23 träffar

DrugHigh-potency glucocorticoid with long duration
Betamethasone

…formulation: the soluble tablet allows a child with croup or a patient with an allergic reaction to receive a full steroid dose without an injection…

DrugConcentrated carbohydrate solution for acute hypoglycaemia
Glucose (concentrated, IV)

…carbohydrate solution for acute hypoglycaemia The first-line treatment for severe hypoglycaemia in a patient who cannot swallow and in whom intravenous access is available…

DrugAminobisphosphonate
Alendronate

…is well established, but depends on the patient's ability to follow the administration instructions and on adequate calcium and vitamin D status. After five…

DrugCardiac glycoside
Digoxin

…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.

DrugNon-dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker (benzothiazepine)
Diltiazem

…withdrawn from the Swedish market in 2025 — only a rectal ointment remains registered — so oral and intravenous diltiazem require a named-patient licence. Verapamil or…

DrugSynthetic catecholamine, β₁-agonist (inotropy)
Dobutamine

…vascular resistance falls at low doses — good in the cold, hypoperfused patient with an acceptable blood pressure, less so when blood pressure is already low…

DrugPancreatic hormone, glycogenolytic agent and inotrope
Glucagon

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

DrugNMDA-receptor antagonist, dissociative anaesthetic
Ketamine

…for induction in the bleeding, septic, or otherwise preload-dependent patient, and the bronchodilation makes it valuable in life-threatening asthma. Respiratory drive and laryngeal…

DrugSyntetiskt tyroideahormon (T4)
🇸🇪 Levothyroxine

…att patienten tar tabletten rätt. Ung och hjärtfrisk patient kan starta på full substitutionsdos omkring 1,6 μg/kg, medan äldre och patienter med…

DrugKarbapenem
🇸🇪 Meropenem

…i dag i huvudsak är förskonat från. Indikationen är verifierad eller starkt misstänkt ESBL, svikt på bredspektrumpenicillin, eller sepsis hos patient med känd multiresistent flora.

DrugIntravenöst anestetikum, GABA-A-potentierare
🇸🇪 Propofol

…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…

DrugFyrfaktorkoncentrat med faktor II, VII, IX och X
🇸🇪 Prothrombin complex concentrate

…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…

DrugSynthetic vasopressin analogue (V2 agonist)
Desmopressin

…V2 agonist) The same substance is used for four entirely different indications with doses differing up to a hundredfold — antidiuretic substitution in central diabetes insipidus…

DrugIndirect thrombin and factor Xa inhibitor via antithrombin
Heparin (unfractionated)

…prone patient, and when surgery or thrombolysis may become necessary at short notice. The disadvantages are continuous infusion, an unpredictable dose–response relationship due to…

DrugSelective If-channel inhibitor in the sinus node
Ivabradine

…blood pressure, or conduction — it inhibits the funny current (If) that drives spontaneous depolarisation of the sinus node and does nothing else. It therefore works…

DrugKompetitiv opioidreceptorantagonist
🇸🇪 Naloxone

…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.

DrugIcke-selektiv COX-hämmare, propionsyraderivat med lång halveringstid
🇸🇪 Naproxen

…fyra doser. Naproxen har den mest gynnsamma kardiovaskulära profilen bland NSAID och är därför förstahandsval när ett NSAID måste ges till patient med hjärt-kärlsjukdom.

DrugDirect thrombin inhibitor (factor IIa)
Dabigatran

…that directly inhibits thrombin and the only one with a specific, rapidly acting antidote — idarucizumab achieves complete reversal within minutes, which weighs heavily in patients…

DrugBroad-spectrum tetracycline
Doxycycline

…make once-daily dosing possible. It is the standard choice in pneumonia in penicillin-allergic patients and in atypical pneumonia, but the age limit of…

DrugSelective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI)
Escitalopram

…was identified, and the maximum dose has since been capped at 20 mg for adults and 10 mg for patients over 65 years. In the…

DrugUltra-short-acting β₁-selective blocker
Esmolol

Brevibloc Ultra-short-acting β₁-selective blocker The beta-blocker to choose when reversibility matters. With a half-life of 9 minutes and the effect…

DrugHigh-potency first-generation antipsychotic (butyrophenone)
Haloperidol

…and minimal anticholinergic burden. The drug has two entirely different dosing worlds: a few milligrams in acute psychotic agitation in younger patients, and tenths of…

DrugSecond-generation H₁-antihistamine
Cetirizine

…but weaker on nasal congestion. The critical difference from clemastine and promethazine is that cetirizine penetrates the blood-brain barrier poorly, but it is not…