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Opioid therapy in severe pain

…tolerance. Indications Acute severe nociceptive pain where paracetamol and a COX inhibitor are not enough: fracture, renal colic, ischaemic pain, pancreatitis, major trauma. Postoperative pain…

Urinary catheterisation

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

🟠 Clevidipine

…or no effect on myocardial contractility or conduction. Clevidipine reduces mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) by decreasing systemic vascular resistance (SVR). Clevidipine does not reduce…

🟠 Hypertensive emergency (crisis) - Drugs, doses & management

…or no effect on myocardial contractility or conduction. Clevidipine reduces mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) by decreasing systemic vascular resistance (SVR). Clevidipine does not reduce…

Hypertensive emergency (crisis)

…or no effect on myocardial contractility or conduction. Clevidipine reduces mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) by decreasing systemic vascular resistance (SVR). Clevidipine does not reduce…

Nasogastric tube

…on a surgical ward. Decompression in severe vomiting where the stomach does not empty. Intraoperatively and postoperatively after major abdominal surgery, according to local practice…

Blood transfusion and massive haemorrhage

…in the entire chain. In massive haemorrhage a second problem is added: transfusion saves no one whose bleeding is not stopped, and it is the…

Pleural aspiration and chest drain

…aspiration: a new pleural effusion of unclear cause. An effusion not confidently explained by heart failure must be aspirated. Suspected empyema or complicated parapneumonic effusion…

No-Reflow Phenomenon During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Prevention and Treatment

…distal flow. These alternative causes must be distinguished from isolated no reflow because their treatment may require immediate stenting or other procedural intervention. The clinical…

Quiz: ECG in athletes

…ms, is listed as a 'Normal ECG finding' and considered a normal variant in asymptomatic athletes with no significant family history, not requiring further evaluation…

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