…child with croup or a patient with an allergic reaction to receive a full steroid dose without an injection, and the long biological duration means…

…hypoglycaemia The first-line treatment for severe hypoglycaemia in a patient who cannot swallow and in whom intravenous access is available. The effect arrives within…

…Efficacy for vertebral and hip fractures is well established, but depends on the patient's ability to follow the administration instructions and on adequate calcium…

…AV-node slowing. Rate control fails under adrenergic stress — making it a poor choice for the active patient and a reasonable one for the bedridden.

…and intravenous diltiazem require a named-patient licence. Verapamil or a beta-blocker is therefore the practical first choice for rate control in this setting…

…doses — good in the cold, hypoperfused patient with an acceptable blood pressure, less so when blood pressure is already low. The dose threshold lies around…

…intramuscularly is the treatment that a family member can give when the patient cannot swallow and intravenous access is unavailable — the effect arrives within ten…

…stabilises the circulation — the indirect sympathetic stimulation makes ketamine the first choice for induction in the bleeding, septic, or otherwise preload-dependent patient, and the…

…hjärtfrisk patient kan starta på full substitutionsdos omkring 1,6 μg/kg, medan äldre och patienter med ischemisk hjärtsjukdom ska börja på 12,5…

…Pseudomonas och anaerober, och penetrerar CNS tillräckligt för meningitbehandling. Just därför ett reservpreparat — varje dygn av meropenem driver karbapenemresistens som Sverige i dag i huvudsak…

…blodtryckssänkning som är själva priset för den kontrollen. Propofol är inte analgetiskt: en patient som rör sig under ingreppet har ont, inte för lite propofol…

…och förstahandsval när warfarineffekt måste hävas omedelbart. Full effekt inom tio minuter och i en volym som en blödande patient tål, till skillnad från plasma…

…Selectivity for the V2 receptor means it lacks the vasoconstrictive effect of vasopressin. The danger is not the drug itself but the fluid the patient…

…be neutralised completely with protamine within minutes. This is why unfractionated heparin is the first choice in severe renal failure, in the bleeding-prone patient…

…in atrial fibrillation the rate control sits in the AV node and ivabradine is ineffective. Its place in treatment is the symptomatic patient with HFrEF…

…naloxon klingar av långt före metadon, depotoxikodon och de flesta fentanylanaloger, och en patient som vaknat till kan sjunka tillbaka i apné en halvtimme senare.

…10–17 timmar, vilket gör att dosering morgon och kväll räcker för att hålla jämn effekt genom dygnet. Det passar tillstånd med kontinuerlig inflammatorisk smärta…

…eliminated renally, so renal function governs treatment entirely. Dyspepsia affects one in ten patients and is the most common reason for discontinuation in clinical practice.

…It is the standard choice in pneumonia in penicillin-allergic patients and in atypical pneumonia, but the age limit of 8 years and pregnancy significantly…

…been capped at 20 mg for adults and 10 mg for patients over 65 years. In the elderly, hyponatraemia is the adverse effect most often…

…life of 9 minutes and the effect gone 20–30 minutes after the infusion ends, it is useful in patients where beta-blockade is desirable…

…younger patients, and tenths of a milligram in delirium in the elderly, where the lowest effective dose for the shortest possible time is the whole…

…entirely free of sedation: a distinct minority of patients become drowsy, and this should be asked about in professional drivers. Renal function governs the dose.