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Leg ulcers — wound debridement and compression therapy

…venous leg ulcers; everything else is supportive. But the same compression applied to a limb with arterial insufficiency can cause necrosis and, in the worst…

Acute Pulmonary Embolism: Risk Stratification and Reperfusion

…ventricular (RV) dysfunction, and myocardial injury. This classification is central to determining the intensity of monitoring, supportive treatment, anticoagulation, and possible reperfusion. The principal pathophysiological…

Poisoning: quick reference for antidotes and initial management

…a blood gas and an ECG all come before complete identification of the substance. Treatment of acute poisoning consists of four parallel components: supportive treatment…

Alcohol withdrawal and delirium tremens: quick reference

…With modern sedation, supportive treatment and treatment of the precipitating illness the prognosis is considerably better [3,5]. Pathophysiology Alcohol enhances inhibitory signalling via gamma…

Gastric lavage and activated charcoal

…ineffective and management is instead governed by the antidote, supportive treatment or dialysis: Group Examples : : Metals and salts Iron, lithium, potassium, lead, mercury Alcohols and…

Cardiac arrest in intoxication (poisoning)

…antidote is not available, it is essential to provide supportive care and maintain vital functions artificially until the substance undergoes renal elimination, hepatic elimination or…

Pericardiocentesis

…electrical alternans Supportive; it does not exclude Diastolic collapse of the right atrium and right ventricle The cardinal echocardiographic finding A dilated inferior vena cava…

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