…sick sinus syndrome with long pauses. Bradycardia in poisoning with a beta blocker, a calcium channel blocker or digitalis, while awaiting the antidote and specific…

…enhanced elimination. For many poisonings, well delivered supportive treatment matters more than the antidote [1,2]. Telephone your national or regional poison control centre , which…

…vital functions artificially until the substance undergoes renal elimination, hepatic elimination or is removed by means of dialysis. Substance Antidot e Paracetamol (Acetaminophen) N Acetylcysteine…

… it is part of the treatment itself. Indications Salicylate poisoning with symptoms or a rising serum concentration. Alkalinisation increases renal elimination several fold and at…

…its position has been verified by an approved method, and auscultation is not such a method. Indications Decompression in ileus, subacute obstruction or gastric retention —…

…often described as acute brain failure. It is precipitated by somatic illness, drugs, poisoning, withdrawal, surgery or several concurrent factors. A diagnosis of delirium is…

…With the following substances charcoal is ineffective and management is instead governed by the antidote, supportive treatment or dialysis: Group Examples : : Metals and salts Iron…

…upper limit of normal: paracetamol poisoning, ischaemic hepatitis ("shock liver") or acute viral hepatitis. The three are distinguished by the history and the speed of…

…is guided by the saturation and the blood gas, not by the diagnosis alone. Indications Hypoxaemia: a saturation below the target range, or a PaO2…

…service. Contraindications An expressed refusal by the deceased — in the donation register, on a donor card, or through statements made to the next of kin…

…torsades or hypomagnesaemia 25–50 mg/kg, maximum 2 g Calcium chloride 10 mL of 100 mg/mL in hyperkalaemia, hypocalcaemia, calcium channel blocker poisoning…

…poisoning, stroke, meningitis and a postictal state. 3. Check a repeat plasma sodium if the result is unexpected or does not fit the clinical picture…

…failure or an anticipated need for anaesthesia. Consider a 12 lead ECG when the acute situation allows, particularly before fosphenytoin, or where poisoning, arrhythmia or…

…Comment : : : MAP ≥ 65 mmHg 80–85 mmHg in chronic hypertension or when there are signs of inadequate perfusion Urine output 0.5 mL/kg/h…