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ArticleCardiology
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…

ArticleEndokrinologi & metabolism
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…

ArticleReferensvärden
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…

ArticleAkutsjukvård
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…

ArticleCardiology
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…

ArticleLungmedicin
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…

ArticleProcedurer
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…

ArticleProcedurer
Otoscopy and ear syringing

…instilled 15–30 minutes before the procedure, or over a few days at home for a hard plug. Have the patient lie with the ear…