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Poisoning: quick reference for antidotes and initial management

…time, and whether the intake was single or repeated a modified release preparation or a combination product concurrent drugs, alcohol and illicit substances weight, age…

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…

Urinary alkalinisation

…weak acids by keeping them in a charged form in the tubular fluid, where they cannot be reabsorbed. The treatment looks simple — bicarbonate and a…

Nasogastric tube

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

Transcutaneous and transvenous pacing

…bundle branch block in acute anterior infarction, and before drugs or procedures with a known risk of bradycardia. Transvenous pacing is chosen when the need…

Delirium in older adults: quick reference

…distress. Delirium is an acute neuropsychiatric syndrome and a clinical diagnosis, often described as acute brain failure. It is precipitated by somatic illness, drugs, poisoning…

Gastric lavage and activated charcoal

…treatment of poisoning. Charcoal also does not bind every poison. With the following substances charcoal is ineffective and management is instead governed by the antidote…

Liver parameters

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

Oxygen therapy

…concentration is given irrespective of the saturation Carbon monoxide poisoning. The pulse oximeter does not distinguish carboxyhaemoglobin from oxyhaemoglobin and shows a falsely normal value…

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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