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Sepsis and septic shock: quick reference for the first hour

…the risk of resistant organisms 0 to 60 min Empirical intravenous antibiotics in septic shock or in certain or highly likely sepsis 0 to 60…

Cardiac arrest during sepsis

…DW, Wickman LL, Swart GL. The hemodynamic and arterial blood gas response to asphyxiation: a canine model of pulseless electrical activity. Resuscitation 1995; 30:16975…

The Fourth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction: Types 1–5

…of myocardial infarction The Fourth Universal Definition separates MI into five principal types. Type Mechanism or setting Type 1 Acute atherothrombotic MI, usually related to…

Care after return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC)

…to diagnose, monitor and manage neurological injuries, hemodynamic and respiratory instability, multiorgan failure, infections, seizures and temperature management. The ICU is the preferred level of…

Acute kidney injury: quick reference for management

…of filtration. Oliguria may be due to hypovolaemia, shock, obstruction or advanced renal injury. Conversely, significant AKI may be non oliguric, particularly after nephrotoxins, sepsis…

Neutropenic fever: quick reference for emergency management

…studies of neutropenic patients. In septic shock, or where sepsis is highly likely, antibiotics must be given immediately [3]. This quick reference applies chiefly to…

Oxygen therapy

…shock, sepsis, major trauma, unconsciousness — until the saturation can be measured reliably. Conditions in which oxygen is given irrespective of the saturation (see below). Oxygen…

Acute Coronary Syndrome: Definitions and Initial Triage

…sepsis, takotsubo cardiomyopathy, valvular disease, arrhythmias, and heart failure are among the conditions associated with myocardial injury. Relationship to chronic coronary syndromes Chronic coronary syndromes…

Interpreting NT-proBNP and BNP in Clinical Decision-Making

…NT proBNP) are circulating markers of myocardial wall stress. They are released principally by ventricular cardiomyocytes in response to increased transmural stress and ventricular stretch…

Type 2 Myocardial Infarction: Mechanisms and Management

…is characterised by myocyte necrosis and troponin elevation due to mechanisms other than myocardial ischaemia. Acute myocardial injury may arise from conditions such as sepsis…

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