Testing of Low-Risk Chest Pain Patients
Image: ECG 006 b by me, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons A summary of the literature on low risk chest […]
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Hypothermia and hypokalaemia
Image: Compacted potassium chloride, fertilizer grade by Abbas cucaniensis, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons We all like to treat […]
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Magnesium in asthma limits tachycardia
Dr WFS Sellers and colleagues describe several cases that demonstrate convincingly a protective effect of intravenous magnesium sulphate against the […]
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CPAP in LVF again
Another stab at assessing noninvasive ventilation in cardiogenic pulmonary oedema has been made by Italian researchers who compared CPAP with […]
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GPIIb/IIIa inhibitors
Image: Активный тромбоцит by Artemkuzovlev1984, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons A systematic review on use of GPIIb/IIIa inhibitors in […]
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McConnell's sign revisited
In acute pulmonary embolism, a well-recognised pattern of right ventricular wall motion reported by McConnell is characterised by normal RV […]
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Fancy new ACS tests
It’s hard to keep track of all new proposed biomarkers that may be useful in the work up of acute […]
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Inferior MI – check V1 too
Lead V1 directly faces the right ventricle and during an inferior AMI may exhibit ST elevation with concomitant right ventricular […]
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Unilateral pulmonary oedema worse
A few years ago in the Emergency Department I managed a sick hypotensive, hypoxic 20-something year old with a unilateral […]
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Balloon pump before PCI? Nah.
High risk patients benefit from pre-operative intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation (IABP) prior to coronary artery bypass surgery. Would the same apply […]