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Injection technique — intramuscular, subcutaneous and intradermal

…a sharps bin. For vaccination: adrenaline 1 mg/mL, an antihistamine, oxygen, and the ability to lay the patient down. Injection Needle Angle Maximum volume…

Soft tissue corticosteroid injection

Procedurer A corticosteroid injection into soft tissue gives rapid but time limited pain relief and rarely alters the natural history of the disease. In lateral…

Short Synacthen test

…is rarely the injection itself that determines whether the result can be interpreted. What decides that is whether the patient is taking a steroid that…

🟠 Phentolamine

…a non selective alpha adrenergic blocker. Phentolamine reduces blood pressure while increasing catecholamine activity. Effects Primarily causes afterload reduction. Time to onset of action 1…

Invasive Coronary Angiography: Indications and Vascular Access

…tree after selective intracoronary contrast injection under fluoroscopy. The procedure is performed by advancing guidewires and diagnostic catheters from a percutaneous arterial access site to…

Corticosteroids: quick reference for dose equivalents and stress dosing

…have an emergency injection at home Acute illness, trauma, surgery Parenteral hydrocortisone, at a dose according to the local protocol. Usually a bolus followed by…

Joint aspiration

…a couple of minutes before the needle is inserted. Sterile gloves, sterile gauze, and a fenestrated drape for injection. A needle of 0.8–1…

🟠 Clonidine

…required to up to 900 μg/day. Transdermal (one patch lasts for a week): • Catapress TTS 1 (0.1 mg/24hrs). • Catapress TTS 2 …

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (broken heart syndrome, stress induced cardiomyopathy)

…for a kind of octopus trap (the left ventricle takes the shape of that octopus trap). Refer to Figure 1 and Figure 2. Figure 1…

Edrophonium test

…under monitoring in a setting where the airway can be secured. Preparation and equipment Edrophonium 10 mg/mL, 1 mL (named patient product — order well…

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