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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

…high risk of hypoglycaemia 8–12 mmol/L The critically ill patient in intensive care According to the local protocol Avoid tight targets in inpatients…

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

…residential care home or the previous care provider. 5. Confirm delirium with a structured instrument , for example the 4AT or the CAM according to local…

Acute exacerbation of COPD: quick reference

…accessory respiratory muscles or paradoxical abdominal breathing Impending muscle fatigue Respiratory rate above 25 to 30 per minute Increased risk of ventilatory failure New drowsiness…

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

…sick day rules) Vomiting or diarrhoea, unable to keep tablets down Parenteral hydrocortisone. The patient must have an emergency injection at home Acute illness, trauma…

Epidemiological aspects of cardiac arrest

…of cardiac arrest Worldwide the incidence of out of hospital cardiac arrest ranges from 20 to 140 cases per 100,000 inhabitants ( Ahern et al )…

Blood pressure

…used thereafter Two to three measurements one minute apart, taking the mean of the last two Orthostatic testing after 1 and 3 minutes of standing…

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