…serum concentration. Alkalinisation increases renal elimination several fold and at the same time reduces the passage of salicylate into the central nervous system. Contact your…

…salicylate poisoning, intubation with an inadequate minute ventilation can rapidly worsen the acidaemia and increase the entry of salicylate into the central nervous system. Discuss…

…measurements provide only a limited representation of usual blood pressure and may be biased by the clinical environment. Out of office measurement is consequently central…

…dialysis catheter, not an ordinary triple lumen catheter). Measurement of central venous pressure and central venous oxygen saturation. Repeated blood sampling during intensive care. Exhausted…

…variable and echocardiographic measurement has meaningful variability. Patients with LVEF 40% have substantial morbidity and mortality, despite often having a greater burden of cardiovascular and…

…by the time of medical evaluation, because transient or evolving ischaemia may still require urgent reperfusion assessment. Posterior myocardial infarction may be electrically subtle on…

…whom non invasive measurement is unreliable: marked obesity, pronounced vasoconstriction, arrhythmia, intra aortic balloon pump. Assessment of stroke volume variation as part of fluid management…

…null The current ERC and ESICM recommendation is continuous core temperature measurement and the active prevention of fever — defined as a temperature above about 37…

…or An undiagnosed secondary cause of hypertension. White coat hypertension must be excluded with out of office measurements. Objective assessment of adherence may be undertaken…

…fluid and lactate measurement. A meta analysis of emergency department alert systems found an association with lower mortality, but most of the evidence was observational…