac chest pain assessed the value of individual historical and examination […]
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A smaller dose of tPA in PE
A prospective open label randomised controlled trial from China compared two doses of r-tPA for massive or submassive PE. 50 […]