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Anticoagulants: quick reference for dosing, renal adjustment and reversal

…and weight) plus vitamin K 10 mg IV Dabigatran Idarucizumab (Praxbind) Apixaban, rivaroxaban, edoxaban Prothrombin complex concentrate, consider within 15 hours of the last dose…

Opioids in acute pain: quick reference for dosing and conversion

…in renal failure Ketobemidone IV 2.5–5 mg Oral bioavailability about 35 per cent Paracetamol PO or IV 1 g × 4 The basic analgesic…

🟠 Enalaprilat

…effect Within hours. Duration of effect 8 to 24 hours Delivery IV Dose Initial dose: 1.25 mg iv. Increase as necessary. Maximum dose: 5…

🟠 Fenoldopam

…action 50 to 10 minutes Duration of action 30 to 60 minutes Delivery IV Dose Initial infusion dose: 0.1 μg/kg/minute iv…

🟠 Metoprolol

…5 to 8 hours Delivery IV Dose 1.25 to 5 mg IV followed by 2.5–15 mg IV every 3 to 6 hours…

🟠 Phentolamine

…2 minutes Duration of action 10 to 30 minutes Delivery IV Dose Bolus injection : 5 to 15 mg every 5 to 15 minutes as necessary…

Lipoprotein(a): Measurement and Clinical Implications

…to apolipoprotein(a). The length of apolipoprotein(a) varies because of genetically determined differences in the number of kringle IV type 2 repeats. Lp(a)…

Atrial fibrillation: quick reference for emergency management

…thrombus After cardioversion, irrespective of duration An anticoagulant for at least 4 weeks, thereafter according to CHA₂DS₂ VA The limit is 24 hours, not 48…

Drugs in the emergency setting

…problems, see Warfarin therapy and Opioid therapy in severe pain. Cardiac arrest Drug Adult Child : : : Adrenaline 1 mg IV/IO every 3–5 min. In…

Empirical antibiotic therapy: quick reference for common infections

…severe piperacillin–tazobactam 4 g × 4 IV Exacerbation of COPD with an indication for antibiotics amoxicillin 750 mg × 3 PO 5–7 days or doxycycline…

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