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🟠 Ticagrelor (Brilinta, Brilique)

…administration, warnings, precautions, and other relevant information for the drug Ticagrelor . Table 1 Summary Indications Ticagrelor, in combination with acetylsalicylic acid (ASA), is indicated for…

Chronic Coronary Syndrome: Diagnosis and Initial Evaluation

…outpatient presentations include: Reproducible stress induced angina or ischaemia associated with obstructive epicardial coronary disease. Angina or ischaemia caused by epicardial vasomotor dysfunction or microvascular…

Casting and immobilisation

…Take care in impaired sensation (neuropathy, spinal cord injury) — the patient does not feel the pressure sore. Preparation and equipment Material Comment : : Stockinette Innermost against…

Leg ulcers — wound debridement and compression therapy

…necrotic, pale Variable, often deep Pain Moderate, relieved by elevation Severe, worse on elevation, better when dependent Often painless (neuropathy) Surrounding skin Hyperpigmentation, oedema, lipodermatosclerosis…

Nail procedures — paronychia, ingrown toenail and subungual haematoma

…and all three rest on the same foundation: an effective digital block and a tourniquet . Without a bloodless field one works by feel, and by…

Wound suturing

…tendon crossing the wound. A tendon injury can be painless and gives normal passive movement — test actively against resistance, tendon by tendon . With a glass…

Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Risk Management

…fraction AF and other arrhythmias Ischaemic stroke PAD CKD with associated cardiovascular complications Symptoms are determined by the cardiovascular manifestation rather than by diabetes alone…

Massive haemorrhage and transfusion: quick reference

…Beta blockade, a pacemaker and autonomic neuropathy can at the same time mask the expected tachycardia. Aids to assessment The shock index is calculated as…

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