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Poisoning: quick reference for antidotes and initial management

…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…

Status epilepticus: quick reference for emergency treatment

…benzodiazepine, aspiration, hypoventilation, circulatory failure or an anticipated need for anaesthesia. Consider a 12 lead ECG when the acute situation allows, particularly before fosphenytoin, or…

Hypoglycaemia: quick reference for emergency management

…all in diabetes. The severity of the symptoms and the patient's need for help matter more than a single measured value [2]. Level Plasma…

Hyperkalaemia: quick reference for emergency treatment

…continuous ECG monitoring and early assessment of the need for dialysis ECG changes or serious neuromuscular symptoms mean a high risk even if the plasma…

Sepsis and septic shock: quick reference for the first hour

…or a need for a vasopressor After initial stabilisation Repeat the lactate if it was raised and follow the trend together with the clinical perfusion…

Urinary catheterisation

…impairment or a large residual volume. A need for accurate measurement of urine output in a critically ill patient. Perioperatively and postoperatively in longer procedures…

Massive haemorrhage and transfusion: quick reference

…rising lactate or a worsening acidosis. An assessed need for at least 4 units of red cells within 1 hour. An actual requirement of more…

Noradrenaline, Dobutamine and Levosimendan: Practical Infusion Use

…specific context of perioperative care in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), progression of right heart failure may indicate the need for inodilator therapy. Furthermore…

STEMI: Primary PCI and System-of-Care Time Targets

…with relatives or physicians before contacting emergency services. These factors support the need for targeted public education, particularly among underserved groups and ethnic minority communities…

The Best Clinical ECG Book: ECG Made Easy or Complete?

…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 It is outdated, oversimplifies the concepts and basically lacks everything you need for clinical purposes.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…

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