…poisoning, intubation with an inadequate minute ventilation can rapidly worsen the acidaemia and increase the entry of salicylate into the central nervous system. Discuss the…

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…

…the same time reduces the passage of salicylate into the central nervous system. Contact your national or regional poison control centre for advice on the…

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

…when every pacing spike is followed by a wide QRS complex and a pulse that can be felt. The other predictable error is forgetting that…

…precipitated by somatic illness, drugs, poisoning, withdrawal, surgery or several concurrent factors. A diagnosis of delirium is therefore the beginning of the investigation, not the…

…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…

…the suspicion to bone, pregnancy or malignancy. A markedly raised GGT with the other tests normal is most often enzyme induction by alcohol or drugs…

…adequately. Choosing a system System Flow Approximate FiO2 Comment : : : : Nasal cannula 1–6 L/min 24–44 % Comfortable; the patient can eat and talk. Flows…

…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…