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Oxygen therapy

…What usually goes wrong is not that the patient gets too little oxygen but that the prescription has no target — the nasal cannula stays in…

ACE Inhibitors: Initiation, Titration and Creatinine Monitoring

…Symptoms The source material does not provide specific information on the clinical presentation and symptoms of the underlying conditions for which ACE inhibitors are prescribed…

Antianginal Therapy: Beta-Blockers, Calcium Channel Blockers, Nitrates, and Ranolazine

…patients after acute myocardial infarction (MI), antianginal drugs have not been shown to improve long term cardiovascular outcomes in CCS. General strategy For most patients…

Secondary Hypertension: When and How to Investigate

…may include directly observed treatment or detection of prescribed medications in blood or urine samples. In patients with an estimated glomerular filtration rate below 30…

Opioid therapy in severe pain

…rest and on movement . A patient who is pain free lying still but screams when turned has not finished being titrated. Expect an opioid naive…

Urinary catheterisation

Procedurer Catheterisation is straightforward in most patients and dangerous in a few. The male urethra is about 25 cm long with two curves and a…

Hypertension: Initial Combination Therapy and Drug Selection

…every patient with isolated hypertension. Single Pill Combinations Fixed dose, single pill combinations are preferred whenever combination treatment is used. The number of prescribed tablets…

Aspirin in Primary Prevention: Current Recommendations

…drugs Corticosteroid therapy Other antiplatelet or antithrombotic drugs Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors Patient selection Aspirin should not be prescribed routinely to individuals without established ASCVD…

Ezetimibe: Place in Therapy and Expected LDL-C Reduction

…for patients with chronic coronary syndrome is: Lifestyle intervention and a maximally tolerated high intensity statin. Add ezetimibe if the LDL C goal is not…

Inclisiran and Emerging Lipid-Lowering Agents

…patients at increased ASCVD risk. Ezetimibe is appropriate when the LDL C goal is not achieved with statin therapy or when statins cannot be prescribed…

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