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Urinary alkalinisation

…it is part of the treatment itself. Indications Salicylate poisoning with symptoms or a rising serum concentration. Alkalinisation increases renal elimination several fold and at…

Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Risk Management

…better maintenance of sinus rhythm in cohort studies. Obesity, reduced exercise capacity, hypertension and dyslipidaemia commonly coexist and should be considered part of the clinical…

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…

🟠 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…

Anticoagulants: quick reference for dosing, renal adjustment and reversal

…the bleeding risk of the procedure and by renal function. In markedly reduced renal function (dabigatran at eGFR <30 mL/min, the other DOACs at…

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…

Anthropometric measurements

…BMI < 20 in people under 70 years or < 22 above 70 years, and reduced food intake together form the basis of most screening…

Hypertensive crisis: quick reference for acute blood pressure lowering

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

Peripheral Artery Disease: Diagnosis, Ankle–Brachial Index and Risk Management

…numbness of the foot and toes. Pain that is worse at night or when the limb is horizontal. Improvement when the leg is placed in…

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