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Blood gas interpretation: quick reference for acid-base disorders

…The differences increase in severe circulatory failure and marked respiratory failure [3,4]. Question Appropriate sample : : Metabolic acidosis or alkalosis in a haemodynamically stable patient…

Metabolic Syndrome: Definition and Clinical Significance

…Increased urinary albumin/creatinine ratio reflects altered endothelial and renal pathophysiology in insulin resistance. Metabolic Dysfunction Associated Fatty Liver Disease Insulin resistance increases free fatty…

🟠 BMI and Body Surface Area (BSA) calculator

…often used in clinical settings because it is considered a more accurate indicator of metabolic mass than body weight alone. BSA is utilized in various…

Acute Limb Ischaemia: Recognition and Urgent Management

…ischaemia (ALI) is an abrupt reduction in arterial perfusion of an upper or lower limb that causes tissue metabolic requirements to exceed available blood flow…

Alcohol withdrawal and delirium tremens: quick reference

…3. Rapid identification of seizures, delirium tremens, infection, trauma and metabolic disturbance. 4. Monitoring at the appropriate level of care , with readiness for respiratory support…

Arterial line

…example during mechanical ventilation or severe metabolic derangement. Major surgery with expected blood loss or large volume shifts. Patients in whom non invasive measurement is…

Diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperosmolar hyperglycaemic state: quick reference

…ketosis and metabolic acidosis despite a normal or only moderately raised glucose, often below 13.9 mmol/L. The condition occurs above all in: treatment…

🟠 QT Drugs: Drugs causing QT prolongation, torsade de pointes (TdP) and long QT syndrome (LQTS)

…Nielsen syndrome Romano Ward syndrome Idiopathic congenital long QT syndrome (LQTS) Metabolic disorders Hypokalemia Hypomagnesemia Hypocalcemia Starvation Anorexia nervosa Liquid protein diets Hypothyroidism Bradyarrhythmia Sinus…

ApoB and Non-HDL Cholesterol in Cardiovascular Risk Assessment

…used. Risk in these circumstances appears to track more closely with apoB. Discordantly high apoB is especially associated with metabolic syndrome and mildly elevated triglycerides…

Dietary Patterns and Cardiovascular Outcomes

…glucose metabolism, hypertension, atherogenic dyslipidaemia, endothelial biology and platelet related pathways. The source material also describes possible antiarrhythmic effects, associated with reductions in sudden cardiac…

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