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Digoxin - ECG changes, arrhythmias, conduction defects & treatment

…rate) and also slows conduction over the atrioventricular (AV) node. The most classical ECG finding is generalized ST segment depressions with curved ST segment (generalized…

Digoxin: Dosing, Therapeutic Range and Toxicity Management

…may present with symptoms of digitalis toxicity, which manifests across multiple organ systems. Non cardiac symptoms include headache, nausea, vomiting, generalized malaise, and visual disturbances…

Vasospastic (Prinzmetal) Angina: Provocation Testing and Treatment

…part of a more generalized vasospastic syndrome with migraine or Raynaud phenomenon. Associations have also been described with aspirin induced asthma, 5 fluorouracil, and cyclophosphamide…

Status epilepticus: quick reference for emergency treatment

Neurologi Akutsjukvård Lathundar Definition and aims of treatment Convulsive status epilepticus in adults is present with: an ongoing generalised tonic clonic seizure lasting at least…

Anaphylaxis: quick reference for emergency management

…for example generalised urticaria, itching, flushing or angio oedema, together with at least one of the following: airway compromise respiratory compromise circulatory compromise severe gastrointestinal…

Edrophonium test

…about 80 % of generalised and around half of ocular myasthenia, thereafter MuSK and LRP4 antibodies) and on neurophysiology (repetitive nerve stimulation with a decrement ≥ 10…

Alcohol withdrawal and delirium tremens: quick reference

…tactile hallucinations with a relatively clear level of consciousness and preserved orientation 12 to 48 hours Withdrawal seizures, usually generalised tonic clonic and sometimes several…

Deceased donor organ donation

…element The diagnosis and the donor care The time from withdrawal of treatment to circulatory arrest Indications An intensive care patient with severe brain injury…

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