…angina or diabetes, and consultation with relatives or physicians before contacting emergency services. These factors support the need for targeted public education, particularly among underserved…

…book was at best poor. It is outdated, oversimplifies the concepts and basically lacks everything you need for clinical purposes. Regrettably, I cannot recommend this…

…not 48. The 2024 ESC guidelines and several Swedish clinical knowledge resources have tightened the former 48 hour rule for patients with risk factors. Check…

…intensive care Intermediate–high Stable Yes Raised Admission with monitoring. Be prepared for rescue thrombolysis Intermediate–low Stable One of the two positive Admission Low…

…be targeted at that cause. With regards to medications, the clinical need must be reconsidered if bradycardia is a side effect of the medication. Often…

…needs help from another person Level 3 can occur even when the glucose has already begun to rise by the time it is measured, for…

…for health care professionals. Contact the centre early in serious, unusual or unclear poisoning, with modified release preparations, mixed poisoning, pregnancy, children, a need for…

…for example in pregnancy, acute glomerular disease or scleroderma renal crisis [1,2]. A hypertensive emergency means a markedly raised blood pressure together with ongoing…

…Exercise Intensity Intensity may be prescribed using several complementary approaches. Heart rate based methods For patients with cardiovascular disease, dynamic aerobic exercise may be prescrib

…or a need for repeated calcium treatment. Urgent investigations As a rule, take: Plasma potassium as a central laboratory sample. A blood gas with pH…