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🟠 Hypertensive emergency (crisis) - Drugs, doses & management

Info This drug manual is provided for use in patients with hypertensive emergency (also referred to as hypertensive crisis or malignant hypertension ). Hypertensive emergency is…

Hypertensive emergency (crisis)

Cardiology This drug manual is provided for use in patients with hypertensive emergency (also referred to as hypertensive crisis or malignant hypertension ). Hypertensive emergency is…

🟠 Antiarrhythmic drugs in acute ventricular arrhythmias (ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation)

…use in an emergency setting. The manual includes the following sections (click to navigate to the section): Classification of antiarrhythmic drugs. Classification of ventricular tachyarrhythmias…

Antiarrhythmic drugs in ventricular tachyarrhythmias

…use in an emergency setting. The manual includes the following sections (click to navigate to the section): Classification of antiarrhythmic drugs. Classification of ventricular tachyarrhythmias…

🟠 Inotropes and Vasopressors

…frequently combined to achieve the desired hemodynamic outcome. Most agents exhibit both vasopressor and inotropic effects (Figure 1). Below follows a drug manual for use…

Inotropes and Vasopressors: Doses, indications, contraindications and effects

…frequently combined to achieve the desired hemodynamic outcome. Most agents exhibit both vasopressor and inotropic effects (Figure 1). Below follows a drug manual for use…

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and Holter ECG

…equal. Check against a manual measurement and document the difference. Programme measurements every 20 minutes during the day and every 30 minutes at night , or…

Ankle-brachial index (ABI)

…the antecubital fossa with the Doppler probe at 45–60° to the skin. Inflate to 20 mmHg above the point at which the signal disappears…

Otoscopy and ear syringing

…An only hearing ear. Relative (choose a manual technique or refer to ENT): Condition Reason : : Diabetes, immunosuppression A risk of necrotising otitis externa Anticoagulant treatment…

Cardiac arrest during pregnancy and childbirth

…women beyond the 20 th week of pregnancy, or when the fundal height surpasses the umbilicus, the uterus should be manually displaced to the woman…

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