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Arterial Hypertension: Definition, Diagnosis and Out-of-Office Measurement

…to diagnosis and long term management. Clinical presentation and symptoms The source material does not describe the typical symptoms or symptom burden of uncomplicated hypertension…

Cardiac Rehabilitation After Myocardial Infarction

…smoking cessation Improve management of hypertension, dyslipidaemia, and diabetes mellitus Reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms Facilitate return to work and appropriate recreational or sporting activity…

Clinical application of ECG in chest pain & acute myocardial infarction

…of the thrombus. This means that a patient who experienced chest pain at home may be asymptomatic during the assessment in the ER, only to…

Inpatient insulin therapy: quick reference

Endokrinologi & metabolism Lathundar An inpatient has a different insulin sensitivity from at home: less food, more stress, often corticosteroids, often impaired renal function. Prescribe basal…

Corticosteroids: quick reference for dose equivalents and stress dosing

…at home Acute illness, trauma, surgery Parenteral hydrocortisone, at a dose according to the local protocol. Usually a bolus followed by repeated doses or an…

Blood pressure

…patients with diabetes and anyone with dizziness Definitions White coat hypertension: a raised office reading but normal readings at home or on 24 hour recording…

Delirium in older adults: quick reference

…and hyperactivity Common on repeated assessment over the day It is wrong to assume that hyperactive delirium is always detected, or that hypoactive delirium always…

Resistant Hypertension: Evaluation and Treatment

…prescribed at maximum or maximally tolerated doses. The apparently uncontrolled office blood pressure must be confirmed using home blood pressure monitoring or ambulatory blood pressure…

Acute exacerbation of COPD: quick reference

…and peripheral oedema. Previous hypercapnia, NIV or invasive ventilation. Home oxygen and the patient's usual saturation. Previous exacerbations and hospital admissions. Current inhaled treatment…

Drugs in the emergency setting

…mg IV, a further 50 mg 1 mg/kg Magnesium 2 g (8 mmol) IV in torsades or hypomagnesaemia 25–50 mg/kg, maximum 2…

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