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Status epilepticus: quick reference for emergency treatment

…at the same time By about 10 to 20 minutes at the latest Give a full loading dose of an intravenous antiseizure drug If the…

Poisoning: quick reference for antidotes and initial management

…Ventilate by mask in opioid induced respiratory depression while naloxone is prepared C Pulse, blood pressure, peripheral perfusion, two intravenous cannulae and continuous ECG monitoring…

Urinary alkalinisation

…5. Give a bolus of sodium bicarbonate 1–2 mmol/kg intravenously in symptomatic salicylate poisoning. For an adult this corresponds to the order of…

Transcutaneous and transvenous pacing

…mean nothing. Capture is verified only when every pacing spike is followed by a wide QRS complex and a pulse that can be felt. The…

Hyponatraemia: quick reference for work-up and correction

…2. Assess the neurological symptoms and at the same time exclude other acute causes, for example hypoglycaemia, poisoning, stroke, meningitis and a postictal state. 3…

Cardiac arrest in intoxication (poisoning)

CPR Poisoning and drug toxicity In adolescents and young adults, intoxication events leading to cardiac arrest are notably prevalent, primarily due to the misuse of…

Nasogastric tube

…direct instillation into the lung. No tube may be used before its position has been verified by an approved method, and auscultation is not such…

Delirium in older adults: quick reference

…syndrome and a clinical diagnosis, often described as acute brain failure. It is precipitated by somatic illness, drugs, poisoning, withdrawal, surgery or several concurrent factors…

Gastric lavage and activated charcoal

…serious poisonings in which the patient reaches hospital early. The benefit of both methods falls steeply with the time since ingestion, and both can harm…

Liver parameters

…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…

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