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Delirium in older adults: quick reference

…Agitation, motor restlessness, picking, calling out, irritability, hallucinations More easily detected, but accounts for a minority of cases Hypoactive Lethargy, slow responses, reduced speech, immobility…

Edrophonium test

…to equipment and competence for advanced life support in the room. Two people: one who injects and monitors, one who assesses and documents muscle function…

Acute Limb Ischaemia: Recognition and Urgent Management

…claudication, accompanied by moderate pain or paresthesia, while sensory and motor function remain preserved. The duration and progression of symptoms should be documented carefully. Longer…

Cardiac thromboembolism: cardiac sources of embolism

…classical lacunar syndromes, namely: (1) pure motor stroke/hemiparesis (2) ataxic hemiparesis (3) dysarthria (4) pure sensory stroke (5) mixed sensorimotor stroke. Cardioembolic stroke Thromboembolism…

Casting and immobilisation

…gives faster setting and more heat production — a risk of burns Document the distal neurovascular status before casting : sensation, motor function, pulses and capillary refill…

Wound suturing

…the local care programme where one exists. Preparation and equipment Assess and document before the local anaesthetic : distal sensation, motor function, capillary refill and pulse…

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