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Urinary catheterisation

…Indications Acute urinary retention. Chronic urinary retention with renal impairment or a large residual volume. A need for accurate measurement of urine output in a…

Hypertensive crisis: drugs and doses

…cerebral hypoperfusion. Pain, anxiety, urinary retention, hypoxia, drug withdrawal and incorrect blood pressure measurement must be corrected before treatment is intensified [1,2]. The evidence…

Resistant Hypertension: Evaluation and Treatment

…measurements. Objective assessment of adherence may be undertaken where resources permit, using directly observed treatment or detection of prescribed drugs in blood or urine. The…

Delirium in older adults: quick reference

…of delirium is therefore the beginning of the investigation, not the end. In a frail older patient an apparently small insult — sleep deprivation, urinary retention…

Physics of myocardial perfusion imaging (SPECT, PET): Radiotracers, perfusion, blood flow and viability

…radiotracers emit gamma photons directly. These gamma rays are detected by gamma cameras to create tomographic images of the left ventricle. In PET (Positron Emission…

Acute exacerbation of COPD: quick reference

…92 percent until the risk of hypercapnia has been assessed. 3. Take an arterial blood gas in respiratory compromise, low saturation, suspected carbon dioxide retention…

Diuretic Strategy and Decongestion in Heart Failure

…Congestion is a central expression of the heart failure syndrome and reflects excessive retention of sodium and water, with expansion of both the intravascular and…

CPAP and non-invasive ventilation (NIV)

…dioxide retention for the latter. The treatment is also time limited by its very nature: a patient who has not responded within a couple of…

ApoB and Non-HDL Cholesterol in Cardiovascular Risk Assessment

…disease (ASCVD). Atherosclerosis develops through the progressive deposition and retention of LDL C and other apoB containing lipoproteins within the arterial wall. This initiates inflammatory…

Nasogastric tube

Procedurer The insertion itself is rarely the difficult part — it is the confirmation of the position that determines whether the tube is safe. A misplaced…

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