…bleeding costs precious time. Exact validity periods and the rules for electronic issue differ between regions — follow the local transfusion medicine regulations. In life threatening…

…or regional poison control centre, and activate the emergency medical response system using your local emergency number. Contact the nearest intensive care unit with expertise…

…and continuous monitoring. An arterial line is often appropriate when very rapid or precise control is required, for example in acute aortic syndrome, marked neurological…

…is rapid control of the bleeding that determines the outcome. Transfusion restores circulating volume, oxygen transport and haemostatic capacity, but it cannot compensate for an…

…the passage of salicylate into the central nervous system. Contact your national or regional poison control centre for advice on the treatment threshold and on…

…lag behind and miss the fever. Equipment for temperature control: automated surface cooling with gel pads or a blanket, or alternatively an intravascular cooling catheter…

Esmolol Drug Esmolol Brand names Brevibloc ® Indications Short term control of ventricular rate (including perioperative tachycardia) and hypertension (including hypertensive emergency, perioperative hypertension). Mechanism…

…and early source control. Sepsis is a dynamic condition. Investigation and treatment must therefore proceed in parallel and must not wait for complete diagnostic certainty…

…Pulmonary hypertension. Blood pressure control. Mechanism of action Nitroglycerin provides nitric oxide (NO) that induces vasodilatation (of both arterioles and veins) via generation of cyclic…

…Pulmonary hypertension. Blood pressure control. Mechanism of action Nitroprusside provides nitric oxide (NO) that induces vasodilatation of both arterioles and veins via generation of cyclic…