2020年11月3日 · To all affected by the Christchurch earthquake, the thoughts of the Life in the Fast Lane team are with you.

2024年10月8日 · Sinus tachycardia – the most common abnormality (seen in 44% of patients with PE); Complete or incomplete RBBB (18%); Right ventricular strain pattern – T wave inversions in the right precordial leads (V1-4) ± the inferior leads (II, III, aVF). This pattern is associated with high pulmonary artery pressures (34%)

2024年10月8日 · Mobitz I AV block associated with inferior STEMI and RV infarction. The majority of the rhythm strip shows 2:1 AV conduction, which makes discerning the type of block difficult (i.e. it could represent Mobitz I or Mobitz II); However, there is a single 3:2 Mobitz I cycle visible in the middle of the rhythm strip (QRS complexes 5 + 6).

2022年10月12日 · Chris is an Intensivist and ECMO specialist at The Alfred ICU, where he is Deputy Director (Education). He is a Clinical Adjunct Associate Professor at Monash University, the Lead for the Clinician Educator Incubator programme, and a CICM First Part Examiner. He is an internationally recognised Clinician Educator with a passion for helping clinicians learn and …

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2025年2月19日 · References. Woodall MN, Alleyne CH Jr. Nail-gun head trauma: A comprehensive review of the literature.J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2012 Oct;73(4):993-6. Yuh SJ, Alaqeel A. Ten self-inflicted intracranial penetrating nail gun injuries.Neurosciences (Riyadh). 2015 Jul;20(3):267-70.

2024年7月13日 · Chris is an Intensivist and ECMO specialist at The Alfred ICU, where he is Deputy Director (Education). He is a Clinical Adjunct Associate Professor at Monash University, the Lead for the Clinician Educator Incubator programme, and a CICM First Part Examiner. He is an internationally recognised Clinician Educator with a passion for helping clinicians learn and …

2024年10月8日 · Sinus Arrhythmia Overview. Sinus rhythm with a beat-to-beat variation in the P-P interval (the time between successive P waves), producing an irregular ventricular rate.. Characteristics. Variation in the P-P interval of more than 120 ms (3 small boxes). The P-P interval gradually lengthens and shortens in a cyclical fashion, usually corresponding to the …

2025年2月18日 · Smith-Modified Sgarbossa Criteria. As discussed in this article by Stephen Smith, the Smith modified Sgarbossa criteria for Occlusion Myocardial Infarction (OMI) in LBBB have been created to improve diagnostic accuracy. The most important change is the modification of the rule for excessive discordance.. The use of a 5 mm cutoff for excessive discordance …

5 天之前 · This rule states that for acute respiratory acidosis the expected HCO 3 will increase by 1mmol/L (from the normal value of 24) for every 10mmHg that the pCO 2 rises above normal (40mmHg) . For chronic respiratory acidosis the expected HCO 3 will increase by 4mmol/L for every 10mmHg rise in pCO 2 above normal; A metabolic acidosis is compensated for by …