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Vasospastic (Prinzmetal) Angina: Provocation Testing and Treatment

…by inhibiting myosin phosphatase activity. Patients with VA are generally younger than those with atherosclerotic non ST elevation acute coronary syndromes. Cigarette smoking is a…

Status epilepticus: quick reference for emergency treatment

…hypoventilation, circulatory failure or an anticipated need for anaesthesia. Consider a 12 lead ECG when the acute situation allows, particularly before fosphenytoin, or where poisoning…

Anaphylaxis: quick reference for emergency management

…clinical diagnosis. Treat as anaphylaxis in any of the following: 1. Acute onset of skin or mucosal symptoms , for example generalised urticaria, itching, flushing or…

Digoxin - ECG changes, arrhythmias, conduction defects & treatment

…The most classical ECG finding is generalized ST segment depressions with curved ST segment (generalized implies that the depressions may occur in most ECG leads…

Digoxin: Dosing, Therapeutic Range and Toxicity Management

…include headache, nausea, vomiting, generalized malaise, and visual disturbances such as altered color perception and halo vision. Cardiac toxicity presents as various arrhythmias, ranging from…

Edrophonium test

…import) product, and the diagnosis instead rests on antibody analysis (AChR antibodies in about 80 % of generalised and around half of ocular myasthenia, thereafter MuSK…

Alcohol withdrawal and delirium tremens: quick reference

…usually generalised tonic clonic and sometimes several within a short period 24 to 72 hours Increasing autonomic hyperactivity and risk of complicated withdrawal 48 to…

Deceased donor organ donation

…individual assessment; certain tumour types are not a bar). Untreated generalised infection, or certain transmissible agents according to the current transmission risk assessment. In DCD…

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