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🟠 QT Drugs: Drugs causing QT prolongation, torsade de pointes (TdP) and long QT syndrome (LQTS)

…DrugBank search Aclarubicin Acrivastine QT prolongation has been described (see PubMed link). An antihistamine agent used for the symptomatic relief of seasonal allergic rhinitis, rhinorrhea…

ACE Inhibitor Cough and Angioedema: Practical Management

…tongue, and upper airway. Due to the risk of airway compromise, it represents a medical emergency. Evaluation and Physical Examination The evaluation of chronic cough…

Anaphylaxis: quick reference for emergency management

…infusion or contrast medium. Remove a visible bee sting. Never delay adrenaline in order to identify or remove the allergen. 2. Give adrenaline 1 mg…

Cardiac arrest due to anaphylaxis

…manifestations. Anaphylactic cardiac arrest should be suspected among younger patients, in case of known allergy, when exposed to potent allergens (e.g. wasp stings, peanuts…

Opioid therapy in severe pain

…must be taken into account). Known allergy to the preparation — rare; itching and urticaria are usually due to histamine release, not allergy. Concurrent MAO inhibitor…

Urinary catheterisation

…only 3–5 cm and almost straight, but the meatus can be hard to find in older women. Two things separate the safe catheterisation from…

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and Holter ECG

…with syncope Implantable loop recorder Contraindications None. Practical obstacles are skin disease or allergy to the electrode gel, and marked body hair that cannot be…

Sepsis and septic shock: quick reference for the first hour

…allergies, renal function, health care exposure and the risk of resistant organisms 0 to 60 min Empirical intravenous antibiotics in septic shock or in certain…

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