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Delirium in older adults: quick reference

…hallucinations More easily detected, but accounts for a minority of cases Hypoactive Lethargy, slow responses, reduced speech, immobility, poor food intake, reduced eye contact Common…

🟠 Prasugrel (Effient, Efient, Prasita)

…intervention (PCI). Contraindications Prasugrel should not be used in the following situations: Hypersensitivity to the active substance or any of the excipients. Active pathological bleeding…

Inpatient insulin therapy: quick reference

…often despite a reduced food intake Insulin pump The patient manages the pump themselves where possible. In impaired consciousness or DKA: remove the pump and…

Anticoagulants: quick reference for dosing, renal adjustment and reversal

…agents Platelet transfusion has weak evidence; discuss with the on call coagulation service Always in parallel: mechanical control of bleeding, tranexamic acid where it is…

🟠 Ticagrelor (Brilinta, Brilique)

…be administered with or without food. For patients who cannot swallow the tablets whole, they can be crushed, mixed in half a glass of water…

Cardiac arrest due to anaphylaxis

…mg epinephrine intramuscularly in the anterolateral thigh. If ineffective, repeat after 3 5 minutes. If intramuscular epinephrine is inadequate, consider an intravenous bolus of epinephrine …

Anaphylaxis: quick reference for emergency management

…Never delay adrenaline in order to identify or remove the allergen. 2. Give adrenaline 1 mg/ml intramuscularly into the middle third of the anterolateral…

Hypertensive crisis: quick reference for acute blood pressure lowering

…can affect the blood pressure in several ways. Monoamine oxidase inhibitors can cause a hypertensive crisis through interactions, while venlafaxine and higher doses of bupropion…

Dietary Patterns and Cardiovascular Outcomes

Cardiology Clinical medicine Definition and Pathophysiology Dietary patterns are the overall combinations of foods habitually consumed rather than isolated nutrients considered independently. For cardiometabolic health…

Approach to patients with chest pain: differential diagnoses, management & ECG

…after a meal because food intake redistributes blood to the gastrointestinal tract which reduces blood availability in the heart. Symptoms of ischemic heart disease are…

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