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Oxygen therapy

…in place for days without anyone asking why, or the patient at risk of carbon dioxide retention is given 15 litres on a reservoir mask…

ACE Inhibitors: Initiation, Titration and Creatinine Monitoring

…trial demonstrated the safety and efficacy of an approach based on starting and titrating oral medical therapy for heart failure within 2 days before anticipated…

Resistant Hypertension: Evaluation and Treatment

… and A thiazide or thiazide like diuretic, with all agents prescribed at maximum or maximally tolerated doses. The apparently uncontrolled office blood pressure must be…

Sotalol: Initiation, QT Monitoring and Renal Dosing

…2 to 3 days to attain a steady state concentration before further adjusting the dose. Electrophysiology Sotalol prolongs the effective refractory periods of the atrium…

Opioid therapy in severe pain

…The level of sedation is scored on a four point scale: 0 fully awake, 1 drowsy but easily roused, 2 sedated but rousable, 3 deeply…

Urinary catheterisation

…partial rupture into a complete one. Contact the urologist or the surgeon on call for urethrography and suprapubic drainage. Preparation and equipment A sterile catheterisation…

Antianginal Therapy: Beta-Blockers, Calcium Channel Blockers, Nitrates, and Ranolazine

…symptom relief after shared decision making, particularly when the anginal burden is high or occurs at low workloads; its role in improving death or MI…

Aspirin in Primary Prevention: Current Recommendations

…specifically evaluating this outcome. No demonstrated reduction in cardiovascular or all cause mortality. Absolute benefit is modest. Across the updated systematic review, absolute reductions in…

Cardiac Rehabilitation After Myocardial Infarction

…particularly after STEMI, and is also applicable after acute coronary syndrome, percutaneous coronary intervention, or cardiac surgery. The post infarction patient may experience: Reduced exercise…

Ezetimibe: Place in Therapy and Expected LDL-C Reduction

…Inclisiran, with or without statin therapy Approximately 50% reduction The absolute reduction depends on the pretreatment LDL C concentration and the accompanying lipid lowering regimen…

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