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Urinary catheterisation

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

Amiodarone: Loading, Maintenance Dosing and Monitoring Schedule

…and incompletely absorbed after oral administration, with systemic bioavailability ranging from 25% to 65% and minimal hepatic first pass extraction. Following a single oral dose…

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…

Short Synacthen test

…is taken before the injection and handled chilled. 4. Inject 0.25 mg of tetracosactide intravenously , slowly. Intramuscular administration is an equivalent alternative where there…

🟠 Clonidine

…10 ml of normal saline and give by slow injection over 5 10 minutes. Dilute immediately before use. PO: Alternatives: Dixarit 25 μg tablets…

Cryotherapy of skin lesions

…edge of the tissue is decisive: benign tissue requires about −25 °C for reliable cell death, malignant tissue about −50 °C. The outer limit of…

Atrial fibrillation: quick reference for emergency management

…atrial fibrillation Criteria for dose reduction according to FASS : : : Apixaban 5 mg × 2 2.5 mg × 2 if at least two of: age ≥ 80 years…

Warfarin therapy

…Warfarin has a narrow therapeutic index, a half life of several days and more than a hundred clinically relevant interactions. What determines whether the treatment…

Opioids in acute pain: quick reference for dosing and conversion

…hour corresponds approximately to 25–30 mg of oral morphine per day, and 25 micrograms/hour to approximately 40–50 mg of oral morphine per…

Anthropometric measurements

…takes no account of fat distribution. Waist circumference and the waist–hip ratio predict cardiometabolic risk better, particularly at a BMI between 25 and 35…

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