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Cardiac arrest during sepsis

…of sepsis induced cardiac arrest, consider the following recommendations: Administer 100% oxygen at the maximum flow rate . Hypoxia can precipitate cardiac arrest in septic patients…

Targeted temperature management after cardiac arrest

…no absolute contraindications. With active cooling to hypothermia , caution applies in: Ongoing uncontrolled bleeding or marked coagulopathy. Severe sepsis and septic shock. Already marked hypothermia…

Oxygen therapy

…below 8 kPa on an arterial blood gas. Acute critical illness during initial stabilisation — cardiac arrest, shock, sepsis, major trauma, unconsciousness — until the saturation can…

Delirium in older adults: quick reference

…hypoxia, hypoglycaemia, circulatory failure, sepsis, stroke, intracranial haemorrhage, seizure, poisoning and severe withdrawal. 4. Establish whether the condition is new or clearly worse than baseline…

Acute Coronary Syndrome: Definitions and Initial Triage

…is characterized by prolonged angina at rest, usually lasting more than 20 minutes; new severe angina; an accelerating pattern with increasing frequency, duration, or severity…

Type 2 Myocardial Infarction: Mechanisms and Management

…or shock. Conversely, mechanisms that increase myocardial oxygen demand include sustained tachyarrhythmia and severe hypertension, with or without left ventricular hypertrophy. In patients with stable…

Cardiac arrest due to electrolyte imbalance

…alkalosis due to hyperventilation, rhabdomyolysis (particularly the initial phase), sepsis, malignancies with osteoblastic metastases, diminished calcium absorption and/or enhanced calcium excretion, chronic renal failure…

ECG changes due to electrolyte imbalance (disorder)

…Acute pancreatitis, pancreas surgery, alkalosis (hyperventilation), rhabdomyolysis, septicemia (sepsis), osteolytic cancer metastases, abnormal calcium absorption (gastrointestinal) and resorption (from primary urine), renal failure, small bowel…

Acute kidney injury: quick reference for management

…herbal remedies, contrast media and recently stopped drugs. 8. Treat sepsis, bleeding, shock, hypoxia and any other underlying cause immediately. 9. Request ultrasound of the…

Acute severe asthma in adults: quick reference

…International thresholds vary somewhat, but a PEF of 50 percent or less together with marked symptoms indicates a severe attack, while a PEF below 33…

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