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Liver parameters

…in people under 40, alpha 1 antitrypsin, TSH and coeliac serology , together with ultrasound of the liver and biliary tract . Go through the medication and…

Opioid therapy in severe pain

…head injury with impaired consciousness, biliary tract disease. There is no contraindication to analgesia in the acute abdomen . The notion that an opioid masks the…

Inclisiran and Emerging Lipid-Lowering Agents

Cardiology Pharmacology & dosing Definition and therapeutic rationale Inclisiran is a liver directed small interfering RNA (siRNA) designed to reduce production of proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin…

Amiodarone: Loading, Maintenance Dosing and Monitoring Schedule

…major active metabolite. Both the parent drug and its metabolite accumulate extensively in various tissues, including the liver, lung, fat, and skin, with myocardial concentrations…

Preeclampsia and Hypertensive Pregnancy Disorders as Future Cardiovascular Risk

…new onset seizures or coma in a pregnant woman with preeclampsia. HELLP syndrome—haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes or transaminases, and thrombocytopenia—is generally regarded as…

Sepsis and septic shock: quick reference for the first hour

…measures should in practice overlap. Document the time of the suspicion of sepsis, the first dose of antibiotic, the cultures, the fluid bolus and the…

🟠 ATRIA (Anticoagulation and Risk Factors in Atrial Fibrillation) Bleeding Risk Score

…GY. Evaluation of risk stratification schemes for ischaemic stroke and bleeding in 182 678 patients with atrial fibrillation: the Swedish Atrial Fibrillation cohort study. Eur…

Bempedoic Acid: Evidence and Clinical Use

…who were unable or unwilling to take statins. Approximately 70% were in secondary prevention and 30% in primary prevention; 23% were taking a small dose…

Dietary Patterns and Cardiovascular Outcomes

…in a single intermediate marker such as cholesterol. Dietary composition may influence blood pressure, glucose–insulin homeostasis, lipids and apolipoproteins, endothelial function, systemic inflammation, liver…

Ezetimibe: Place in Therapy and Expected LDL-C Reduction

…dosing Definition and pharmacological basis Ezetimibe is a non statin lipid lowering agent that inhibits the Niemann–Pick C1 like 1 (NPC1L1) transporter in the…

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