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Lipid-Lowering Therapy: Statins as First-Line Treatment

…as soon as possible after admission rather than deferred until outpatient follow up. High intensity statin treatment is recommended for all patients with ACS to…

Hyperkalaemia: quick reference for emergency treatment

Njurmedicin Akutsjukvård Lathundar Emergency management in brief The intensity of treatment is governed by ECG changes, symptoms, the rate of rise, renal function and the…

Pulmonary embolism: quick reference for risk stratification and treatment

…Management : : : : : High Unstable Yes Often raised Reperfusion, intensive care Intermediate–high Stable Yes Raised Admission with monitoring. Be prepared for rescue thrombolysis Intermediate–low Stable…

Chronic Coronary Syndrome: Diagnosis and Initial Evaluation

…or cardiometabolic origin. Major clinical presentations The principal outpatient presentations include: Reproducible stress induced angina or ischaemia associated with obstructive epicardial coronary disease. Angina or…

Interpreting NT-proBNP and BNP in Clinical Decision-Making

…clinical setting. Values obtained in the emergency department for acute dyspnoea should not be transferred directly to patients with less acute outpatient symptoms. Natriuretic peptides…

Intensive care parameters

…Urine output 0.5 mL/kg/h Lactate Falling A clearance 10 % per 2 h is a reasonable target ScvO₂ 70–80 % A low value…

Deceased donor organ donation

…process begins long before any retrieval: it begins when someone in the intensive care unit identifies a possible donor and the deceased person's own…

🟠 Inotropes and Vasopressors

…drug manual for use in the CCU (coronary care unit), ICU (intensive care unit) or ER (emergency room). Careful electrocardiographic and hemodynamic monitoring with ECG…

Resistant Hypertension: Evaluation and Treatment

…a distinct disease. It identifies patients whose blood pressure remains uncontrolled despite intensive antihypertensive treatment and who therefore require assessment for pseudo resistance, secondary hypertension…

Care after return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC)

…care Victims of out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) who achieve ROSC in the emergency room (ER) are transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU)…

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