…insulin at lunch and dinner in the first instance. Measure the glucose before every meal and at bedtime Enteral or parenteral nutrition Insulin is needed…

…hypertension: a raised office reading but normal readings at home or on 24 hour recording. Masked hypertension: normal in the office but raised outside it —…

…the mineralocorticoid effect or about suppression of the HPA axis, where a long half life produces more marked suppression. Stress dosing in known adrenal insufficiency…

…Establish whether the condition is new or clearly worse than baseline. Contact relatives, home care services, the residential care home or the previous care provider…

…Office blood pressure: blood pressure measured in a clinical setting, manually or with an automated device. Home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM): self measurement at home…

…goal despite three or more antihypertensive drugs from different classes at maximally tolerated doses, including a diuretic appropriate for kidney function. In patients with an…

…of care. Signs of a serious condition Finding Significance : : Inability to speak in full sentences Marked work of breathing Use of accessory respiratory muscles or…

…toxins, thrombosis (coronary or pulmonary), tension pneumothorax. No drug has been shown to improve the neurological outcome in cardiac arrest. High quality compressions with minimal…

…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…

…primary care personnel and home visits may reduce rehospitalization for recurrent ischaemia and infarction. Clinical Presentation and Symptoms Cardiac rehabilitation is initiated in patients recovering…

…by far the most common cause of ST segment elevation in any population (up to 90% of males aged 40 years or younger display this)…

…to ischemic myocardium (i.e an increase in blood flow in the ischemic area!) [2]. Take home message: in the setting of acute coronary syndromes…

…V9). Criteria for ischemia/infarction have been established for these leads (please refer to ECG leads or Additional leads in acute myocardial infarction). Importance of…

…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…

…previous intraosseous attempt in the same bone within the past 24 hours — the fluid leaks out through the old hole. Infection or burns over the…

…severe hypothermia No signs of life <24 °C Actions in accidental hypothermia with cardiac arrest or cardiopulmonary depression Use HOPE Score to assess the prognosis…

…al ). About 70% of all cardiac arrests occur in homes. These cases have substantially worse survival than cases occurring in public places, where there are…