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Alcohol withdrawal and delirium tremens: quick reference

…clear reduction or the last intake Common clinical picture : : 4 to 12 hours Tremor, sweating, anxiety, insomnia, tachycardia, hypertension, headache, nausea and vomiting 8 to…

🟠 Aspirin (Acetylsalicylic acid)

…Severe heart failure. Doses 100 mg/day during the third trimester of pregnancy. Dosage Acute myocardial infarction: Initial loading dose: 300–500 mg as soon…

ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI): Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management

…debris, modern vascular biology has redefined atherosclerosis as a dynamic, immune mediated fibroproliferative response to endothelial injury [2] . The process initiates with endothelial dysfunction, a…

Alcohol and Cardiovascular Disease

…60 minutes after ingestion. Elimination follows zero order kinetics at low to moderate concentrations and first order kinetics at higher concentrations. Ethanol is water soluble…

Myocardial ischemia and infarction: lack of oxygen or imbalance between supply/demand

…complicated topic. The term ischemia was coined in 1858 by Virchow (the same Virchow who unraveled thrombosis). He used te term to describe a reduction…

Hypertensive Emergency and Urgency: Differentiation and Treatment

…acute organ injury is decisive. The pathophysiology reflects failure of vascular autoregulation during a rapid or severe rise in BP. This may produce acute injury…

Digoxin: Dosing, Therapeutic Range and Toxicity Management

…heart failure armamentarium. Its use has declined over time due to the advent of more efficacious agents with wider therapeutic to toxic windows, and its…

Gastric lavage and activated charcoal

…not afterwards. Indications Medicinal charcoal is given after the ingestion of a potentially toxic dose of a substance that binds to charcoal, when it can…

Poisoning: quick reference for antidotes and initial management

…control centre is the authoritative local source for the current indication, dosing, sampling and duration of treatment. International guidelines must be adapted to the antidotes…

Spirometry

…a plateau is reached. The manoeuvre ends when the volume increases by less than 0.025 L during the last second , or when the expiratory…

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