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Anaphylaxis: quick reference for emergency management

…new onset marked weakness rapidly progressive symptoms from several organ systems severe abdominal pain or repeated vomiting after probable allergen exposure sudden hypotension or severe…

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…

Vasospastic (Prinzmetal) Angina: Provocation Testing and Treatment

…ischemia and infarction Definition and pathophysiology Vasospastic angina (VA), formerly termed Prinzmetal or variant angina, is myocardial ischaemia caused by transient abnormal vasoconstriction of one…

Status epilepticus: quick reference for emergency treatment

…ladder below follow the Swedish local sequence given in the original article. International guidelines and studies support the same principles, but local choices of drug…

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

…by neurological criteria (total brain infarction) Donation after circulatory death Starting point A ventilated patient who develops total brain infarction An intensive care patient in…

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