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Poisoning: quick reference for antidotes and initial management

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

Transcutaneous and transvenous pacing

…the antidote and specific treatment. Bradyasystole during and after cardiac arrest with persisting electrical activity. Overdrive pacing in bradycardia dependent torsades de pointes. Standby pacing —…

Opioid therapy in severe pain

…clearly labelled. A laxative and an antiemetic prescribed at the same time as the opioid — not afterwards. A current creatinine with the eGFR, the weight…

Opioids in acute pain: quick reference for dosing and conversion

Farmakologi & dosering Lathundar Conversion tables are approximate. When switching between opioids, cross tolerance is incomplete: reduce the calculated equianalgesic dose by 25–50 per cent…

Cardiac arrest in intoxication (poisoning)

…intoxication events leading to cardiac arrest are notably prevalent, primarily due to the misuse of prescription medications and illicit substances. Currently, opioid overdose stands as…

Drugs in the emergency setting

…below apply to adults unless otherwise stated, and paediatric doses are given per kilogram with the stated maximum. Always check against the local guideline and…

Reduction of dislocations

…as Cunningham's work best with no sedation at all Oral or intravenous analgesia An intravenous opioid, titrated, preferably with an antiemetic Nitrous oxide Rapid…

Gastric lavage and activated charcoal

…opioids and salicylate — where gastric emptying is delayed — may justify charcoal later, in some cases up to 6 hours or more. Discuss this with the…

🟠 Management of STEMI (ST-Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction)

Info This page summarises the most current recommendations for the management of acute coronary syndromes with persistent ST segment elevations (i.e STEMI, ST segment…

Acute exacerbation of COPD: quick reference

…the same time, exacerbation is a clinical syndromic diagnosis, not a sufficient explanation for all acute dyspnoea in a patient with COPD. Pneumonia, heart failure…

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