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ArticleKunskapsbas
🟠 Aspirin (Acetylsalicylic acid)

…by: Acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin). Other non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Other contraindications: Hemophilia. Thrombocytopenia. Active gastric or duodenal ulcers. Liver cirrhosis. Severe heart failure…

ArticleCardiology
Bempedoic Acid: Evidence and Clinical Use

…despite maximally tolerated therapy. It is a prodrug activated predominantly in the liver by very long chain acyl CoA synthetase 1. This activating enzyme is…

ArticleMyocardial ischemia and infarction
Colchicine and Anti-inflammatory Therapy in Coronary Disease

…Clinical application and patient populations The evidence for anti inflammatory treatment in coronary disease has principally involved two populations: Patients recently recovering from myocardial infarction…

ArticleCPR
Cardiac arrest during sepsis

CPR Sepsis induced cardiac arrest Sepsis is a life threatening condition characterized by systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), and hypoperfusion manifesting…

ArticleArrhythmias and arrhythmology
Isoprenaline and Dopamine Infusions for Bradycardia

…and hyperkalemia. When bradycardia occurs in the context of inflammatory heart disease, it often reflects myocardial pathology that may also reduce myocardial contractility and cause…

ArticleProcedurer
Joint aspiration

…pain or restricted movement (therapeutic aspiration). Intra articular corticosteroid injection in verified inflammatory or osteoarthritis related joint disease. Contraindications Infection of the skin or soft…

ArticleProcedurer
Lumbar puncture

…or non diagnostic CT. Suspected neuroborreliosis, neurosyphilis or another CNS infection. Suspected inflammatory disease: multiple sclerosis, Guillain–Barré syndrome, autoimmune encephalitis. Meningeal carcinomatosis and CNS…

ArticleProcedurer
Skin biopsy — punch, shave and excision

…cell carcinoma, melanoma. An unclear inflammatory dermatosis in which the histology governs treatment. Suspected bullous dermatosis (which also requires a biopsy for direct immunofluorescence). Suspected…

ArticleMyocardial ischemia and infarction
In-Stent Restenosis: Mechanisms and Treatment

…recurrent narrowing within a previously implanted coronary stent. It represents a form of arterial hyperplastic disease arising after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). In contemporary practice…

ArticleCardiology
Lipid-Lowering Therapy: Statins as First-Line Treatment

…reduces thrombogenicity, and favourably modifies inflammatory and collagen related components of atherosclerotic plaque. These effects help explain why reductions in cardiovascular events are substantially greater…

ArticleCardiology
Post-Infarction Pericarditis and Dressler Syndrome

…antigens and initiate an inflammatory response. The presence of antibodies directed against cardiac tissue, the latent interval of several weeks, improvement with anti inflammatory treatment…

ArticleLungmedicin
Acute severe asthma in adults: quick reference

…drugs, and how many doses, has the patient taken? Is the patient on an inhaled corticosteroid or other anti inflammatory treatment? Previous intensive care, intubati

ArticleCardiology
Aspirin in Primary Prevention: Current Recommendations

…years Male sex Previous upper gastrointestinal disease Hepatic or renal disease Multiple cardiovascular risk factors Concomitant nonsteroidal anti inflammatory drugs Corticosteroid therapy Other antiplatelet or…

ArticleCardiology
Cardiac Tamponade: Recognition and Pericardiocentesis

…Acute aortic disease, particularly ascending or type A aortic dissection Myocardial free wall rupture after infarction Anticoagulant associated bleeding Renal failure Systemic inflammatory disease Catheter…

ArticleCardiology
Cardiovascular Risk in Women: Sex-Specific Factors

…inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, including systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis, are important risk enhancing conditions and are more prevalent in women. Chronic kidney disease…

ArticleEmergency medicine
Chest Pain in the Emergency Department: Diagnostic Pathways

…structured around three principal diagnostic categories: Myocardial ischaemia , particularly acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Other cardiopulmonary causes , including myopericardial disease, pulmonary embolism, aortic emergencies, and pneumothorax…

ArticleCardiology
Chronic Kidney Disease as a Cardiovascular Risk Factor

…one another. Dysfunctional adipose tissue contributes to inflammatory and metabolic abnormalities, while CKD promotes vascular and myocardial disease through direct and indirect mechanisms. The kidney…

ArticleCardiology
SGLT2 Inhibitors for Cardiovascular and Renal Protection

…target of rapamycin complex 1 signalling, thereby reducing inflammatory mediator expression and glycolytic activity in relevant renal and cardiovascular cells. These cellular mechanisms remain proposed…

ArticleCPR
Care after return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC)

…stunning. The systemic response to reperfusion and ischemia causes a state similar to SIRS (systemic inflammatory response syndrome) with risk of disseminated intravascular coagulation, hypotension…