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Cardiac Rehabilitation After Myocardial Infarction

…disease, including those recovering from myocardial infarction. It extends beyond exercise training to incorporate individualized physical activity counselling, risk factor modification, nutritional care, education, psychosocial…

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…

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

…or 3 minutes after standing, following 5 minutes seated or supine. White coat hypertension: office pressure above the hypertension threshold but non hypertensive home or…

Delirium in older adults: quick reference

…Start non pharmacological treatment immediately , in parallel with the investigation. 8. Document the diagnosis and communicate it at every handover. Recognise it Core criteria Core…

Acute exacerbation of COPD: quick reference

…8. Document the ceiling of care and the decision on intubation early. Initial assessment Confirm that the presentation fits an exacerbation A COPD exacerbation is…

Clinical application of ECG in chest pain & acute myocardial infarction

…Hence, an ECG must be performed and interpreted within 10 minutes of arrival to the care facility (typically the emergency room [ER]). It is recommended…

Empirical antibiotic therapy: quick reference for common infections

…are taken from the recommendations of Strama Stockholm for the empirical antibiotic treatment of adults in hospital and in residential care homes (SÄBO) 2025/2026…

Corticosteroids: quick reference for dose equivalents and stress dosing

…which must be tapered in a controlled fashion). The management is the opposite in each case. Equivalent doses Agent Equivalent glucocorticoid dose Mineralocorticoid effect Biological…

Epidemiological aspects of cardiac arrest

…Stroke Statistics). The CARES registry reported that the incidence was 92 per 100,000 citizens in the United States ( Bagai et al ). The incidence of…

Blood pressure

…home or on 24 hour recording. Masked hypertension: normal in the office but raised outside it — associated with the same risk as manifest hypertension. Non…

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