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Inpatient insulin therapy: quick reference

…insulin (intermediate or long acting) Covers fasting glucose production Everyone with type 1 diabetes, always, including while fasting. Many with type 2 Mealtime insulin (rapid…

Poisoning: quick reference for antidotes and initial management

…centre , which in most countries is staffed around the clock for health care professionals. Contact the centre early in serious, unusual or unclear poisoning, with…

Hyperkalaemia: quick reference for emergency treatment

…or arrhythmia. 4. Shift potassium into the cells with insulin and glucose. Add high dose salbutamol in marked hyperkalaemia if there is no contraindication. 5…

Dietary Patterns and Cardiovascular Outcomes

…rather than isolated nutrients considered independently. For cardiometabolic health, the most favourable patterns generally contain more minimally processed, fibre rich and bioactive foods, including fruits…

ApoB and Non-HDL Cholesterol in Cardiovascular Risk Assessment

…is normal or low. Clinical Significance Non HDL C is strongly associated with cardiovascular risk for both initial and on treatment assessment. In most studies…

ECG changes due to electrolyte imbalance (disorder)

…levels do not have any effect on the ECG, nor cardiac rhythm, or impulse conduction. 2. Calcium Hypercalcemia Causes of hypercalcaemia Primary hyperparathyroidism and malignancies…

Corticosteroids: quick reference for dose equivalents and stress dosing

…evening. See the quick reference on inpatient insulin therapy Peptic ulcer A proton pump inhibitor with concomitant NSAID use or a history of ulcer, not…

Diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperosmolar hyperglycaemic state: quick reference

…and bicarbonate ≥ 15 mmol/L Hyperosmolality Not required Effective osmolality 300 mosm/kg or total osmolality 320 mosm/kg Typical patient Often type 1 diabetes…

Metabolic Syndrome: Definition and Clinical Significance

…Adipokine imbalance contributes to insulin resistance, β cell failure, endothelial dysfunction and atherosclerosis. Ectopic fat deposited around or within the heart and kidneys may exert…

Injection technique — intramuscular, subcutaneous and intradermal

…depot antipsychotics, hydroxocobalamin, adrenaline in anaphylaxis, ceftriaxone, ferric carboxymaltose Rapid, 10–20 min Subcutaneous (SC) Insulin, low molecular weight heparin, GLP 1 analogues, methotrexate, biological…

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