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Poisoning: quick reference for antidotes and initial management

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

Urinary alkalinisation

Procedurer Alkalinising the urine increases the excretion of weak acids by keeping them in a charged form in the tubular fluid, where they cannot be…

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…

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…

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…

Oxygen therapy

…for the cause instead. Conditions in which the highest possible oxygen concentration is given irrespective of the saturation Carbon monoxide poisoning. The pulse oximeter does…

Deceased donor organ donation

…period, for example after poisoning, since this is not compatible with a DCD process. The assessment of medical suitability is made by the transplant team…

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