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Neutropenic fever: quick reference for emergency management

…lungs, abdomen, urinary tract and neurology 7 Give an intravenous antipseudomonal beta lactam as soon as possible, aiming for within 60 minutes 8 Give oxygen…

Empirical antibiotic therapy: quick reference for common infections

…Urinary tract Diagnosis Agent Dose Duration : : : : Afebrile UTI, women nitrofurantoin 50 mg × 3 5 days or pivmecillinam 400 mg × 2–3 3 days (< 50…

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…

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…

Urinary catheterisation

…Instillation therapy and contrast studies of the urinary tract. Wound healing with a sacral pressure sore or extensive perineal wounds where urinary leakage prevents healing…

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…

Urinary alkalinisation

…or urine pH measurement on a blood gas analyser. Blood gas equipment for arterial sampling. Urinary catheter with hourly urine output measurement — the treatment cannot…

Chronic Kidney Disease as a Cardiovascular Risk Factor

…The following categories describe the principal eGFR stages: CKD stage eGFR Clinical context Cardiovascular or renal significance 1 60 mL/min/1.73 m² Abnormal…

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…

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…

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