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Preeclampsia and Hypertensive Pregnancy Disorders as Future Cardiovascular Risk

…obesity. Gestational hypertension is defined in the supplied guideline material as blood pressure 140/90 mmHg on two separate occasions after 20 weeks of gestation…

Cardiac arrest during pregnancy and childbirth

…in the supine position in a cardiac arrest. For women beyond the 20 th week of pregnancy, or when the fundal height surpasses the umbilicus…

Corticosteroids: quick reference for dose equivalents and stress dosing

…after pharmacological treatment Duration and dose Risk of HPA suppression Tapering : : : < 3 weeks, at any dose Low Can be stopped straight away 3 weeks…

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and Holter ECG

…70 % of the measurements are valid , with at least 20 daytime and 7 night time values, and with a measurement interval of no more than…

Soft tissue corticosteroid injection

…sparingly Prepatellar and olecranon bursitis The bursa Exclude septic bursitis first Injection is considered when 4–6 weeks of adequate conservative treatment — modification of loading…

Drug-Eluting Coronary Stents: Evolution, Evidence and Stent Choice

…eliminate it. Angiographic restenosis—defined in the source material as follow up diameter stenosis greater than 50%—occurred in 20–30% of patients, while clinically…

Endocarditis: definitions, causes, diagnosis, echocardiography & treatment

…foreign materials pose a high risk of infection. Approximately 20% of all endocarditis affect people with valve prostheses and among other cases 18% show significant…

Atrial fibrillation: quick reference for emergency management

…at least 3 weeks before cardioversion, or alternatively transoesophageal echocardiography to exclude thrombus After cardioversion, irrespective of duration An anticoagulant for at least 4 weeks…

Leg ulcers — wound debridement and compression therapy

…compression (20–30 mmHg) under vascular surgical supervision Diabetes with neuropathy Reduced compression, closer monitoring — the patient cannot feel pressure injury Peripheral neuropathy of other…

Urinary catheterisation

…a diameter of about 5 mm. Indication Size Comment : : : Clear urine, routine catheterisation in a woman Ch 12–14 A short catheter, about 20–25…

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