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ArticleCPR
Cardiac arrest during sepsis

…Moreover, for optimal management in the context of sepsis induced cardiac arrest, consider the following recommendations: Administer 100% oxygen at the maximum flow rate . Hypoxia…

ArticleMyocardial ischemia and infarction
Type 2 Myocardial Infarction: Mechanisms and Management

…For instance, a patient with stable CAD may present with clinical manifestations of myocardial ischaemia following an acute gastrointestinal bleed or a sustained tachyarrhythmia. Symptoms…

ArticleNjurmedicin
Acute kidney injury: quick reference for management

…particularly after nephrotoxins, sepsis or diuretic treatment [4]. An automatically reported eGFR is less reliable when creatinine is changing rapidly, since the calculation assumes a…

ArticleAkutsjukvård
Delirium in older adults: quick reference

…use drugs only in severe agitation or marked distress. Delirium is an acute neuropsychiatric syndrome and a clinical diagnosis, often described as acute brain failure…

ArticleProcedurer
Joint aspiration

…excluded. Indications Acute monoarthritis in which septic arthritis must be distinguished from crystal arthritis — the most important indication and an emergency procedure . An unclear arthritis…

ArticleProcedurer
Oxygen therapy

Procedurer Oxygen is a drug and must be prescribed as one: with an indication, a route of administration and a target range for the saturation…

ArticleDrugs and electrolyte imbalance
ECG changes due to electrolyte imbalance (disorder)

…owing to changes in intra and extracellular electrolyte concentrations. Some electrolyte imbalances are clinically negligible (from an electrophysiological standpoint), whereas others may be life threatening…

ArticleCPR
Cardiac arrest due to electrolyte imbalance

…being the most prevalent electrolyte disturbance observed in cardiac arrest scenarios. Hypocalcemia, although capable of causing cardiac arrest, is an infrequent occurrence. Hypercalcemia, hyponatremia, hypernatremia…