…time has passed since the injury (see below). Be particularly cautious with impaired healing: peripheral vascular disease, diabetes with neuropathy, immunosuppression, and high dose corticosteroids…

…in renal failure Ketobemidone IV 2.5–5 mg Oral bioavailability about 35 per cent Paracetamol PO or IV 1 g × 4 The basic analgesic…

…®, Duraclon ®, Kapvay ® Indications • Agitated delirium • Analgesia • Hypertension, hypertensive crisis/emergency Mechanism of action Clonidine is primarily a centrally acting alpha 2 agonist…

…biliary tract disease. There is no contraindication to analgesia in the acute abdomen . The notion that an opioid masks the diagnosis has been disproved — withholding…

…An open dislocation. Inadequate analgesia or sedation — the procedure must not then be started. Radiography before reduction A radiograph is taken before reduction in a…

…Offer nitrous oxide, oral or intravenous analgesia, or procedural sedation in advance. Inadequate analgesia is the commonest reason for an incompletely performed drainage. Procedure 1…

…controlled. Petroleum jelly gauze often gives better pressure but requires more experience and hurts more: consider analgesia (fentanyl 0.5–1 µg/kg IV). Grasp…

…ECG monitoring, blood gases. Drugs for sedation, analgesia and control of shivering. Procedure 1. Start temperature management early — within the first hour after ROSC, in…

…airway equipment. Analgesia and sedation: an opioid (morphine or fentanyl) combined with a benzodiazepine (midazolam or diazepam) is the commonest combination; propofol is used in…