…started in an opioid naive patient, or when a conversion between drugs is made without reduction for incomplete cross tolerance. Indications Acute severe nociceptive pain…

…consciousness or DKA: remove the pump and change to an infusion or injections Drugs for type 2 diabetes in inpatients Agent The acutely ill inpatient…

…vasoactive agents are categorised according to their distinct pharmacodynamic mechanisms. These drugs are broadly utilised to augment myocardial contractility, manipulate systemic and pulmonary vascular resistance…

Endokrinologi & metabolism Farmakologi & dosering Lathundar Two situations are often confused: replacement therapy in adrenal insufficiency (which must be increased under stress) and pharmacological anti inflammatory…

…Indications Infusion of vesicant solutions: vasopressors, concentrated potassium, cytotoxic drugs, parenteral nutrition. The need for several simultaneous, incompatible infusions. Haemodialysis, plasmapheresis or other extracorporeal therapy…

…rather than drugs — 100–150 J biphasic in an adult, 1 J/kg in a child (2 J/kg at the second attempt). Vasoactive infusions…

…reactions (radiation therapy), frequently involves the conduction system. In these conditions, involvement of the AVN and the conduction system occurs more often than sinus node…

…a foreign body is an important differential). Treatment of anaphylaxis and cardiac arrest Administer CPR as per guidelines. Most patients require an immediate intravenous dose…

…and thus the selection between them may be guided by individual patient needs rather than by a distinct advantage of one drug over the other…

…order to evaluate ventricular function, since it may affect the choice of device therapy and also suggest whether other interventions (e.g. heart failure management…