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Acute kidney injury: quick reference for management

…may be due to hypovolaemia, shock, obstruction or advanced renal injury. Conversely, significant AKI may be non oliguric, particularly after nephrotoxins, sepsis or diuretic treatment…

🟠 Aspirin (Acetylsalicylic acid)

…administer to patients with a history of asthma, rhinitis, or urticaria triggered by: Acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin). Other non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Other contraindications…

Type 2 Myocardial Infarction: Mechanisms and Management

…due to mechanisms other than myocardial ischaemia. Acute myocardial injury may arise from conditions such as sepsis, myocarditis, or takotsubo syndrome, while chronic myocardial injury…

Diagnostic Criteria for Acute Myocardial Infarction: Cardiac troponins, ECG & Symptoms

…may be used to diagnose myocardial ischemia and infarction. Symptoms – Patients with acute myocardial infarction may present with typical ischemic chest pain, or with dyspnea…

Advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) - Advanced cardiovascular life support (ACLS)

…spine injury, in which scenario head tilt chin lift should only be used if other methods fail to open the airway. Figure 1. Methods to…

ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) without ST elevations on 12-lead ECG

…may also be referred to as the posterior wall, or the inferobasal wall. Transmural ischemia located in this area yields an injury current (ST vector…

Contrast-Associated Acute Kidney Injury: Risk Assessment and Prevention

…combined effects of contrast exposure and other ischaemic or nephrotoxic stresses. The kidney is particularly vulnerable to toxic injury because of its high blood flow…

Hypertensive Emergency and Urgency: Differentiation and Treatment

…acute injury in the brain, retina, heart, aorta, kidneys, or other vascular beds. Malignant hypertension represents an extreme form in which acute microvascular injury occurs…

The Fourth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction: Types 1–5

…or sarcoidosis Other cardiac procedures Chemotherapeutic agents Catheter ablation Critical illness Defibrillator shocks Strenuous exercise Cardiac contusion The diagnosis should therefore distinguish isolated myocardial injury…

Dix–Hallpike test and Epley manoeuvre

…test and the absence of other neurological findings. The treatment is a repositioning manoeuvre. Indications Brief attacks of vertigo, seconds to a minute or so…

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