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Alcohol withdrawal and delirium tremens: quick reference

…nausea and vomiting 8 to 24 hours Alcoholic hallucinosis, often visual, auditory or tactile hallucinations with a relatively clear level of consciousness and preserved orientation…

ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Diagnosis and Electrocardiographic Criteria

…below the umbilicus. It is often accompanied by sweating, nausea, vomiting, anxiety, and a sense of impending doom. When pain begins during exertion, it does…

ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Diagnosis and ECG Criteria

…be mistaken for indigestion. Associated manifestations include: Sweating Nausea and vomiting Anxiety A sense of impending doom When STEMI begins during exertion, the symptoms generally…

Acute Coronary Syndrome: Definitions and Initial Triage

…shoulders, back, or one or both arms. Indigestion or heartburn, particularly when associated with nausea or vomiting. Persistent shortness of breath. Weakness, dizziness, light headedness…

Digoxin: Dosing, Therapeutic Range and Toxicity Management

…Non cardiac symptoms include headache, nausea, vomiting, generalized malaise, and visual disturbances such as altered color perception and halo vision. Cardiac toxicity presents as various…

Hyponatraemia: quick reference for work-up and correction

…4. Where possible, take the plasma osmolality, urine osmolality and urine sodium before treatment. 5. With severe symptoms: give hypertonic saline immediately. Do not wait…

Chest Pain in the Emergency Department: Diagnostic Pathways

…the chest and may extend to the arms, shoulders, neck, jaw, upper back, abdomen, or epigastrium. Dyspnoea, nausea, vomiting, diaphoresis, fatigue, faintness, and other symptoms…

🟠 Nitroglycerin

…Nausea. Vomiting. Flushing. Palpitations. Tolerance with prolonged use. Methemoglobinemia. Hypoxemia. Caution Proceed with caution in afterload dependent conditions. Nitroglycerin doses and administration in hypertension (hypertensive…

Cardiac arrest due to electrolyte imbalance

…mmol/L Headache, nausea, vomiting, muscle cramps, apathy, confusion, impaired reflexes. Severe <115 mmol/L Seizures, coma, respiratory arrest, brainstem herniation and death. Table 2…

🟠 Labetalol

…Infusion regime : • 0.5–2 mg/minute IV infusion. Higher doses are sometimes required. Adverse effects Vomiting. Dizziness. Nausea. Atrioventricular blocks (AV blocks). Orthostatic hypotension…

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