…failure. A peripheral venous blood gas is easier to obtain and can often be used for an initial assessment of pH and the metabolic component…

…with correction doses alone according to the glucose value, without basal insulin (a so called sliding scale), gives poorer control and is not recommended as…

…involve: reducing the duration of DAPT; stopping aspirin and continuing P2Y12 inhibitor monotherapy; switching from a potent P2Y12 inhibitor to clopidogrel; reducing the dose of…

…five years of stopping but may remain elevated thereafter. The overall health benefit is greater still when reductions in non cardiovascular morbidity and mortality are…

…responses and immune activity. Statin intolerance refers to adverse effects attributed to statin treatment that improve or resolve after reducing the dose or stopping therapy…

…symptoms disappear within minutes after stopping the activity. The greater the stenosis, the lower the level of myocardial workload required to elicit ischemia and symptoms…

…rotating, sliding, rocking and angling. Tilt : The transducer maintains the same axis orientation to the heart but moves to a different imaging plane. Rotate : The…

… see the acute stroke quick reference. Stopping the drug and forgetting to restart it after the procedure. Document the restart date in the medical record…

…with proximal weakness Red flags and pitfalls Stopping a corticosteroid abruptly after longer term treatment. Not giving a stress dose to a patient with adrenal…

…Set the filter: a frequency range of about 15–40 Hz , and adjust the gain so that the atrial deflections are clear without clipping. 4…

…have no place in acute, unstable pain: the onset takes 12 to 24 hours and the offset just as long. Breakthrough dose During ongoing opioid…

…That study spread like a virus through social media and it is likely that it may have resulted in increased mortality due to stopping statins…