Echocardiography
Indications Print Section Listen | Download (.pdf) | Print • Guidelines for the clinical application of echocardiography have been formulated by the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart…
Tilt-Table Testing
Indications Print Section Listen • Evaluation of syncope of uncertain origin. • Evaluation of symptoms suggestive of autonomic dysfunction, such as • Presyncope. • Atypical seizures. • Orthostatic symptoms. •…
Intracardiac Electrophysiology Studies
Indications Print Section Listen • Evaluation of tachycardia mechanism, in preparation for catheter ablation procedure. • Evaluation of wide QRS tachycardia, where ECG interpretation does not clarify mechanism of tachycardia….
Cardiac Catheterization
Indications Print Section Listen | Download (.pdf) | Print • Cardiac catheterization can be roughly divided into diagnostic and therapeutic procedures although there is often overlap between the two. Diagnostic…
Venous Cutdown
Indications Print Section Listen • In general, the cutdown procedure is used for the operative placement of an intermediate or long-term central catheter or in an emergency setting when percutaneous…
Internal Jugular and Subclavian Catheterization
Indications Print Section Listen • Emergency resuscitation requiring administration of large amounts of fluids. • Need for central venous pressure monitoring. • Placement of a pulmonary artery catheter. • Need…
Lacerations: Suturing
Indications Print Section Listen • Improve cosmesis. • Reduce infection. • Restore function. Contraindications Print Section Listen • Wounds on the trunk and torso that are greater than 12 hours…
Bronchoscopy
Indications Print Section Listen • Persistent atelectasis. • Stridor. • Unexplained or persistent wheeze. • Suspected foreign body. • Pneumonia (recurrent, unknown etiology, or in an immunocompromised patient). • Persistent…
Foreign Bodies: Eyelid Eversion and Retraction
Indications Print Section Listen • Suspected foreign body or corneal abrasion. • History of eye trauma or irritability in a nonverbal patient. • Abnormal sensation or eye pain, foreign body…
Foreign Body Removal: Nasal Cavity
Indications Print Section Listen • Foreign body lodged in the nasal cavity. Contraindications Print Section Listen Absolute • Respiratory distress. • Penetrating injury. • Bleeding diathesis. • Disc battery impaction….
