Dr. Abhishek Shukla explained the critical management of a patient presenting in the emergency at night in an unconscious, drowsy state with a high pulse rate (tachycardia of 170–180/min), low SpO₂, hypotension, and signs of hypoxia. The clinical picture immediately suggests shock, and the first priority in all such cases is to stabilize the patient. This begins with shifting the patient to assisted and controlled ventilation to maintain oxygenation. If there is room to administer fluids, a bolu

High-sensitivity troponin T is a new assay recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. This assay is most often used to evaluate patients with possible acute ischemic heart disease, but it also has a variety of uses in the more chronic setting. Learn more from Allan Jaffe, M.D. https://mayocl.in/2tJAh3V | Mayo Clinic Laboratories