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Urinary alkalinisation

…Urine dipstick with a pH scale, or urine pH measurement on a blood gas analyser. Blood gas equipment for arterial sampling. Urinary catheter with hourly…

Urinary catheterisation

…when urethral injury is suspected. Indications Acute urinary retention. Chronic urinary retention with renal impairment or a large residual volume. A need for accurate measurement…

Chronic Kidney Disease as a Cardiovascular Risk Factor

…1.73 m², excess urinary albumin excretion—typically a spot urinary albumin to creatinine ratio (UACR) above 30 mg/g—or both. The eGFR is…

Acute kidney injury: quick reference for management

…of the kidneys and urinary tract when a postrenal cause cannot confidently be excluded. 10. Contact nephrology early in severe, progressive or diagnostically unclear AKI…

Delirium in older adults: quick reference

…frail older patient an apparently small insult — sleep deprivation, urinary retention or a new sedative drug, for example — may be enough to precipitate the condition…

Edrophonium test

…to edrophonium. Mechanical obstruction of the bowel or the urinary tract. Marked bradycardia, sick sinus syndrome or high grade AV block without pacemaker protection. Asthma…

Hypertensive crisis: drugs and doses

…the prognosis and can cause hypotension, acute kidney injury, myocardial ischaemia or cerebral hypoperfusion. Pain, anxiety, urinary retention, hypoxia, drug withdrawal and incorrect blood pressure…

Preeclampsia and Hypertensive Pregnancy Disorders as Future Cardiovascular Risk

…defined as urinary protein excretion 300 mg over 24 hours or a protein–creatinine ratio ≥0.3. Preeclampsia may nevertheless be diagnosed without proteinuria when…

Antibiotic dosing in renal impairment: quick reference

…course (no more than 7 days) may be given to selected patients with an eGFR of 30 40 mL/min for lower urinary tract infection…

Empirical antibiotic therapy: quick reference for common infections

…g × 4 IV Exacerbation of COPD with an indication for antibiotics amoxicillin 750 mg × 3 PO 5–7 days or doxycycline 200 mg × 1 on…

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